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Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 08:46:49 +0500
From: Frieda Rosenberg <friedat@EMAIL.UNC.EDU>
Subject: Re: Cataloging electronic journal statistics (Peter C. Whiting)

Peter,
  I imagine it would depend on the purpose of the statistics.
  If the purpose of the statistics was to determine cataloging workflow,
you probably would want to include this processing, which sometimes takes
longer than making a complete record for another type of item.
  If it is to determine how many titles are "added to the collection",
again, you would need to tally the remote item if it represented a paid
subscription; if it did not, your institution would need to determine a
policy on how to assign a category to the title.
  However, if it is to determine how many records are added to the online
catalog, this statistic would be misleading!  (But your system should
count that.)

Regards, Frieda
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Frieda Rosenberg
Serials Cataloging
Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
friedat@email.unc.edu

On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, Marcia Tuttle wrote:
> I am establishing the cataloging statistics for the Serials Department here
> at the University of Southern Indiana. My question deals with cataloging
> electronic journals. How are other libraries documenting their statistics
> for cataloging e-journals.  Especially, when using the single record
> approach wherer there is both the Internet and non-Internet versions on the
> same record. This is a tricky area for statistics so no turkey answers are
> allowed.