Hi, Lesley -

I couldn't agree more!  Acoustical Physics certainly isn't part of our package (split icon), and there is currently no way to limit the browse function to titles that are accessible vs. the ones that are not part of our current package, which is really inconvenient when trying to adjust our linkresolver holdings for our new contract (at least 150-175 are not included).  I have been told that this feature will be implemented at a later time, but I was glad that I was able to update SFX before the new site was put into place.

Best regards,

Stephanie Nicely Aken, Electronic Resources Coordinator, University of Kentucky Libraries
William T. Young Library
University of Kentucky 
500 S. Limestone
Lexington, KY  40506-0456
phone: (859) 257-0500, ext. 2050 
fax:  (859) 257-0508
[log in to unmask]

STATEMENT OF CONFIDENTIALITY

The contents of this e-mail message and any attachments are confidential and are intended solely for addressee. The information may also be legally privileged. This transmission is sent in trust, for the sole purpose of delivery to the intended recipient. If you have received this transmission in error, any use, reproduction or dissemination of this transmission is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please immediately notify the sender by reply e-mail or by calling (859) 257-0500, x2050 and delete this message and its attachments, if any.


-----Original Message-----
From: An informal open list set up by the UK Serials Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lesley Crawshaw
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 9:48 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: The New Springer Site - Icon Confusion Remains

Hi,

Does anyone else out there find the assignment of the access icons on the new Springer site disappointing and confusing?  

The reason for raising this is that I assume that the new icons are meant to be more helpful in identifying access rights to us than they were on the old site, but my feeling is that all that has changed are the icons themselves, although at least an explanation of what each icon stands for is now available. 

In our own case, we have access to most of the post-1997 content on SpringerLink, but not to the pre-1997 content, hence the icons next to our journal titles are almost all now showing as partial access. However, there are some journals that are showing as partial access where all that we have access to are the articles from a single issue. 

Does the fact that the same partial access icon is used for both access to a complementary single issue and for more substantial access e.g. 1997 to date confuse your users?

Isn't it about time that MetaPress found a different way of displaying access to a free issue than using the same icon that identifies access to subscribed content? On ScienceDirect they use a different icon to denote where complementary access has been given to all or part of a journal.
Shouldn't MetaPress consider doing something similar?

However, the situation gets even more confusing when one goes down to volume level. If I look at the following journal Cognitive Therapy and Research on the new site I find that at the journal title level the icon is showing as partial access which is correct, because we only have access to the
post-1997 content. However if I go to the volume/issue level some of the volumes have the full access icon showing and some of the volumes have the partial access icon showing. In both of these cases the icons at issue level are all showing as full access, which is what we have. This doesn't make sense at all, surely if one has access to all the content in a volume then the icon should be showing as full access. 

Has anyone else out there experienced icon confusion with both the new Springer MetaPress site and the old MetaPress sites?

Cheers
Lesley


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lesley Crawshaw, Faculty Information Consultant, Learning and Information Services University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, AL10 9AB ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
email: [log in to unmask]
phone: 01707 284662 fax: 01707 284666
list owner: [log in to unmask]  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~