[Web4lib] Jake?

[Nancy Sosna Bohm]

Excellent. Thank you.
Perhaps better than Jake.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael McCulley" <drweb at san.rr.com>
To: "'Nancy E. Sosna Bohm'" <nancy at thesmudge.com>
Cc: <web4lib at webjunction.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 7:50 PM
Subject: RE: [Web4lib] Jake?


>
> Nancy,
>
> While not the same JAKE, you can search CUFTS for some of the information
> you are seeking.
> http://lib-cufts.lib.sfu.ca/CUFTS/sbt.cgi
> and http://cufts.lib.sfu.ca/tools.shtml
>
> Notice the database comparison feature.. under the Tools link.
>
> Ross's notes from a while back [
> http://dilettantes.code4lib.org/2005/04/12/jake-cufts-studies-in-social-frus
> tration/ ] indicated CUFTS was going to be a paid service, but I'm not 
> sure
> why it is so far still "free," and hosted at Simon Frasier University. 
> Thank
> our lucky stars..
>
> Best,
> DrWeb
>
> -- 
> P. Michael McCulley aka DrWeb
> mailto:drweb at san.rr.com
> San Diego, CA
> http://drweb.typepad.com/
>
> Quote of the Moment:
> God said 'Let there be cats!'
> Tuesday, January 16, 2007 5:39:29 PM
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
>>[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Ross Singer
>>Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 12:45 PM
>>To: Nancy E. Sosna Bohm
>>Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org
>>Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Jake?
>>
>>Nancy,
>>
>>On December 12th of last year, Dan Chudnov sent this message
>>to the Jake lists:
>>------------------
>>Hi all.  The site running at jake.med.yale.edu is many years out of
>>date, with no updates planned.  I've let jake-db.* expire.  I think
>>it's time to shut down all of these.
>>
>>Believe me, if things had bounced differently a few times, I'd have
>>loved to see this project thriving still.  There's still a need for
>>it in some ways, as continued usage indicates.  But I'm not in a
>>position to work on it today, and don't expect to be soon, and what's
>>there now is becoming more of a liability than it's worth.
>>
>>So... I'm planning to shut down the service currently running at
>>jake.med.yale.edu as of the end of January, 2007.
>>
>>The data (however out of date today) is still available should
>>anybody want a copy.  If you do, please contact me off-list and I'll
>>set you up.
>>
>>I'm sorry I wasn't able to get this going again.  Thanks for sticking
>>around this long.
>>
>>  -Dan
>>
>>--------------
>>
>>You can evidently still get Jake data from OCLC Openly:
>>http://www.openly.com/jake/
>>
>>-Ross.
>>
>>On 1/16/07, Nancy E. Sosna Bohm <nancy at thesmudge.com> wrote:
>>> It seems Jake ("Jointly Administered Knowledge Environment
>>Project")is no
>>> longer available.
>>> Genamics' Journal Seek is useful, but it doesn't even suggest which
>>> databases used to index a journal, and library records don't
>>have that
>>> information unless the database has a print version.
>>> Does anyone know why it is no longer hosted, or if it exists
>>somewhere?
>>> I would be willing to help find a host.
>>>
>>> Nancy E. Sosna Bohm
>>> Associate Reference Librarian
>>> Donnelley and Lee Library
>>> Lake Forest College
>>> sosna at lakeforest.edu
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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