Hi Alli,
Thanks very much for your reply to my EJS access query, that's much appreciated. I spoke to one of EBSCO's Support Managers shortly after I posted my email to the list and she advised that we move to EBSCO A-Z. Although the service looks very good (if replicating SFX functionality) EBSCO had omitted to inform us that there will be a charge for the service from 2014, which we are unlikely to be able to afford. We are, therefore, thinking that we'll link via SFX to the publisher's sites instead.
I hope that you manage to come to a suitable solution.
Have a good evening.
Best wishes,
Helen
Helen Beton
Library Computing Officer
Library Services
Canterbury Christ Church University
North Holmes Road
Canterbury
Kent
CT1 1QU
01227 782704
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Hello Helen.
Yes, we are in the same situation and are contacting EBSCO about this.
Kindest regards,
Alli
Allison Carroll
Electronic Services Manager
Main Library
University of East Anglia
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>From: An informal open list set up by UKSG - Connecting the Information
>Community [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Beton,
>Helen ([log in to unmask])
>Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 4:30 PM
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>Subject: [lis-e-resources] EBSCOhost Electronic Journals Service
>authentication issues
>
>Apologies for cross-searching.
>
>Hi,
>
>We were recently notified that EBSCO would no longer be supporting
>Athens authentication to the Electronic Journals Service (EJS) and have
>been advised that we should move to EBSCO E-Journals or A-Z.
>Unfortunately, a full text target for E-Journals is currently
>unavailable in Ex Libris' SFX Knowledge Base and I have been informed
>by EBSCO that there are no plans to add this resource as a target as it
>is technically an abstracts database with links to full text (despite a
>full text target being available for EJS). We are therefore concerned
>about how we can best provide access to our subscribed EBSCO journals
>via SFX, as we are unlikely to be able to afford the subscription
>charges for EBSCOhost A-Z. Are there any other institutions who are in
>a similar position and have found a way to resolve this problem? I
>have logged a request with Ex Libris to pursue adding EBSCOhost
>E-Journals as a new target in SFX, as this would be the most satisfactory solution for us, and would like to encourage you to do the same if applicable.
>
>Please feel free to contact me off-list if preferred.
>
>Thank you.
>
>Best wishes,
>
>Helen
>
>Helen Beton
>Library Computing Officer
>Library Services
>Canterbury Christ Church University
>North Holmes Road
>Canterbury
>Kent
>CT1 1QU
>01227 782704
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>
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