We are longtime Wilson subscribers, and our students are heavy users.  We are an undergraduate liberal arts college, so these aggregators are very valuable to us.

 

--Jennifer

 

 

Jennifer van Sickle

Serials Librarian & Sciences Coordinator

Trinity College Library

300 Summit St.

Hartford, CT USA 06106

 

jennifer.vansickle@trincoll.edu

 

phone: 860-297-2250

fax: 860-297-2251

 

From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Carol Edwards
Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 9:56 AM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] Value of database collections

 

I have a fairly basic question that I would appreciate getting the library perspective on. I have been approached by The Wilson Company to license our association journal for inclusion in the Education Full Text Database. I would like to know if these types of databases are of value, and do libraries subscribe to them? Do they still serve a purpose in this age of large platforms like Ingenta and endless linking through CrossRef?

 

Thank you,

 

Carol Edwards

Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc.