-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: TOC Alerting Service -- 2 messages
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 14:00:44 -0400
From: David Goodman <dgoodman@princeton.edu>
Reply-To: dgoodman@princeton.edu
Organization: Princeton University Biology Library

My personal advice is that it is no longer necessary for a library--at
least
an academic science library-- to run such a service itself. Just show
the
researchers how to set up the automated toc services for titles of
interest
for themselves. Essentially all publishers do a very good job of
this--as
indeed they would be expected to do, since it generates requests for
articles
and subscriptions. We sent around instructions, and then taught
individually
the faculty and theit secretaries as needed.

Five years ago we had here an elaborate system based on the  Current
Contents
floppy disks that, even semi-automated, took about 1/4 staff position.
We canceled  CC, and  put the money into Web of Science.
Evertyuone is now better off.

>
> 2 messages:
>
> 1)----------------------
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: TOC Alerting Service -- Rachel Ben-Eliezer
> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 11:12:44 EST
> From: BCohen7719@aol.com
>
> Haworth Press offers a free "Table of Contents" service
> to all 160+ journals.
>
> Please send any requests to:  contents@HaworthPress.com
> (not to the personal address above)
>
> Many thanks!
> Haworth Press, Inc.
>
> 2)---------------------------
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: TOC Alerting Service -- Rachel Ben-Eliezer
> Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 16:28:37 -0500
> From: Christopher Schneider <Christopher.Schneider@na.gbhap.com>
>
> For :  TIARachel Ben-Eliezer
> Serials Librarian
>
> SCAN offers a simple sign-up to receive free toc's from any journal
> published by Gordon and Breach and Harwood Academic publishers.   See:
> http://www.gbhap-us.com/journals/scan/top.htm
> Sincerely,
>
> Chris Schneider
> The Gordon and Breach Publishing Group
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: TOC Alerting Service
>    Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 11:39:57 +0200
>    From: Rachel Ben-Eliezer <rachelb@macam98.ac.il>
>
> Good morning,I am embarking on a new project - offering a Table of
> Contents Alerting service to  lecturers at the College.At the moment the
> service entails photocopying loads of TOC pages (a ton of work and only
> one student helper).I would prefer to offer this service through the
> electronic alerting services such as Catchword and Elsevier(excellent).
> Unfortunately they don't cover all my journals (220- mainly education
> psychology humanities).Do any of you know of other sites that offer this
> service free of charge. I tried laboriously wading throgh each publisher
> site - too time consuming!I would really appreciate some help here and
> any suggestions as to how make this service efficient..Best wishes and
> TIARachel Ben-Eliezer
> Serials Librarian
> DAVID YELLIN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION LIBRARY
> POB 3578
> JERUSALEM 91035 ISRAEL
> FAX: 972-2-6521548

--
David Goodman
Biology Librarian
and Co-chair, Electronic Journals Task force
Princeton University Library
Princeton, NJ 08544-0001
phone: 609-258-3235
fax: 609-258-2627
e-mail: dgoodman@princeton.edu