My presentation is available also at http://www.fcla.edu/FCLAinfo/presentations.html and not password protected. I'm happy to answer any questions. I've been meaning to weigh in on this topic, but I've been busy with ER&L this week. Name: Amanda Yesilbas Title: Technical Services Support Specialist Phone: (352) 392-9020 EXT 297 Email: yesilbas@ufl.edu On Thu Feb 22 10:24:42 EST 2007, "Pennington, Buddy D." <penningtonb@UMKC.EDU> wrote: > The workshop I was thinking of was called "Old is New Again: > Using > Established Workflows to Handle Electronic Resources." The > presenter was > Amanda Yesilbas from Florida Atlantic University. > > The presentation Powerpoint is available on the NASIG website at > http://www.nasig.org/members/handouts/. But NOTE that it is > passworded > and is accessible only to current NASIG members. > > Buddy Pennington Serial Acquisitions Librarian University of > Missouri - Kansas City University Libraries www.umkc.edu/lib > -----Original Message----- > From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum > [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Skwor, Jeanette > Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 8:30 AM > To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU > Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Constantly losing E-access in the > beginning of > the year > > Is there more information about this presentation available > anywhere? > I'd like to see it. Thanks, > > Jeanette L. Skwor > Serials Dept., Cofrin Library > University of WI-Green Bay > 2420 Nicolet Drive > Green Bay, WI 54311-7003 > > "Libraries will get you through times of no money better than > money will > get you through times of no libraries." > Anne Herbert, The Whole Earth > Catalog > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum > [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Pennington, Buddy D. > Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 1:19 PM > To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU > Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Constantly losing E-access in the > beginning of > the year > > There was a NASIG presentation last year on this where a library > converted their print journals to online and then retrained > serials > staff to "check in" the online issues. It sounded very > interesting but > we were not able to do that here since we have not yet made that > conversion. We've simply added a ton of e-journals on top of our > print > stuff (without adding any new staff, of course). > > I agree with both points made, but I was wondering if anyone who > is > doing this sort of systematic checking had any data available to > indicate it was worth doing. Are you getting enough "claims" to > justify > the labor involved? Would folks be willing to share that info on > the > list? To be honest, this level of checking is not on my wish > list for new > staff but perhaps it should be if there are enough lapses to > warrant it. > > > Buddy Pennington > Serial Acquisitions Librarian > University of Missouri - Kansas City > University Libraries > www.umkc.edu/lib -----Original Message----- > From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum > [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Ohler, Lila A. > Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 11:35 AM > To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU > Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Constantly losing E-access in the > beginning of > the year > > Similarly, we have started a project to modify the use of our > traditional print serial controls to allow us to routinely check > the > online access for each electronic subscription title we carry at > least > twice a year. Yes, it is a lot of work to set this up, and to > redirect staff toward > new workflows. But in the end, it is worth it for two reasons. > First, given the amount of time it can often take to regain > access once > lost, it would pay libraries to be proactive in resolving these > before > it comes to the "crisis" point, meaning when the patron discovers > a lack > of access at their point of need. I believe routinely waiting > for the > patron to discover the problem can seriously damage the library's > reputation for providing effective, timely, and consistent > service. And second, to my mind, given the amount of money > spent on electronic > titles these days, it is simply financially irresponsible not to > ensure > that these materials are "on the shelf." Past that, I look > forward to the day that librarians, serial vendors, > content/system providers, and publishers all agree to use a > uniform set > of standards for this process! > > Thanks! > > > Lila (Angie) Ohler > Acquisitions Librarian > University of Oklahoma Libraries > Serials Dept, LL211 > 401 West Brooks St. > Norman, OK 73019 > Phone: (405) 325-2142 > Fax: (405) 325-1893 > Email: lohler@ou.edu > > -----Original Message----- > From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum > [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Hutchens, Chad > Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 4:21 PM > To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU > Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Constantly losing E-access in the > beginning of > the year > > I've been toying with the idea of doing a random access check > every day. > Just drop a list of titles or packages (with access url's) to > which you > subscribe into an array and have a php or perl script randomly > select > one every day of the week and print it to a webpage where you > could just > click on the link and go. That way you'd be proactively checking > access > year-round rather than reactively during problem periods. > > In most cases I imagine all would be well and you could go on > with your > day and other times, but less often, you'd discover a problem > before it > became a problem. > > Opinions? Chad E. Hutchens > Electronic Resources Librarian > Montana State University Libraries > P.O. Box 173320 > Bozeman, MT 59717-3320 > (406) 994-4313 phone > (406) 994-2851 fax > chutchens@montana.edu > > -----Original Message----- > From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum > [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Andrea Serra > Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 2:52 PM > To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU > Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Constantly losing E-access in the > beginning of > the year > > Patty, > > I would be interested to hear how others are handling this > problem. I > tend to check access as the confirmations come in as well as > checking > the "worst offenders" at this time of the year but would love to > hear if > someone's discovered a more efficient way. Of course, our > reference > librarians and patrons will tell us if something is not working > but it > would be nice to have a jump on it. > > Andrea > Library Assistant, Electronic Serials > Vassar College Libraries > anserra@vassar.edu > > At 04:16 PM 2/20/2007, you wrote: >> Hello Colleagues, >> >> Every beginning of the year (about January-March) our library >> loses > access to >> several online journals of which we actively subscribe. We work > through a >> serials vendor, and they contact the publisher whenever we lose >> access. > The >> reason for lost access may be a payment discrepancy, license >> signing > need, >> IP address question or some kind of incorrect information in the > publisher's >> record for our subscription. >> >> I know this problem of early-year lost access occurs with many > libraries. I >> would like to hear your ideas or best practices on how to avoid >> losing > online >> access. >> >> Some ideas that I have considered: >> --Requesting a letter from each publisher in December verifying >> that we > have >> paid for the subscription and that we will have access (we would >> have > our >> agent do this, but it is still time-consuming) --Requesting a >> refund for each day that we do not have access >> >> Please share your ideas. I will summarize for the list. >> >> Patty Wood >> Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. > >
