Re: DOAJ titles in Serials Solutions Steven C Shadle 20 Jan 2009 19:49 UTC

I was going to report the same thing.  The full-text databases are more volatile than DOAJ.

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On Tue, 20 Jan 2009, Stokes, Judith wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We find DOAJ to be more stable than other free journal sources, but none of them cause us much trouble because there are so many of us accessing them through Serials Solutions, that changes get reported pretty quickly. Occasionally, we discover we have lost free access to something -- rarely anything in DOAJ -- and we report it. Serials Solutions confirms the change and follows up pretty quickly.
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> Regards,
>
> Judith E. Stokes
> Serials/E-resources Librarian
> Rhode Island College
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> Subject: [SERIALST] DOAJ titles in Serials Solutions
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> Hello,
>
>
>
> I was hoping to hear from some folks who have chosen to add DOAJ to their
> Serials Solutions profile.  We are currently considering adding MARC
> updates, etc.  Our main concern is that some of the content might be
> unstable.  For those who have chosen to do this, how has your experience
> been?  Thanks!
>
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