Well that answers one of my questions. I wonder why they took it out of
the directions. Different folks do them over the years (I wasn't
involved until 2005).
And it still makes you wonder why that portion of our collections is not
something counted in the statistics when it arguably is the one making
the most impact (Academic Search Premier is by far our number one
resource in terms of usage and FT).
Buddy Pennington
Serial Acquisitions Librarian
University of Missouri - Kansas City
University Libraries
800 East 51st Street
Kansas City, MO 64110
816-235-1548
816-333-5584 (fax)
penningtonb@umkc.edu
-----Original Message-----
From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
[mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Gibbons, Dennis
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 9:21 AM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Are Journals in JSTOR Current Serials?
The instructions for line 26 of the 2003 Academic Libraries Survey
stated: "Do not count the titles included in full-text article databases
such as Lexis-Nexis, ABI/INFORM." One assumes this still pertains though
not explicitly stated.
--Dennis
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
-----Original Message-----
From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
[mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Eduardo Gil
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 8:21 AM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Are Journals in JSTOR Current Serials?
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
>
