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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hi Katherine,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">We use LibGuides here at Argonne. One caveat – if you use SerialsSolutions, LibGuides can auto-import all your databases; however, this can get messy since, as we all know, tracking subscriptions in SerialsSolutions
can be a total mess. (I would be interested to learn if anyone on this list has done a project to clean their holdings up). One example (pictured below) is that databases can be duplicated (which may or may not make sense to us, but is likely confusing to
the user):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I am in the process of cleaning this up, but for the time being, I added some custom code to add our curated list of “Featured Databases” to the right column below New and Trial Databases.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hope that helps.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Bryan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:gray">Bryan G. Deziel, MLIS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:gray">Discovery and Digital Resources Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:gray">Argonne Research Library,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:gray">Argonne National Laboratory<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:gray"><a href="mailto:bdeziel@anl.gov"><span style="color:gray">bdeziel@anl.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:gray">(630) 252-3876<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Eril-l [mailto:eril-l-bounces@lists.eril-l.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Montgomery, Kathrine E<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 12, 2016 12:46 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> eril-l@lists.eril-l.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Eril-l] Database management question<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi everyone,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We’re looking into changing how we manage our databases, including the frontend ability to search for a database, sort databases by subject area/topic and create a database A-Z list. We’re currently using ExLibris’ MetaLib.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The solutions I’ve found so far include using LibGuides or creating a home grown database, so I was wondering if anyone has any other products or solutions that are working for you.
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<p class="MsoNormal">And a follow-up question: Are you cataloging your databases directly in your catalog, importing records into your catalog from another system or not adding database records to your catalog at all?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for the help,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kathrine<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kathrine Montgomery<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Head of Acquisitions and ERM<o:p></o:p></p>
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