I tend to agree with Rick that, in fact,
we pay a lot more for our online journals and this is where usage is but we
keep less track of them than what we do with our dwindling print collections.
And that seems to be not so productive in terms of overall resource allocation.
My main issue however is with staffing. My
staff has been here for many years and I find that some tasks relating to
electronic resources involve too many different areas (acquisitions and serials
for example) and it is hard to change the current culture, and job
descriptions. I have not been successful perhaps breaking down some tasks
sufficiently. Has anyone been successful in moving staff to this new
environment? I do have someone who checks online availability but are there
other tasks you can suggest?
Thanks!
Mike
Head, Collection Management
646-312-1689 (V) / 646-312-1691 (F)
Michael.Waldman@baruch.cuny.edu
Head, Collection Management
646-312-1689 (V) / 646-312-1691 (F)
Michael.Waldman@baruch.cuny.edu
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Subject: [SERIALST] Cease
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When
eliminating check-in and claiming, how do institutions handle the following
problems: a) Delayed
publication titles - the titles that get behind and then when they resume
publication, the publisher doesn't send you the issues you already paid
for. How will you know to claim the issues? b) What about
art journals which are frequently stolen, and whose online equivalents
are often missing illustrations for copyright reasons? Illustrations
that are in the print version may show up as blank boxes in the online
version. They will come out as bad B&W scans via ILL (assuming the interested
patron has time to wait). Images are not always available via Google
Image Search or Google Books. Diane
Westerfield Electronic
Resources and Serials Librarian Colorado College,
Tutt Library (719) 389-6661 (719) 389-6082
(fax) diane.westerfield@coloradocollege.edu |