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Re: When is a Journal a Journal?
Cecelia Boone of MINITEX writes as follows: Forwarded message: Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 10:25:25 -0600 From: "Cecelia N. Boone" <c-boon@maroon.tc.umn.edu> Subject: Thank you for the Message: When is a Journal a Journal Good Morning, Ann, I read with great interest the message about full text journals this morning. I'd like to ask your permission to share it with readers of a ListServ that we maintain for the MINITEX Library Information Network -- which includes research, academic, public, state agency, medical libraries in Minnesota and the Dakotas. Many of our participating libraries are struggling with the same issues you identify. The libraries are making decisions how to handle these issues, and we're trying to help them gather as much information as possible. An additional issue we're discussing here, is whether libraries should include holdings for full-text journals in MULS -- our union list of serials for the MINITEX region. In particular, MINITEX has arranged access to several IAC full-text databases for all participating libraries. While we haven't stated a policy as yet, we're suggesting that union listing these 1000s of titles is an inefficient use of a library's staff time -- to say nothing of the issue of whether these database versions are the "real" thing. In your communications, have you heard of other union lists that have addressed this issue? We are having similar discussions about the union listing of electronic journals -- both those access remotely and those accessed through cd-rom and other local means. Again, I'd like to inquire what discussion you have heard of this issue. Thank's for your attention. I'd appreciate any information that you have time to provide. Cecelia N. Boone, Asst. to the Dir. for MULS & Communication (e-mail: c-boon@tc.umn.edu) MINITEX Library Information Network S-33 Wilson Library 309 19th Ave. S. University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN 55455-0414 phone: 612-624-6353 fax: 612-624-4508
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