I've been looking at our Ebscohost usage data and I've noticed a lot of inconsistencies with issns. I don't know what the solution is yet, but it's definitely a problem.
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Rachel Oldridge
Digital Resource Manager
University of Bedfordshire
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>>> On 28/09/2009 at 13:52, in message
<[log in to unmask]>, Mies Martin
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> I'm attempting to build a rather simple but effective Access database that
> will assist managing our usage statistics. For my test I'm using four years
> worth of our usage data from the Royal Society of Chemistry. Because I'm in
> the early stages of this little project I'm creating the initial table by
> hand. In doing this I've come across an oddity.
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> In the JR1 reports for the Royal Society of Chemistry I'm noticing
> inconsistencies in the identification of ISSN. Let me explain. In 2006 RSC
> identified the print ISSN for Annual Reports Section A (Inorganic Chemistry)
> 1460-4760 and the electronic ISSN 0260-1818. In 2007 and 2008 the print and
> electronic ISSNs for Annual Reports Section A (Inorganic Chemistry) are
> identified as follows 0260-1818 and 1460-4760 respectfully. Now, for 2009,
> that same title the print and electronic ISSN are once again identified as it
> had been in 2006, i.e. 1460-4760 and 0260-1818. This pattern is not limited
> to only Annual Reports Section A (Inorganic Chemistry), rather it is
> reflected in all of the titles list in the JR1 report.
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> Obvious for something that I'm attempting to do this can have important
> consequences. So I'm wondering whether or not anyone else noticed this
> oddity with RSC or any other usage statistics provider?
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> Respectfully,
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> mies
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> Mies Martin
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> Digital Resource Coordinator
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> J.R. Van Pelt / Opie Library
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> Michigan Technological University
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> Houghton, Mi 49931
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