Jian,
We have been using the III Electronic Resource Management module to add
an advisory note to the DOAJ titles saying "Not all articles are
available full text online"  This gives a warning that what is wanted
may or may not be available.

As for tracking - we have not done that and are relying on the advisory
message.  Such a message could also be added to the 856 link for each
title.  However, this could be a maintenance nightmare.  I have noticed
that DOAJ links frequently do not work at all.

I think this ability to add advisories to a whole set of journals is a
requirement of any Electronic Resource Management module.

-Janet Chisman
Washington State University

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From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
[mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Jian (Jan) Wang
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 8:49 AM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] Questions regarding DOAJ

Dear Colleagues,

A recent post on the liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
<mailto:liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu> tells of a disturbing trend among
some "open access" journals to lock up most content as
subscription-only, offering only selected articles to non-subscribers.
One of the titles mentioned is the /International Journal of Molecular
Sciences /(ISSN 1422-0067).  According to the journal homepage, it still
explicitly states that "IJMS is an open access journal," but quickly
browsing the journal table of contents, one finds it is not full open
access -- only selected articles are (free access if author pays).
Therefore, IJMS no longer meets the definition of OA as indicated in the
posting.  I checked the Directory of Open Access Journals website and
found the title has been removed from the DOAJ database already.

Now I am seeking advice from those who catalog the DOAJ titles in their
library's online catalog.

1)  How do you handle the quality of open access of the DOAJ in your
catalog when access is no longer full open access, i.e., open abstracts,
delayed access or split journal access?

2)  Are you aware of any service or tools that can help libraries track
access changes at the DOAJ websites so that the library catalog can be
updated in a timely fashion?

Thank you in advance for your help and advice!

- Jian
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Serials Catalog Libn & Serials/Docs Cataloging Coordinator Portland
State University Library PO Box 1151, Portland, OR 97207-1151 p.
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