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Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 07:25:37 -0700
From: Carol Morse <MorsCa@WWC.EDU>
Subject: Re: Ebscohost holdings statements (Sherry Palmiter)

You could use, "This title is held locally," and "This title is not held
locally."  That should cover both dead and live titles.  We add our local
holdings (paper and microform) in the note area.  There are boxes down
below where you can put in the date ranges, so that the Ebsco system will
automatically put in the negative message before and after your range of
dates.  We do not include the full-text titles from aggregators, since
they can be here today and gone tomorrow.  We do include electronic
subscriptions that we pay for. Hope this helps.

Carol Morse

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Serials Librarian                                             Fax 509) 527-2001
Walla Walla College Library                     Email  morsca@wwc.edu
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College Place, WA  99324-1195

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Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 13:18:21 -0700
From: "Palmiter, Sherry" <PALMITER@SEATTLEU.EDU>
Subject: Ebscohost holdings statements

I am the local administrator for Ebscohost at my library.  We are trying to
find appropriate, concise holdings statements.  Ebsco offers two alternative
holdings statements, basically "yes" or "no."  These statements can be fine
tuned locally. At first we chose the following:  1) (yes) This library
subscribes to this periodical title and 2) (no) Not part of the collection
at this library.  However, these don't really cover all the possibilities.
Neither of these statements addresses a title that has ceased or been
cancelled, but we still retain the back issues.  When we chose these
statements, we were thinking of print and micro editions.  We weren't
considering titles that we offer online through Jstor and others or the full
text titles available through Ebscohost itself. Of course, that information
should be there. Ideally, I would like to see Ebsco offer more than two
options. Meanwhile, has any one crafted two statements that cover all the
options?  Thanks for your input.

Sherry Palmiter
Bibliographic Control Librarian
Lemieux Library, Seattle University