[Eril-l] Electronic journal holdings in local catalog

[Melissa Belvadi]

Interesting. I agree about patrons wanting to search just one place.

But that's why I'm working to try to move our library away from our OPAC
and into using our EDS discovery service as our OPAC as well as everything
else. The OPAC can never be the one-stop-shop - it's not meant to be that.
(Have you ever tried to encode article-level data in MARC? It's a round peg
in a square hole.)
A discovery service can be. EDS for instance allows us to load our entire
catalog holdings weekly, and includes real-time status (checked out etc.)
information on the print materials.

I think we've let our backroom processing needs - cataloguing and
acquisitions in particular - direct our choices offered to patrons for the
front end.  We need affordable systems that provide the staff functionality
but not at the expense of the patron experience. I'm going to be closely
watching the development of the FOLIO project because it's the only
"product" I see on the landscape that can really get us there if it lives
up to its goals.

Melissa


On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 1:44 PM, Diane Westerfield <
Diane.Westerfield at coloradocollege.edu> wrote:

> We maintain e-journals in the catalog. Periodicals (both bound and
> unbound) are loaded into the link resolver along with some standing orders.
> We don’t have a discovery layer, just the traditional OPAC.
>
>
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> It’s human nature to only want to search one place. Early on in my
> post-MLS career, working the Reference Desk, I encountered a woman who
> cried tears of rage that she was supposed to search two places to find
> periodicals and electronic journals. And generally speaking, patrons tend
> not to realize or care about the arcane underlying systems of libraries.
>
>
>
> Our setup is to have separate records for print and electronic. I wrote a
> Python program to convert ejournal data from the link resolver report for
> the Millennium ERM. The ERM Coverage Load takes this file and creates brief
> bibs and checkins with linked holdings data where necessary. Pre-existing
> records that match up aren’t overwritten. We do full cataloging for JSTOR
> and other stable journal packages, but don’t catalog titles that are just
> in aggregators.
>
>
>
> Several problems that made journal loads difficult have been solved, and
> I’m now able to do this journal load once a month. Keeps our ejournal
> holdings fairly accurate in the catalog. With the Python program and
> frequency of loads (less errors to fix when they don’t accumulate for a
> long time) it’s a 1 day job. Doing this forces you to keep a closer eye on
> the link resolver and any changes with databases or important titles you
> may have missed, so it helps accuracy on the link resolver side as well.
>
>
>
> Loading print to the link resolver is a lot more difficult. Too many
> idiosyncrasies with locations and holding statements. That’s a twice a year
> job. Our print periodicals and standing orders don’t change that much these
> days so I hope that’s not too infrequent.
>
>
>
> Hope this helps,
>
>
>
> Diane Westerfield, Electronic Resources & Serials Librarian
>
> Tutt Library, Colorado College
>
> diane.westerfield at coloradocollege.edu
>
> (719) 389-6661
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Eril-l [mailto:eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org] *On Behalf Of *Sheldon,
> Karen
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 21, 2016 9:08 AM
> *To:* eril-l at lists.eril-l.org
> *Subject:* [Eril-l] Electronic journal holdings in local catalog
>
>
>
> We have been removing catalog records for our electronic journal holdings
> in our local catalog and have been considering removing bound periodicals
> from the catalog as well. We advertise it as the Book/DVD Catalog and
> encourage student to use the A-Z list to find all periodicals.
>
>
>
> What are other libraries doing? Do you maintain local catalog records for
> bound periodicals?
>
>
>
> *Karen Sheldon*
>
> Electronic and Instructional Services Librarian
>
> Color Guard Team Adviser
>
> Delaware Valley University
>
> 700 East Butler Ave., Doylestown PA 18901
>
> 215.489.4968 | karen.sheldon at delval.edu
>
>
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Melissa Belvadi
Collections Librarian
University of Prince Edward Island
mbelvadi at upei.ca 902-566-0581
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