For the User:
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Field
|
Why
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Problem
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| Journal Title |
Bibliographic |
Sorting on "the", "and", and ampersands |
| URL |
Clickable Access |
Durable and direct URL without extra steps the best. Not always available; then complicated explanations needed. |
| Username and Password, if required |
Access |
Difficult to make available to user |
| Holdings |
Bibliographic |
Difficult to get, one at a time; change as publishers adds backfiles. |
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For the librarian:
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Field
|
Why
|
Problem
|
| How purchased (use codes?) |
To get what you pay for and prioritize your work |
Many ways to purchase a title. Often end up purchasing same title from different sources. |
| Is it free to all on the web? |
To give more access to users |
List everything or just those in scope? |
| Print includes free online |
|
Can change without notice to an extra cost and publisher cuts off access without notice. |
| Print comes with online at an extra cost |
|
How much more are you willing to pay: 25%? 33%? |
| Online only |
|
Will anyone ever know you own it if it is not on the shelf and they know nothing about online journals. |
| Part of an aggregation with a platform fee |
To troubleshoot as a group |
Often expensive; often not sold to smaller libraries. |
| A separate license from the print altogether (example: Science) |
|
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| Vendor title number |
To claim online edition |
Rely mostly on user complaints; often access cut off without notice. |
| Subscription code from print journal cover |
To activate the title at the publisher's site |
Usually toss info; messy to collect. |
| Administrator's Username and Password, if required |
To change your IP ranges and other data |
When asked for a password - often do not know if it for users or an admin password |
| Subject |
To organize for the user |
Not easy to display on the web; especially if there are multiple subjects. Most Database programs do not index. |
| ILS Bib record number |
To coordinate with the print product |
Print and/or electronic Bib number? Or both? |
| ISSN - to identify |
|
Print and/or electronic?; Sometime multiple. |
| Imprint - to identify |
|
Who does publish it? The print publisher who collects the data or the online publisher who displays it? |
| Price - print |
Only if you don't keep this elsewhere |
Difficult to get what your cost increase is when you pay for an electronic edition. |
| Price - extra for online |
Only if you don't keep this elsewhere |
ditto |
| Access from more than one source |
How many can be handled? |
Difficult to display on the Web or in a catalog |
| Notes and Comments - free text field |
To track activity not covered by other fields |
Date all notes
Notes are often on different problems but more than one field confusing
|
| Aggregator name or group |
To handle problems as a group |
When you order a title you usually do not know whether it is a single title or part of an aggregation |
| Use Statistics |
To eveluated title |
In all formats, one title a time. Difficult to collect. |
