Everyone seems to agree that keeping up with URL changes is a headache.
This is one of the services that can be provided by aggregators, for
those publications that can be accessed through such a service. It's
also possible to obtain dispatch information from some publishers
through subscription agents.

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Sharon Cline McKay
Electronic Sales Manager
Blackwell's Information Services
http://www.blackwell.co.uk/
Phone: 801-942-9500
Fax:      801-942-8013
Email:   mckay@blackper.com
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JoAnne Griffin [jgriffin@OPAL.TUFTS.EDU] wrote:
>I have to agree with Pamela Simpson regarding "checking in" ejournals
>(those ejournals whose files do not physically reside at our individual
>libraries). In my mind, the important question now becomes "Is the link
>still working, or has it changed?" and not which specific issue has become
>available. If you did want to keep track of such a thing, I can't think of
>any easy way to do it -- unless publishers want to email all subscribers
>when they upload new issues. Sounds like a lot of work, and I don't
>think it's necessary.
>
>Just my two cents.
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>JoAnne Griffin
>Tufts Health Sciences Library
>145 Harrison Ave.
>Boston, MA 02111
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>jgriffin@opal.tufts.edu
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