Dear Noriko,
Simply put a note on the Table of Contents (TOC) page for the missing
issue in question. Or on the Archive page for entire volumes/years.
The more information you put on the webpage, the better, but it least
give notice that the content is missing and you (the publisher) are
working on it.
I feel that it is important to post this information on the actual
webpage on which the content should be accessible because ultimately it
is the final user (the patron, student, or researcher) who needs the
information.
If you post it on the listserv, it's nice for us (the librarians) to use
in-house and in ILL, but we can't do a whole lot with the information
for the users who we are providing the product for. So, really, it is
the responsibility of the publisher to communicate to the final consumer
(the patron) about missing content and what you are doing about it.
For delayed new material, just create a general statement that you can
post with the current issues: "Current content is available three
months after print edition." Or something to that effect.
Thanks for considering making changes!
barb
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Hi,
I am Noriko Arakawa in Japan,
May I join in this discussion?
As a staff working for a journal site, I am a bit interested
in how we should share the information on gaps too. We have
gaps that are just under digitization or a kind of an embargo
as well as those which will not become online, such as
coference abstract issues.
If there is any appropriate format, I would like to know it,
or may be we (on this list or elsewhere?) can design a new
format so that everyone can access each others information
easily: WHAT is gap till WHEN (,WHY), and anything other?
Regards,
Noriko
#the largest problem lying ahead is that we have limited
budget for fixing the system and things cannot be adjusted
soon, sigh.
> Hi Barb,
>
> I agree with your concerns.
>
> We also had problems with missing content on Springer i.e. whole
> issues/volumes of content in the middle of other content when we were
trying
> to set up Serials Solutions in June 2006. As a result we had to do a
lot of
> customization of our access - not something that we really want to do
as it
> increases the time required to maintain such collections on Serials
> Solutions.
>
> We did send Springer a detailed list of @150 queries which could be
grouped
> into 4 categories.
>
> 1. content gaps before 1997
> 2. content gaps after 1997
> 3. access rights markers
> 4. journals late in production
>
> I did finally receive an email from Springer in March 2007 assuring me
that
> they were working on closing all these gaps.
>
> Here are a just a few examples where there are still gaps (I don't
have time
> to go back through all the queries I sent to Springer to see which
ones are
> now resolved as it's really slow going having to move from page to
page of
> the volume and issue display on the "new" Springer site - it's a real
pity
> one can't see all the volumes that are available for a particular
journal on
> the one page):
>
> a) Decisions in Economics and Finance - Vol. 20 (1997), 21 (1998) and
22
> (1999) missing
>
> b) European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience - Vol.
247
> (1997) missing
>
> c) European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research - Vol. 4 (1996)
missing
>
> Maybe publishers need to be a bit more open about any gaps that they
have
> and what they are doing to fill them in? Many of these gaps aren't
noted in
> 3rd party services such as Serials Solution meaning users are probably
being
> directed to non-available content etc..
>
> Cheers
> Lesley
>
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> Bill and others,
>
> I am concerned with not the newest content, but rather with missing
> articles and whole issues/volumes of content in the middle of other
> content that is available. I do realize that some publishers have a
> slight delay in posting their newest journal issues.
>
> Below you will find some examples:
>
> Missing since it least February 21, 2007:
> (not yet fixed)
>
> Aerobiologia
> (Springer)
> http://www.springerlink.com/content/1573-3025
> Missing vol. 13 (1997) and vol. 14 (1998)
>
> BioControl
> (Springer)
> http://www.springerlink.com/content/1573-8248
> Missing vol. 41 (1996) and vol. 42 (1997)
>
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>
> Missing from June 12-August 16, 2007:
> (June 12 is the date that we discovered the missing content; today it
is
> now fixed)
>
> Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A
> (Taylor & Francis)
> Missing vol. 70, no. 9 (January 2007)
> (note that nos. 1-8 & 10-13 were available on June 12th, but not
> no. 9)
>
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>
> I have noticed that for the titles we use, Springer and Taylor &
Francis
> seem to have the most missing content. Interesting that they both
used
> to share the same platform, MetaPress.
>
> I welcome all comments and advice about how to deal with this. If I
> have time, I send an email to the publisher about the missing content.
>
> barb
>
> barb dietsch | serials coordinator
> epa library | unc contract staff
> 109 tw alexander drive | mail code c267-01
> research triangle park, nc 27711
> phone: 919.541.0726
> fax: 919.541.1405
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> Barb:
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> Can you define missing content?
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> Is this missing backissues, or late titles?
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> - Bill
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> I'm not interested in new title launches.
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> I am interested in title change information or archival coverage
changes
> (increases), but I hardly ever see posts about these two categories.
> Maybe not as sexy as "new title launch".
>
> How about information from publishers about when missing content will
be
> restored or added. Taylor & Francis has a lot of missing content for
> some of the journals we use. Perhaps, if there are copyright
> considerations (or whatever), the publishers could post to the
listserv
> what the problem is AND put a notice up on the TOC pages. BTW, this
> missing content is somewhat newer material (2002, etc.) in which
> articles are available before and after the missing content.
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> My 2 cents.
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> barb
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> barb dietsch | serials coordinator
> epa library | unc contract staff
> 109 tw alexander drive | mail code c267-01
> research triangle park, nc 27711
> phone: 919.541.0726
> fax: 919.541.1405
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