We are just beginning to address this issue in our library.  For the time
being, I am planning to set up check-in records for each electronic title,
and have someone go online perhaps once each quarter to check and see that
the title is available as expected (I don't think we can rely on patron
response to tell us).  If, however, there is a better way to check on the
availability of these titles, we would very much like to know about it.

I do know our internal auditor has some difficulty understanding library
serials and acquisitions processes, and to the extent I can demonstrate
we got what we paid for, as we can with our check-in records for print
and microform materials, the better off we will be.

                        - Donna Packer
                          Head of Access Services
                          Western Washington University Libraries

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On Thu, 9 May 1996, Simon Huggard wrote:

> Just a quite question regarding electronic journals:
>
> Is anyone accessioning (checking-in) individual issues of electronic
> journals on their library automated systems (irrespective of where
> the electronic version is located) in order to check and claim for
> those they have paid money for?
>
> In the past I think I have posted that checking-in wasn't a good idea
> because it just added extra time to the process, but in the future we
> may be receiving 200 or 300 electronic journals which we may not have
> good controls over the checking of receipt of issues.
>
> Is there software which the Internet server may use to check for
> receipt of issues and produce a  report?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Simon Huggard
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