Re: Loading SerialsSolution holdings files with Electronic Journals HoldingsUpdate

[stella Tang <stellat@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At Mills College, we use one checkin record for all ejournal holdings.  We asked
SerialsSolution to send us a combined holdings file.  Take a look at our most
favorite title, Callaloo, http://144.91.65.10/record=b1028052


jean-marc.edwards@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> 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?
>
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> 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
> jean-marc.edwards@xxxxxxxxxx
>
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Stella Tang, Serials Librarian
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