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Survey for NASIG workshop
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Amira Aaron)
Mon Apr 30 20:04:01 2001
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 12:47:06 -0400
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ARTICLE LINKING SURVEY (*Cross-posted on NASIG-L* - apologies for
duplication)
This survey is in preparation for an upcoming workshop on article linking at
the NASIG conference this spring. I appreciate your taking the time to
provide any information you can about the methods of article linking and
access to full-text electronic journal titles you provide to patrons at your
library. Please feel free to pass this along to another colleague at your
institution, if appropriate. Please reply to me directly at aaron@faxon.com
by May 5th with your answers. Thank you very much for your help.
NAME AND TITLE (optional):
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION:
Approximately how many e-journals do you subscribe to through your serials
vendor or directly with the publisher?
Approximately how many e-journals do you provide access to via pre-defined
aggregator packages (e.g., ProQuest, JSTOR, etc.)?
Approximately how many e-journals do you provide access to on a subscribed
title basis via aggregator services (e.g., Information Quest, OCLC ECO,
EBSCO Online, etc.)?
How do you presently provide links to the full text of electronic journal
articles for your patrons? Check all that apply. (Any URL’s for
particular web pages or sample OPAC records would be useful.)
_____ From OPAC (Please elaborate on whether links are directly to
publisher, to aggregation (s), to jake, other, or combination)
_____Fom Webpage (Please elaborate on whether links are directly to
publisher, to aggregation(s), to jake, other, or combination)
_____From Aggregator Database(s) (ProQuest, Information Quest, JSTOR, EBSCO
Online, etc.)
_____From Abstracting & Indexing Services
_____ Other (Please specify)
Comments (e.g., do you think that the linking methods you use actually
satisfy the majority of your patrons’ needs?):
Please describe any problems or challenges you face in providing links to
electronic journal articles.
What would be your institutions’s preferred method of providing links for
your users to e-journal articles?
Do you presently use any specialized linking/e-journal services (e.g. SFX,
TDNet, SerialsSolutions, serials vendor, other – please specify)?
Are you contemplating using any type of specialized linking/e-journal
services in the future (e.g. SFX, TDNet, SerialsSolutions, serials vendor,
other – please specify)?
Please add any other information you feel would be useful on this topic.
Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey. Please reply by May
5th to aaron@faxon.com.
Amira
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Amira Aaron, MLS
Vice-President, Library Services
Faxon Library Services
RoweCom, Inc.
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