[Eril-l] ProQuest "simplification program"?

[Karen Engler]

Hi Christine and others,
Amen!  I think many companies have no idea of the cascading effects of all
their title/collection changes on e-resources and acquisitions staff.  It
took hours of my time to weed through the changes in the SciTech/Social
Sciences Premium Collection and make accompanying changes in our LMS/PO
lines.   And if you are an Alma library, we have had to micro-manage many
of the collections we have activated from the Alma Community Zone KB
because ProQuest is including titles with abstract-only access in full-text
collections (like their SciTech Premium Collection), which confuses our
patrons.  And Alma is a ProQuest company!
-Karen Engler

On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 9:29 AM, Geraldine Rinna <geraldine.rinna at wmich.edu>
wrote:

> Christine,
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> No, you are not alone.  The frustrations I felt as an Electronic Resources
> Specialist, dealing with all the changes to databases and content have only
> been exacerbated by my, now, as and Electronic Resources Librarian, dealing
> with deciphering the perpetual access –v- subscription access, license
> information, etc.  I don’t know if this is endemic, or if it’s just me
> being a noob, but I find this frustrating for most of our big vendors.
>
>
>
> Geri
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> Geri Rinna
>
> Electronic Resources Librarian
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> University Libraries
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> Departmental email: lib-serials at wmich.edu
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> Ex Libris Certified Administrator: Primo:NA01/AlmaNA02
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> “University Libraries empowers its community to discover, explore, and
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> *From:* Eril-l [mailto:eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org] *On Behalf Of *Christine
> Turner
> *Sent:* Friday, January 26, 2018 10:24 AM
> *To:* eril-l at lists.eril-l.org
> *Subject:* [Eril-l] ProQuest "simplification program"?
>
>
>
> Greetings, Colleagues,
>
>
>
> We’ve been struggling to maintain our inventory and accounting records, to
> say nothing of public access to our ProQuest products, particularly since
> they embarked on a “simplification program” a couple of years ago. They are
> moving contents of mega-collections in and out (e.g. International
> Bibliography of Social Sciences was included in our Social Sciences Premium
> Collection and now we’re being billed separately for it), regularly
> changing database and collection names, and providing order forms and
> invoices that don’t itemize what the charges cover. We’re also having
> problems getting renewal prices in a timely manner. And then there’s
> deciphering their usage data…
>
>
>
> Are others feeling as frustrated as we are? We’re pushing back, but I
> wonder if we’re a lone voice in the wilderness.
>
>
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> Thanks for any feedback you may provide.
>
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Christine
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> ******************************************
> Christine N. Turner
> Acquisitions and Scholarly Communications Librarian
> Acquisitions Unit/W.E.B. Du Bois Library
> University of Massachusetts
> Amherst, MA  01003
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