Perpetual Access Information in Serials Holdings Records

Authors

  • Andrew R. Grissom
  • Steven A. Knowlton
  • Rachel Elizabeth Scott

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5860/lrts.61n1.57

Abstract

Many librarians find it difficult to compile information about perpetual access to their e-journals because it may be scattered across numerous license agreements. Rather than creating and maintaining a database for perpetual access information that is separate from the order records and holdings information found in integrated library systems (ILS), the University of Memphis is using Innovative Interfaces’ Sierra ILS. By leveraging fixed and variable-length fields to record perpetual access information, we can perform queries and generate reports that are helpful in making collection development and preservation decisions.

Author Biographies

Andrew R. Grissom

Andrew R. Grissom (agrissom@catalyst.org) is an Associate Librarian at Catalyst in New York, New York. 

Steven A. Knowlton

Steven A. Knowlton (steven.knowlton@princeton.edu) is the Librarian for History and African American Studies at Princeton Univerity, Princeton, New Jersey.

Rachel Elizabeth Scott

Rachel Elizabeth Scott (rescott3@memphis.edu) is the Integrated Library Systems Librarian, Systems Department, University of Memphis Libraries.

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Published

2017-01-23

Issue

Vol. 61 No. 1 (2017): January

Section

Notes on Operations

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