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Re: EBSCO's Registration Tracker Rentz, Paivi H (28 Nov 2006 18:41 UTC)
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Re: EBSCO's Registration Tracker Rentz, Paivi H 28 Nov 2006 18:41 UTC
I have used the Registration Tracker quite a bit. 1) The Tracker does frequently provide the URL to register. And it does state what piece of information is needed for registering (customer id or subscription id). However, the code needed for registration is frequently not present or it may not be correct. Frequently, I've ended up contacting the publisher asking for the number if I cannot find it Ebsco's Ownership & Access report or the Ebsco invoice, which are the other two places I have occasionally found the necessary codes. It seems like many times the publishers do communicate the information to Ebsco but the information does not make its way to the Registration Tracker, which is unfortunate because the code is the critical piece in the registration process. 2) I have entered notes to record the customer number, to indicate when resource is authenticated via user name and password only, i.e. not usable for us, if there's anything else I want to remember about the registration (such as IP access only on 5 workstations). I now frequently come across these notes and they've been helpful many times. 3. I like the notes and I dislike the incompleteness of the registration information. -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Zinik, Davette Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 12:34 PM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: [SERIALST] EBSCO's Registration Tracker Hello, Does anyone on Serialist use EBSCO's Registration Tracker? If so, I'm interested in hearing your feedback regarding the following questions: 1) Does it provide vital information you need in order to register, such as customer numbers, instructions for registering and authenticating content, etc. 2) What type of notes do you enter? 3) Does it help you manage the registration process of your e-journals? What do you like most/least about it? Thank you, Davette Zinik Serials Acquisitions Auraria Academic Library 1100 Lawrence Street Denver, Colorado 80204-2095 303-556-2625 (tel) 303-556-2623 (fax) davette.zinik@cudenver.edu http://library.auraria.edu Serving University of Colorado at Denver/Health Sciences Center; Metropolitan State College of Denver; Community College of Denver