Software Makes It Possible but the KnowledgeBase Makes It Work

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Software Makes It Possible but the KnowledgeBase
Makes It Work
Nick Phipps Regional Sales Manager
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Serials Solutions KnowledgeWorks
(AMS)
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Data Problems

• ISSN challenges
• No ISSN
• Old ISSN or Cancelled ISSN
• Retrospective ISSN assignments
• Mistyped ISSN
• Print vs. eISSN or new eISSN for new online
  records
• Etc.
• Other identifiers DOIs, ISSN revision, PURLs,
  etc.
• Metadata variations
• Title Variations
• Typos, slight changes from last update
• Mistakes by vendor (incorrect data type)

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JTools screen shot examples
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JTools screen shot examples
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JTools screen shot examples
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Solutions Normalization of Titles

• http//ka9yh9gr5u.search.serialssolutions.com/?sid
  CentralSearchNPMgenrearticleatitleAutonomy2
  Cstress2Candtreatmentofdepression.volume33
  6issue7652titleBMJ28Clinicalresearched.29
  issn0959-8138date2008-05-10spage...

Target full-text journal database uses eBMJ
1468-5833
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Solutions Rules management

• Rules management
• Create database-specific rules to address
  reporting problems from vendors
• Over 16,000 rules applied to over 750 databases
• Correct confusing or wrong data
• Example Crisis / New Crisis / Crisis (2003)

ProQuest reports Freeman / 1559-1638, with
coverage from June 1998 to present Actually, this
is Freeman / 0016-0652, coverage from June 1998
to Dec 1999 Ideas on Liberty / 1542-0689,
coverage from Jan 2000 to Nov 2003 Freeman
(2003) / 1559-1638, coverage from Dec 2003 to
present Any system that doesnt identify all
three titles wont provide correct links to
content.
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The Community Effect

• The Network Effect in action
• Thousands of librarians are looking at this data
• When one librarian reports an issue, we fix it
  for all
• Serials Solutions library support data
  acquisition team
• Twenty four people currently in data acquisition
  product support fifteen with MLSs or
  equivalent experience
• 3 full-time catalogers
• CONSER participant
• Catalogers on contract

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Serials Solutions KnowledgeWorks
(AMS)
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Serials Solutions KnowledgeWorks Certification

• Released Jan 11th 2008!
• We are working with many providers!
• If your favorite Provider is not certified, we
  may be in discussions..But, contact the provider
  and encourage certification!
• Certification is Easy and we all win!

Helping Your Library be the Best Partner for
Research
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2123 clients
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360 MARC Update service
I guess the library doesnt have that journal!
When would you not catalog 50 to 100 of your
collection?
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Problem Managing e-resources in the OPAC

• Full Year Summary
• Initial delivery
• 5,965 recordsDelivered throughout the year
• 4,983 New records
• 23,640 Changed records
• 2,449 Delete records
• 8,449 records in OPAC at end of year
• Each monthly update took about one hour of
  staff time.

• Library Profile
• 4-Year Baccalaureate College
• 2,285 students
• 48 Full-text journal databases
• 1 Cataloging librarian

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Solution 360 MARC Updates service

• Initial MARC record load provides comprehensive
  coverage of e-serials
• Monthly record updates keep OPAC accurate
• Improves usage stats and reduces cataloging
  overhead

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806 customers
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• Manage this entire process?
• 50 of your annual spend?
• With a spreadsheet?

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E-Resource usage assessment

• Which subscription should I protect?
• Which journals can be cancelled?
• Which databases provide the best return on
  investment?

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360 Counter Benefits

• Analyze
• Comprehensive, authority-based analysis
• Integrate
• KnowledgeWorks
• Resource Manager Cost Management
• Report
• Produces sophisticated charts and graphs

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360 Counter Consolidated Reports
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360 Counter - Authority Title Report
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360 Counter - Bar Charts
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360 Counter Pie Charts
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Serials Solutions KnowledgeWorks
(AMS)
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Software Makes It Possible but the KnowledgeBase
Makes It Work
Nick Phipps Regional Sales Manager