Re: Haworth online journal publication "dates" Burns, Karen 27 Mar 2009 17:09 UTC
I recently noticed this with Journal of Neuropathic Pain & Symptom Palliation. According to the website, v.2, n.1 was published in 2006, n.2 + n.3 in 2007 and n.4 in 2008 when they were all published in 2006 which I double-checked with our print issues. Haven't complained about this yet as I am still trying to sort out our online access which seems to keep disappearing on us, but I do agree it's a major problem. Karen Burns Serials Librarian UHN Health Sciences Libraries karen.burns@uhn.on.ca phone: 416-340-3429 fax: 416-340-4384 "I don't believe in irrational technology evangelism. I think we should use what works for our environment and users, not champion digital solutions as one-size-fits-all cornucopias." David Rothman Community General Hospital of Greater Syracuse -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu]On Behalf Of Mark Hemhauser Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 11:23 AM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: [SERIALST] Haworth online journal publication "dates" Has anyone noticed that Haworth was using year of online publication in their publication dates for their journals and not the actual print publication date? Example: Library & Archival Security, v.19 actually published in 2004 but the date for the online is 2006 for 19:1 and 2007 for 19:2. Informaworld is continuing this practice. It certainly muddies the waters for finding a citation. I would think it may cause problems for link resolvers. If the citation has the year of print publication and the link-resolver has a different year, that would cause problems, right? And if the link resolver had the print year of publication, then it would have trouble resolving to the issue at the publisher's site since the year would not match. It also makes it less clear to what content a library might have archival access rights. If you purchase print + paid online from 2006-2009, and the publisher calls 2004 issues 2006, would you have access to those issues as well as the 2006-2009 ones that you purchased? I did my best to convey to Taylor and Francis the confusion this practice will cause and probably has caused users of Haworth titles. Has anyone else contacted T&F about this? Mark -- Mark Hemhauser Coordinator, Continuing and Electronic Resources McKeldin Library University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 301-405-9309 (voice) 301-314-1200 (fax) This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review or distribution by anyone other than the person for whom it was originally intended is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please contact the sender and delete all copies. Opinions, conclusions or other information contained in this e-mail may not be that of the organization.