Loading SerialsSolution holdings files with Electronic Journals HoldingsUpdate

[jean-marc.edwards@xxxxxxxxxx]

Hello dear list members,

I have a question regarding the loading of SerialsSolutions files in 
checkin records using the Electronic Journals Holdings Update software. 
We do not load files from SerialsSolutions yet but we do have the 
Electronic Journals Holdings Update software.

Question #1
Since a journal may be present in more than one source (i.e JSTOR, 
ProQuest, the publisher itself etc.), this means that the ISSN for this 
journal could appear more than once in the SerialsSolutions holdings 
file. Since loading a file than contains the same ISSN more than once is 
problematic (the record gets busy); how do you load multiple and 
different holdings information for the same journal?  Do you chop the 
SerialsSolution file by publishers and load each file one after the 
other with a unique identifier for each publishers holdings file? or 
does SerialsSolutions provide you with  a file for each publisher?

I am not sure about any of this, or perhaps I do not understand the process?

-- 
Jean-Marc Edwards
Assistant-Director, Systems / Directeur-adjoint, Systèmes
Concordia University Libraries, Montréal, (Qc), Canada
tel: (514) 848-2424 ext.7732 
fax: (514) 848-4244
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