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Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 07:33:06 -0700
From: Dan Lester <dan@riverofdata.com>
Subject: Re: Putting JSTOR and MUSE in OCLC (2 messages)

Two answers below:

Tuesday, March 05, 2002, 8:03:24 AM, you wrote:
> 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.

I'm glad to hear that you include all serials, so that your service
can be a one stop shopping source for your users.  I've noted that
many haven't done that yet, probably because it is a major project to
get all of them in there.

> 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

What can you tell me about General Website?  Do you mean Journal
Webcite at http://www.journalwebcite.com/ ?   If so, I can tell you
why we didn't choose them; they were a distant third for us, but may
be the right answer for others.

dan

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