Re: Service idea...opinions please... DuBose, Stefanie 07 Feb 2005 21:23 UTC
Hi Susan, I got confused between SAS and Ulrichsweb; SAS will indicate that a title is indexed but doesn't indicate the indexing or abstracting resource. We're doing something different and analyzing our journals rather than our indexes--using SAS to determine various factors about our titles, then using Ulrich's to list the indexing resources. I'm sorry if I've mislead anyone about the SAS product. Stefanie Stefanie DuBose Head, Acquisitions Academic Library Services East Carolina University Greenville, NC 27258-4353 (p)252-328-2598 (f)252-328-4834 duboses@mail.ecu.edu -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU]On Behalf Of Marshall, Susan Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 5:04 PM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Service idea...opinions please... Stefanie, I was just talking with a Bowker (Ulrich's Serials Analysis System) rep today and he said that SAS doesn't run a comparison and show gaps where titles aren't indexed.... I am not sure what you mean that SAS "can pull indexing information". Can it compare our subscribed indexes against the indexes where our ISSN's appear and show gaps? Susan P. Marshall Electronic Resources Librarian Assistant Professor Renne Library Montana State University P.O. Box 173320 Bozeman, MT 59717-3320 smarshall@montana.edu (406) 994-4313 Fax (406) 994-2851 -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of DuBose, Stefanie Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 2:47 PM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Service idea...opinions please... Hi Susan, Your serials vendor should be able to provide you with the indexing information. If you have a subscription to Ulrich's Serials Analysis System, you can run your serial lists against their database and pull indexing information. Also, if you have students, they could search Ulrich's for the same information--it sure would be slower, though. The information you'll gather will be very useful in determining the accessability of your journals to your users. There may be important titles, though, that aren't found in Katz or indexed anywhere, that your faculty will need to let you know about. We have such a title, and I wouldn't dare cancel it for the world. Good luck with your project! Stefanie Stefanie DuBose Head, Acquisitions Academic Library Services East Carolina University Greenville, NC 27258-4353 (p)252-328-2598 (f)252-328-4834 duboses@mail.ecu.edu -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU]On Behalf Of Marshall, Susan Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 3:25 PM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: [SERIALST] Service idea...opinions please... HI All, I am the Electronic Resources Librarian here at Montana State University. I would like to get your opinions on an idea for a service that I have. Maybe a vendor is already providing this service of which I am not aware so I thought I would ask those of you in collection development of serials: For collection analysis, I would like to find out if all of my subscribed journals (excluding aggregator FT titles) are indexed in at least one of the online indexing databases to which we subscribe. I'd like to know where my indexing gaps are in covering my subscribed journals. Rationale: With the use of my link resolver, potentially all of my journals - both print and online are "findable" through an online index. But I want to make sure all of my journals are indexed within the indexing databases to which we subscribe. Is this a service that other libraries would be interested in? Is this already being done by a vendor or through a local library's own Systems Dept efforts? Please reply to the whole list. Thanks in advance for your input. Sue Susan P. Marshall Electronic Resources Librarian Assistant Professor Renne Library Montana State University P.O. Box 173320 Bozeman, MT 59717-3320 smarshall@montana.edu (406) 994-4313 Fax (406) 994-2851