<div dir="ltr"><div>I see newer users wanting to search just one place, but with my other students there is still this interesting dichotomy of some users viewing the catalog as "reliable" and the discovery service as "not reliable". It might be because our discovery system visually reminds them of article searching and not book or journal searching, or it might be because our catalog is more reliable for finding information about certain formats. I wonder if after a couple of years improved link resolvers, metadata exchange, and discovery systems will make this preference less pronounced, or if they will continue to prefer using the two platforms for different functions. We've only had the discovery system for a little over a year at this point.</div><div><br><div>- Nicole</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Nicole LeBoeuf Trujillo<br>Electronic Resources Librarian<br>Nielsen Library<br>Adams State University<br>Phone: <a value="+17195877196" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">719.587.7196</a><br>Email: <a href="mailto:nicoleleboeuf@adams.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">nicoleleboeuf@adams.edu</a> <br></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 7:29 AM, Melissa Belvadi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mbelvadi@upei.ca" target="_blank">mbelvadi@upei.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Interesting. I agree about patrons wanting to search just one place. </div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">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.)</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">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.<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">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.</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Melissa</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 1:44 PM, Diane Westerfield <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Diane.Westerfield@coloradocollege.edu" target="_blank">Diane.Westerfield@<wbr>coloradocollege.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">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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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hope this helps,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Diane Westerfield, Electronic Resources & Serials Librarian<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What are other libraries doing? Do you maintain local catalog records for bound periodicals?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Karen Sheldon<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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