Hi,

I've been asked to compare and contrast different
libraries' web listings of their electronic resources,
particularly e-journals.

In my searching, I've found that some libraries include
summary holdings statements for e-journals as part of the
web listing display, and some (like my library) don't. For
an example that includes holdings, see for instance
Princeton University Library's list of e-journals at:
http://libweb.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/journals/SortData?Title
(I didn't single out Princeton for any specific reason--
they were just the first name on my list!)

I have some questions:
* Who decided on which data elements to display in your
e-journal web listing?
* If you decided *not* to include holdings as part of this
display, what were your reasons?
* If you decided to include holdings as part of this
display, how are you creating and maintaining this
information? Is it automatically generated from your OPAC
(please specify which ILS)? Is it vendor-supplied (please
list specific vendors if so)? Did you write in-house
scripts to cull this information from the OPAC, vendor
data, in-house files (e.g., Access databases)? Did you type
it in by hand??

We are reevaluating our e-journal list display, so I would
love to hear what other libraries' experiences have been in
this process, particularly other large academic libraries.
I searched the SERIALST archive and found some useful
related information, but nothing that was as specific as I
need.

Thank you in advance.
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Kay Teel
Serials Catalog Librarian
Stanford University Libraries
kteel@stanford.edu