Hi Tracey,

I think likely a lot of us share this same dilemma.

My resolution to this problem has been to let a serial subscription agent
handle the subscriptions, which ensures that they are integrated with other
subscriptions we carry, that we do have title by title itemization, and that
we can benefit from EDI invoicing for most of our subscriptions into our
ILS.

As to using an ERM system to help with this, you would still have the
problem of Elsevier not offering EDI and/or the potential limitations of the
ERM system in being able to accept EDI invoice information meant for an ILS.

And past that, the other remaining problem would be how or if data could be
migrated for subscription title by title payments from your ILS system to
the ERM system.  I know for my part, the last thing I need is yet another
system in which I have to manually re-key duplicated or repackaged
information already held in other systems!

I'm not sure if this is what you were after as far as a workaround
suggestion, but hope it helps!

Angie

(Lila) Angie Ohler
Head of Acquisitions
McKeldin Library
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
301 405-9308 (phone)
301 314-1200 (fax)
lohler@umd.edu

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From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
[mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Tracey Thompson
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 5:30 PM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] Elsevier and EDI

Hello all,

We have a large number of Elsevier titles, and Elsevier currently does not
offer EDI.  Due to the number of titles that we have, it is becoming
problematic.  Does anyone have any workarounds that they would be willing to
share?  We use Voyager acquisitions module, and we are implementing the
Serials Solutions 360 Resource Manager this summer.

Tracey Thompson

Acquisitions Librarian

New Mexico State University Library

MSC 3475 P.O. Box 30006

Las Cruces, NM 88003-8006

(p) 575-646-8093

(f) 575-646-7477