Do any of you count active (current) subscriptions if available through
aggregate databases such as Infotrac, Academic Search Premier.  Up to
now I've only been counting ("official count") those serials/journals
that are the real thing, ex., Project muse titles, Science Direct,
Springer etc.

Eduardo

Hutchens, Chad wrote:
> I don't see why you wouldn't count a JSTOR title if you're receiving the
> title individually (even though it's in JSTOR as well).
>
> Some titles in JSTOR are still active (in that they're still being
> published), some have ceased publication (but the full run isn't
> available in JSTOR because the moving wall hasn't caught up with the
> last issue), and some are have ceased and JSTOR offers access to the
> full run of the journal.  So I guess the answer is, it depends on the
> title.
>
> Clear as mud right?
>
> 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 Gibbons, Dennis
> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 3:18 PM
> To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
> Subject: [SERIALST] Are Journals in JSTOR Current Serials?
>
> Line 26 of the Academic Libraries Survey asks for the number of current
> serial titles held at the end of the Fiscal Year. The instructions for
> line 26 read:
>
> Part D - Library Collections
> Current serial titles (line 26) - Report the total number of titles in
> all formats. If the title comes in
> both paper and electronic form, count it twice. Count each individual
> title if it is received as part
> of a publisher's package. Include paper and microfilm government
> documents issued serially if
> they are accessible through the library's catalog. Report indexing and
> abstracting services that
> may contain full-text in line 27.
>
> Do any libraries count JSTOR journals as current serial titles?
>
> Dennis Gibbons
> Collection Development Librarian
> Texas Christian University       Phone: 817-257-7312
> TCU Box 298400                    Fax:     817-257-7282
> Fort Worth, TX 76129              E-mail: d.gibbons@tcu.edu
>