Re: Serials check in? Chandra Jackson 20 Nov 2007 15:22 UTC
Hi Rita-- We have a unique PO for each electronic title in Voyager, which allows us to set up individual check-in components for them. We set each one on a quarterly pattern, and when the next expected issue date passes, the title shows up as "ready to be checked". My systems wizard Tim Murray set up a macro to create the check-in components for each order, so it didn't take long at all. You can check out our interface here: http://www.hindcite.com/seesau1.htm We are a pretty big department. There are 3 full time receivers, 1 invoicing assistant, 1 bibliographic assistant, and 2 electronic resources assistants (plus we have binding and a public service units). The receivers and the bibliographic assistant have access checking as part of their weekly duties. They report spending about 3-4 hours per week on their lists. Problems are reported to me--if it's just a matter of a linking problem in SFX or something similar, I pass it along to the electronic resources assistants. If it's something worse, it becomes my problem ;) We do not include titles in our aggregator databases, mostly because that would be totally unmanageable given our size. We also don't use SEESAU for titles that are print + online, although we could. As it is, we have approx. 5,000 individual online-only journal subscriptions. I hope that answers some of your questions! Feel free to email either me or Tim Murray (mainper2@uga.edu) with any other questions you might have. best, Chandra ----- Original Message ----- From: "Koller, Rita" <koller@LAKEFOREST.EDU> To: <SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 9:19 AM Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Serials check in? > Chandra, > > This sounds intriguing. I would like to know more about how you are > entering the e-journals into voyager. Also, are you including all Muse > and Jstor titles too? What would you say how many hours is the data > entry? > Do you make out a cheat sheet listing step by step directions? > > Our serials department is very small. I have one student for 8 hours a > week > Who is assigned to do this, staff or student help? > > > Rita > > PS: This would be a good program for NASIG. > > > Rita M. Koller > Serials, Government Documents and > Reference Librarian > Lake Forest College > Donnelley and Lee Library > 555 N. Sheridan Road > Lake Forest,IL 60045 > koller@lakeforest.edu > 847-735-5065 > 847-735-6297(Fax) > > -----Original Message----- > From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum > [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Chandra Jackson > Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 6:36 PM > To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU > Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Serials check in? > > We are also using our Voyager predictive check-in (along with an > in-house web-based interface) to generate lists of electronic journals > that are checked on a quarterly basis to make sure our access is > working, identify journals that may have moved from one publisher > package into another, or have URL changes that are not reflected in SFX. > > Jill Emery mentioned our system during a session in Charleston (it's > called SEESAU). If you'd like more info, please feel free to contact me > off list. > > Chandra Jackson > Serials Librarian > University of Georgia Libraries > 320 S. Jackson St. > Athens, GA 30602-1642 > ph: 706-542-7460 > fax: 706-542-4144 > email: chjack@uga.edu >