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Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 11:08:44 -0400
From: Diane Arnold <arnoldd@chc.edu>
Subject: RE: Embargoed titles-holdings statement? -- Jane Burke

EBSCO's A-Z and Serials Solutions uses this language:  Available: 1985 to 2
years ago. In general we try to use positive language and would choose the
"available" over the "unavailable" language.

Diane Arnold
Logue Library
Chestnut Hill College
Philadelphia, PA

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Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 11:58:27 -0500
From: Kelly Joyce <joyce@hanover.edu>
Subject: Re: Embargoed titles-holdings statement? -- Jane Burke

Hi Jane:  We have a similar situation with JSTOR.  Our solution is to
restate available years every January, during Christmas break, so we will
move the holdings from 1895 - 1997 to 1895 - 1998.  Takes a bit of time,
but holdings always accurate.

Hope this is useful

  - Kelly

Kelly Joyce
Periodicals and Reference Librarian
Duggan Library
Hanover College
121 Scenic Drive
Hanover, IN  47243

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Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 15:17:27 -0400
From: Birdie MacLennan (birdie.maclennan@uvm.edu>
Subject: embargoed titles-holdings statement?

Jane,

We asked the public services folks to help us come up with a note,
particularly for the JSTOR titles that don't provide current access.
After getting their feedback, we developed standard macro (using QuicKeys
software) that permits us, with one simple keystroke, to add a $z note
after the 866 summary level holdings data (in the MARC holdings record).
For example:

856 41 $u http://www.jstor.org/journals/00221953.html
866 31 $8 0 $a v.1 (1970)- $z *(excludes most recent 5 years due to
publisher's license)

i.e., "5" or however many years.  The macro:
$z *(excludes most recent X years due to publisher's license)

        Birdie MacLennan
        Coordinator, Serials & Cataloging
        University of Vermont
        birdie.maclennan@uvm.edu

At 05:25 PM 08/26/2003 -0400, Jane Burke wrote:
>Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 16:59:07 -0400
>From: "Burke, Jane" <jane_burke@groton.pfizer.com>
>Subject: embargoed titles-holdings statement?
>
>We are grappling with a clear holdings statement for a public access journal
>that is "embargoed."  This particular title is available in full-text after
>two years.  Some statements we have considered are:
>
>"Full text available prior to last two years"
>"Full text unavailable for latest two years"
>
>Since most of our e-journals are available in full-text and our clients have
>access to the latest issues, I am afraid they will not correctly read the
>statements above and then be frustrated when they cannot get in to the
>current issues.  I'm hoping someone out there has come up with something we
>can use.  Please feel free to respond to me off list.
>
>  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Jane D. Burke
>Information Specialist
>Groton Laboratories
>Pfizer Inc
>PGRD Library
>MS 8118-05
>Eastern Point Road
>Groton  CT  06340
>
>  (860) 441-0683  (voice)
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>  jane_burke@groton.pfizer.com
>
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