[WEB4LIB] Re: Full-Text/Online periodicals access database

[Jeff Wisniewski]

Eric-
Similar approach here at Pitt's Library System:  we enter records for all of our
electronic journals into the catalog. We generate a title list of ejournals on our
website by directly querying our catalog (using PHP), but we consider our catalog
the primary repository for all resources. Subject specialists can fill out a form to
request that a nonsubscribed (free) title be cataloged. Once cataloged it too will
appear on the ejournals list on our website.

Jeff Wisniewski
Web Services Librarian
University Library System
University of Pittsburgh

Eric Tull wrote:

> I am responding late to the messages about full-text/online periodicals access
> databases, and Peter Scott's web site listing libraries that have implemented
> this.  This raises some interesting questions.
>
> Are these databases supplemental to their library catalogues or separate from
> them?  Are they entering these electronic journals in their catalogues, or is
> the catalogue being considered passe for electronic journals?  If they are
> entering the electronic journals in the catalogue, are they duplicating their
> efforts by maintaining an independent database of e-journals?
>
> At University of Calgary Library, we have entered all our electronic journals in
> the catalogue.  We are looking at ways that we can pull these journals out of
> the catalogue and move them into a database and/or various web pages in a way
> that these resources could be updated on a frequent basis from the catalogue.
> That way the work of maintaining the e-journals could stay with cataloguing
> where it has always been, but we could have the advantages of delivering them
> from a web-based database and our web pages.
>
> Are others trying this approach, and what success are you having with it?
>
> Eric Tull
> Public Services Systems Librarian
> University of Calgary Library
>
> >Hello,
> >I have created a very simple database to provide access to full-text
> >journals that we get through our subscription databases
> >(http://192.236.50.85/FullTextJournals.html).  However, I am looking into
> >expanding it to include stand alone electronic journals and provide a
> >number of additional features.  As a result, I would like to find as many
> >examples of such databases as possible.  If you have any suggestions, I
> >would be really crateful.
> >P.S. Most likely I will be using Cold Fusion and Oracle. Since these are
> >the tools that our Computing Services support.  Right now the database is
> >in MS Access.
> >
> >Thank you so much,
> >
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