If I may add my two cents:

My problem with Ingenta is that each year, for each title (or many, you're
never sure which ones) you have to go back and re-register your
subscription. Somehow they don't have good communication with the publishers
and vendors. After I set up an online journal the first time, I don't want
to have to do it again every year. In some cases we've been without access
(that was paid for) for a VERY long time and only heroic efforts by EBSCO
got the access turned on. I don't entirely avoid Ingenta (though I may start
to), but I groan when they are the only way to get online content! It makes
me feel like calling the journal publisher and asking if they've heard of
HighWire.

andree

On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 12:40 PM, Barbara Pope <bpope@pittstate.edu> wrote:

> No, in my case, Ingenta actually said some of our ip addresses belong to a
> different college farther west in Kansas.  I had our systems admin check
> this out and verified that they are not.  Despite this, we cannot set up an
> account.  I kept getting the same woman by email that kept insisting we were
> incorrect.  It is a small number of titles anyway, and I don't see much
> point in having that kind of headache.
>
> Barbara Pope
>
>
> Sarah D. Tusa wrote:
>
> > I wonder if it has more to do with the "Class" of IP address that they
> > accept.  I'm no 'techie,' but I have run into situations where the IP
> > class is somewhat restrictive, or sometimes there is a specific syntax
> > for entering the IP address(es).
> > Sarah Tusa, Associate Professor
> > Coordinator of Collection Development & Acquisitions
> > Mary & John Gray Library, Lamar University
> > PO Box 10021
> > Beaumont, TX  77710-0021
> >  Ph:   409/880-8125
> > Fax: 409/880-8225
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
> > [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Barbara Pope
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 9:58 AM
> > To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
> > Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Ingentaconnect problems?
> >
> > My problem with Ingenta is not anything to do with connection, but they
> > do not have very good customer service or technical support.  If I try to
> > set up an account with them and enter my ip addresses (which I got from our
> > systems department), they tell me my ip addresses are incorrect
> >
> > and that I have to put in different ones.  It's not as if I typed them
> > in incorrectly.  I copy and paste them from somewhere else.  They are the
> > same ips we use for all of our products, but ingenta says they are wrong.  I
> > eventually gave up and won't even set up online access if it is coming from
> > ingenta.
> >
> > Barbara Pope, MALS
> > Periodicals/Reference Librarian
> > Axe Library
> > Pittsburg State University
> > Pittsburg KS  66762
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>

--
Andree Rathemacher
Associate Professor
Head, Serials Unit
University Library, University of Rhode Island
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