1. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Electronic Journals but Were Afraid to Ask! NASIG Pre-Conference June 2002 Stefanie Wittenbach Head of Acquisitions, University of California, Riverside Library

2. AGENDA Acquisitions/Vendor Issues Acquisitions/Vendor Issues Processing/Online Catalog Integration Processing/Online Catalog Integration Public Services/Collection Development Issues Public Services/Collection Development Issues Break-out Session Break-out Session Future/Wrap-up Future/Wrap-up

3. Acquisitions/Vendor Issues Publisher Packages Publisher Packages Pricing Models Pricing Models Aggregator Databases Aggregator Databases Access Issues Access Issues Content/Usability/Linking Content/Usability/Linking

4. Publisher Packages License Agreements License Agreements Bundled Content Bundled Content Cost Model Cost Model

5. Pricing Models Relationship to Print Relationship to Print Number of Simultaneous Users Number of Simultaneous Users Population Population Location Location

6. Aggregator Databases The Players The Players Title Coverage Title Coverage Relationship to Print Subscriptions Relationship to Print Subscriptions Services Provided Services Provided

8. Access Issues Username/password v. IP Username/password v. IP Proxy server Proxy server License Details License Details

9. Content/Usability/Linking Print Coverage Print Coverage Interface Interface Online Coverage Online Coverage Database Linking Database Linking

10. Processing/Online Catalog Integration Issues Who does What? Who does What? Bibliographic and Holdings Records Bibliographic and Holdings Records URL Maintenance URL Maintenance Government Publications Government Publications Statistics Statistics

11. Who does What? Potential Electronic Journal Subscriptions Potential Electronic Journal Subscriptions New Acquisitions New Acquisitions –Acquisitions Details –Recording/communicating details Ongoing Maintenance/Trouble-shooting Ongoing Maintenance/Trouble-shooting Training Staff Training Staff

12. University of California, Riverside Library Acquisitions Department Web Pages library.ucr.edu/depts/acquisitions/serials.shtml

13. Who does What? Potential Electronic Journal Subscriptions Potential Electronic Journal Subscriptions New Acquisitions New Acquisitions –Acquisitions Details –Recording/communicating details Ongoing Maintenance/Trouble-shooting Ongoing Maintenance/Trouble-shooting Training Staff Training Staff

14. Sample UC Riverside Order Record

15. Bibliographic and Holdings Records Single vs. Multiple Records Single vs. Multiple Records Detailed Holdings Statement Detailed Holdings Statement Issue-level Checkin Issue-level Checkin Vendor Records for Database Content Vendor Records for Database Content

16. Sample UC Riverside Record

17. URL Maintenance URL Checker URL Checker Frequency Frequency Responsibility Responsibility

18. Government Publications Depository Titles Depository Titles Automatic Processing Automatic Processing

19. Statistics Subscriptions/Titles Subscriptions/Titles Subject Disciplines Subject Disciplines Expenditures Expenditures

20. Public Services/Collection Development Issues Training Staff and Patrons Training Staff and Patrons Promotion Promotion Relationship to Print Relationship to Print Evaluation and Use Statistics Evaluation and Use Statistics

21. Break-out Session Collection Development Group Collection Development Group Public Services Group Public Services Group Technical Services Group Technical Services Group

22. Future Issues More online journals More online journals Publisher packages Publisher packages Archiving Archiving Database links Database links Evaluation/statistics Evaluation/statistics