Ejournal URL stability

[VanderHart, Robert]

Recently a representative from one of the (relatively new) online journal
management companies gave a presentation in our library.  One of the first
things he said was something to the effect that web addresses of online
journals are constantly changing, which he undoubtedly thought would be a
selling point for his service.  I asked him if he had any data to support
his statement.  He didn't.  I then went on to explain that, at least with
the online journal vendors I have experience with, the URLs seem to be
rather stable.

I would be interested to know the thoughts and experiences of others
regarding the stability of online journal URLs.  It seems to me that any
ejournal vendor that was constantly changing URLs to journal titles would
not be doing a very good business.  What have others experienced with
e-journal URLs?  Is the question of URL stability different in other
disciplines (we are a medical library)?

BTW, thanks to all who responded to my question earlier this week about
sample job descriptions.


Robert J. Vander Hart
The Lamar Soutter Library
University of Massachusetts Medical School
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