Sorry if this is a stupid question, but how do you 'receive' an ejournal
> issue, or rather how do you know when you've 'received' one?

Presumably you hire twice as many staff, so that you can check on-line for the corresponding
issue when you check in hard copy journal issues. Interesting problem, when managements assume
that you need less staff when resources are online.

However, since the BL has such enormous takings, they must be doing much of the online checking
for the rest of us.

(Sorry for the Friday answer, and it's only Wednesday afternoon.)

Barbara
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> From:         ssm <[log in to unmask]>
> Date:         Wed, 31 Jan 2001 14:38:28 -0000
> Subject:      Re: Gaps in ingentaJournals coverage
> To:           [log in to unmask]
> Reply-To:     "An informal open list,              set up under the auspices of the United
> Kingdom Seri"              <[log in to unmask]>
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>       by rinka.central.susx.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #3)
>       id 14NyNp-0006n7-00; Wed, 31 Jan 2001 14:37:17 +0000
>
> Sorry if this is a stupid question, but how do you 'receive' an ejournal
> issue, or rather how do you know when you've 'received' one?
>
> Sandra Morris
> Electronic Information Development Officer
> Hugh Owen Library
> Information Services,
> University of Wales, Aberystwyth,                     Penglais Campus,
> Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 3DZ
> Email: [log in to unmask]
> Extension: 1892   Phone: (01970) 621892   FAX: (01970) 622404
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: An informal open list, set up under the auspices of the United
> Kingdom Seri [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Braid,
> Andrew
> Sent: 31 January 2001 10:19
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Gaps in ingentaJournals coverage
>
>
> I gather from at least some of these messages that the gaps in provision
> have come as something of a surprise.  This leads me to assume that
> electronic journals are not being accessioned in the same way that paper
> journals are.  Is this the case?  At the British Library we do accession
> electronic journals even when we also have a paper subscription.  This
> enables us to chase missing issues.  We also compare a list of what is
> actually received against what is expected.  (We could write a book on the
> results of these exercises but that is not the point of this message.)
>
> Can those who do not accession electronic journals for which they pay a
> subscription tell me how they justify their action to their auditors?  As
> the previous messages have indicated you do seem to be paying and not
> receiving the goods.
>
> Andrew Braid                    tel +44 (0)1937 546030
> Head of Publisher Liaison       fax +44 (0)1937 546246
> The British Library             s +44 (0)1937 546000
> Boston Spa                      email [log in to unmask]
> Wetherby                        http://www.bl.uk
> West Yorkshire LS23 7BQ
> UK
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: McMurdo, Max [LSS] [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 9:59 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Gaps in ingentaJournals coverage
>
>
> we discovered some time ago that with the MCB journals there were 12 fewer
> titles available via Ingenta than from Emerald. We raised this with both
> parties and it remained an unexplained mystery. Maybe it has been put right.
> we haven't checked for a while.
> Perhaps someone at Ingenta (excuse the convention with the initial capital
> for proper nouns !) could update us please.
>
> Max McMurdo, Learning Adviser, New Learning Centre, Leeds Metropolitan
> University, Calverley St., Leeds LS1 3HE
> tel 0113.2832600 X3382      email  [log in to unmask]
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ian Winship [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 11:33 AM
> > To:   [log in to unmask]
> > Subject:      Gaps in ingentaJournals coverage
> >
> > We are finding many gaps in coverage of the titles we access through
> > ingentaJournals where complete issues or sometimes just certain articles
> are
> > not available. This is very frustrating for our users, especially as in
> many
> > cases, for example MCB and Academic Press, we can subsequently find these
> > issues and articles on the publisher's site.
> >
> > What is the reason?
> >
> > [I am posting to the list, rather than asking ingenta direct, as I assume
> > other list members will be interested in any response and will be happy to
> > help if ingenta need to apply pressure on their suppliers.]
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Ian Winship
> > Learning Resources, University of Northumbria at Newcastle
> > City Campus Library, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK
> >                   ----------------
> > e-mail: [log in to unmask]
> > phone:  0191 227 4150      fax: 0191 227 4563
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>

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