Re: Claiming online issues Shaare Zedek Medical Library 27 Feb 2007 13:37 UTC
Try entering into Google "digital ice age", read the article from Popular Mechanics and a few comments on it (I only found one anti) and see how you all feel then. Yours, Pamela Ben-Eliezer Shaare Zedek Medical Library Jerusalem, Israel ben-el@szmc.org.il -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Dan Lester Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 11:42 PM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: [SERIALST] Claiming online issues ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Ohler, Lila A." <lohler@OU.EDU> >But I think it depends on the library. In my library's case, as in >yours, we continue to carry print. And if we are to continue to devote >labor toward claiming print serials, with an assumption of "need" for >those issues on the part of the end user, then I cannot justify not >claiming electronic serials. I think you're doing an "apples and oranges" comparison. Yes, there can be problems with publishers messing up your subscription, changing URLs, and so forth. However, you can have that type of problem with print titles, as well. With electronic what you don't have to worry about is the items getting lost in the mail, run over by a truck, shredded in some machine along the way, and so forth. And, of course, in the long run you don't have to worry about missing issues when you're going to bind. >From the experiences I've had, if a title is missing in whole or in part, it'll get reported very quickly by a user, and you can almost always have access restored very quickly, too, and certainly much quicker than a missing issue or volume can be mailed to you, assuming the publisher even has any to send. Online missing issues or volumes are different enough from the problems of claiming paper issues to make me seriously doubt whether it is worth the time. dan Lord, I never complain, never ask why, but please don't let my dream run dry dan@riverofdata.com Dan Lester, Boise, Idaho, USA ********************************************************************************************** IMPORTANT: The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential. They are intended for the named recipient(s) only. If you have received this email in error, please notify the system manager or the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to anyone or make copies thereof. *** eSafe scanned this email for viruses, vandals, and malicious content. *** Shaare Zedek Medical Center http://www.szmc.org.il **********************************************************************************************