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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Subject: Re: missing content definition?
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
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missing content definition?
Barb:
Can you define missing content?
Is this missing backissues, or late titles?
- Bill
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I'm not interested in new title launches.
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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