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Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 08:10:35 -0600
From: "Mays, Allison" <maysap@MILLSAPS.EDU>
Subject: Re: Putting JSTOR and MUSE in OCLC (Dan Lester)

Dan -

I agree about checking out the competition, it keeps eveyone on their toes
and makes for better products. I'd like to point out that our SerSol list
includes everything: online, all print whether alive or dead, microforms,
etc.  We just didn't differentiate between formats (i.e. print and
microform) in our first SerSol list, but I wish I had.  Recently our systems
librarian pulled the entire serials list from our catalog, and in it are the
separate records for microforms, so we will reflect that in one of our
future updates.

Allison

Allison P. Mays
Acquisitions Librarian
Millsaps College
1701 N. State Street
Jackson, MS 39210
601-974-1083
maysap@millsaps.edu

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 18:54:12 -0700
From: Dan Lester <dan@riverofdata.com>
Subject: Re: Putting JSTOR and MUSE in OCLC (Allison Mays)

I don't want to get into a fuss over "my system is better than yours",
but I'd be sure, if I were looking for a commercial service to do
this, that I checked out the competition as well.  We chose TDNet over
SerialSolutions, due to a number of features that they offer, such as
weekly updates instead of bimonthly, and extensive statistics on usage
of the items in the database.

Our implementation includes all of our serials, whether hard copy,
microform, or electronic, and whether dead or alive.

cheers

dan

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Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 09:23:06 -0500
From: Marilyn Gane <mgane@ANDREWS.EDU>
Subject: Re: Putting JSTOR and MUSE in OCLC (Dan Lester)

Most of our discussion revolves around TDNet and Serials Solutions. I have
just been approached by General Website - a similar service - does anyone
use them or know anything about them? Please reply directly to me at
mgane@andrews.edu TIA Marilyn