Good morning.

Saint Louis University libraries are part of a consortium of 5 other
institutions in Missouri, and we have a shared catalog (called MERLIN).
 Recently the proposal of loading MARC records for our e-serials through
a vendor (Serials Solutions, SFX, etc.) was brought up and we are
evaluating the possible effects of it, both for us in technical services
and our users.  We are currently using the single-record system, so this
would be a change to separate records for each format.

I was wondering if anyone that shares a catalog with another institution
and loads MARC records for e-serials would be willing to share their
experiences.  We have loaded records for NetLibrary, but the access was
purchased for everyone, as opposed to e-serials where each institution
has different access and thus different URLs, not to mention different
titles.

We are specifically interested in:
*issues of how to handle the display of multiple URLs from multiple
institutions (are they in your bib records, items or check-ins?)
*the loading process
*loss of access to a title (everyone or just a few libraries...deletion
process?)
*and anything else that has come up as an issue that wasn't necessarily
anticipated (other display issues?, user feedback?, etc.)

Thanks in advance for your time and help!  I will summarize responses
for the list if anyone is interested.

Cheers,
Shana

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Shana L. McDanold
Serials (and Non-Print Formats) Cataloger
Pius XII Memorial Library
Saint Louis University
Phone: (314) 977-3098
E-mail: mcdanold@slu.edu