Dear Barb and all,
Thank you for your quick response and sorry for my late late reply.
I would like to see if we can add those kind of notes on the html
for our archives.
(I now see why HTML message will help; to make the readers know,
isnt it? I was misunderstanding that the problem is the dead link
provided by the resolvers - so that we might need a crawlable feed,
though it will be quite a work to set up...)
Warm regards,
Noriko
> 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
>
> barb dietsch | serials coordinator
> epa library | unc contract staff
> 109 tw alexander drive | mail code c267-01
> research triangle park, nc 27711
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> Noriko Arakawa
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> Please respond
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> An informal open
> list set up by
> the UK Serials
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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
> >
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Lesley Crawshaw, Faculty Information?Consultant,
> > Learning and Information Services
> > University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, AL10 9AB
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > email: [log in to unmask]
> > phone: 01707 284662 fax: 01707 284666
> > list owner: [log in to unmask]
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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?
> >
> > 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)
> >
> **************************************************************************
>
> >
> > 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
> > 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?
> >
> > Is this missing backissues, or late titles?
> >
> > - Bill
> >
> > -------- Original Message --------
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> > Subject Re: Use of an informal open list set up by the UK Serials
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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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> > Reply-T An informal open list set up by the UK Serials Group
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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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