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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> -----Original Message-----
> From: An informal open list set up by the UK Serials Group
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Barb Dietsch
> Sent: 17 August 2007 16:56
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: missing content definition?
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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)
> **************************************************************************
>
> 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
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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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> Subject Re: Use of an informal open list set up by the UK Serials
> : Group
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> Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 08:53:41 -0400
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> From: Barb Dietsch <[log in to unmask]>
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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.
>
> My 2 cents.
>
> 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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