Message #1: Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 13:10:47 -0400 From: "Raimo Hepolehto" <rhepolehto@tpl.toronto.on.ca> To: <SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU> Subject: Re: Periodical Holdings List Hello, We are are a large public reference library with about 3500 active periodical subscriptions, and perhaps 10000+ titles including inactive holdings. We haven't produced a print copy of our periodicals holdings since 1997. For the most part we use the OPAC. We also have a stand-alone database of active titles only in ProCite5. We use this database to print subject lists for patrons when we need to. We do this keep a copy of the 1997 periodicals list at the reference desk, as we still find it useful for some of our older material (we have materials going back to the 18th and 19th centuries) It would be nice to have the the print copy updated but the cost is prohibitive. Regards, Raimo Hepolehto Periodicals Centre Toronto Reference Library ----------- Message #2: Subject: Periodicals Holding Lists Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 13:32:28 -0400 From: "Koveleskie, Judith" <kovelesk@setonhill.edu> I was surprised to see that so many folks are keeping paper lists. With the number of changes to titles, frequency, etc., I wonder what is the rationale? We rely on our online catalog for both lists of titles and details about each one. Then when cataloging is updated, patrons have the latest information. Judith A. Koveleskie Periodicals Librarian Seton Hill University Reeves Memorial Library Greensburg, PA 15601 724-838-7828 ----------- Message # 3: From: "Bluhm-Stieber, Hella" <Hella.Bluhm-Stieber@hhs.co.santa-clara.ca.us> To: "'SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum'" <SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU> Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 10:31:58 -0700 Subject: RE: Periodical Holdings List Peter, We still have a print version of our journal holdings list for our patrons and staff to use in the library. We also send it out to other libraries. We try to update it once a year. If we have many changes like our current weeding project, more often. We use a MS Word file and publish it on the hospital Intranet. Even though we have our holdings in the PubMed LinkOut, there is no way to list all non-Medline titles in Serhold and to indicate which titles are in off-site storage or on microfiche. That is why we still need a paper list. Hella Hella Bluhm-Stieber, MLIS, AHIP Milton J. Chatton Medical Library Santa Clara Valley Health & Hospital System 751 S. Bascom Ave. San Jose, CA 95128 (408) 885-5654 Fax (408) 885-5655 ----------- Message # 4: Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 06:55:20 -1100 From: kkobyljanec@jcu.edu Subject: Re: Periodical Holdings List We continue to maintain the printed list which is updated at least once a year. There are several copies in the library, and it is used quite a bit. Also, it was VERY handy during a "partial" blackout in the library recently. The computers were down, and half the lights were out, but there was enough power to keep the building open and the students looking for journals! Kathy Kobyljanec Periodicals/Interlibrary Loan Librarian Grasselli Library/Breen Learning Center John Carroll University University Hts., Ohio 44118 (216)397-1646 ----------- Message # 5: From: "Susan E. Sturgeon" <susan.sturgeon@salemstate.edu> Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 14:06:45 -0400 Subject: Re: Periodical Holdings List We are working to rid ourselves of our annually produced print periodicals list, but a lot depends on whether or not SerialsSolutions or EBSCO A-Z can actually come up with a list which shows ALL titles, living and dead, with specific holdings for each title. When that happens, we will wean ourselves from the print. The list was available online until we started getting SerialsSolutions, which we now use instead. Susan Sturgeon Serials Librarian Salem State College Library 352 Lafayette St. Salem, MA 01970 (978) 542-6765 susan.sturgeon@salemstate.edu ----------- Message #6: Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 14:23:37 -0400 From: "Davies, April C" <DaviesAC@Cobleskill.edu> To: SERIALST@list.uvm.edu We do a print and an online version. The information is stored in an Access database which is used to generate the print version each fall and to dynamically update the web version. Take a look if you want: http://www.cobleskill.edu/library/periodical/about.htm For our e-journals and things in aggregators, we use SFX to generate a separate list. It'd be nice if the 2 lists could be integrated but we're not there yet. April Davies Catalog/Authority Control Librarian Van Wagenen Library SUNY Cobleskill daviesac@cobleskill.edu 518-255-5887 / 518-255-5843 fax On Mon, 6 Oct 2003 10:50:36 -0400 "Washkevich, Peter" <Peter.Washkevich@ERAU.EDU> wrote: > I am interested in finding out if other libraries are still maintaining a > print list of titles and holdings for their periodicals collection, which is > used at the reference desk and other service points in the library. If so, > how often do you update it? > > Also, is there an electronic version of your list? In Access? etc. > > Thanks in advance for letting our library know what others are doing! > > Peter Washkevich > Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University > Daytona Beach, FL
