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Problems using the new service on the IE8 browser

Jun 182014

Following on from my last post about the SUNCAT survey, I would like to highlight how useful your feedback is to us, as it has helped as identify some major issues with using the service on the IE8 browser. Once we realised that there was a problem our developers immediately started to investigate the cause and fairly quickly identified a solution. We have implemented a new release of the service adding in the appropriate fix so any IE8 users should now notice a significant improvement. However, if you are still experiencing problems please get in touch with us via the EDINA Helpdesk at edina@ed.ac.uk

Huge apologies to anyone who has experienced these problems so far!

June 18, 2014 Posted by zmulliga at 3:45 pm Developments Tagged with: browsers, development, IE8 No Responses »

Feedback on the new look SUNCAT survey reminder

Jun 182014

The survey on the new look SUNCAT service is available until Friday 27th June. Please do take a few minutes to give us your feedback. All comments are very welcome and will provide us with vital information on any areas which require further development. Thank you to all who have responded so far.

June 18, 2014 Posted by zmulliga at 9:44 am Developments, News Tagged with: development, feedback, redevelopment, survey No Responses »

Finding help and information on SUNCAT

Jun 092014

We hope you are finding the new look SUNCAT easy and intuitive to use, but just in case you do experience any problems or are puzzled by anything, we wanted to highlight the following resources:

Context sensitive help is available throughout the service from the “Help” link in the footer of all the pages.

Clicking on the Help & Support link in the main navigation bar along the top of all the pages takes you to a page which includes:

A short introductory video to SUNCAT
Getting Started guide and Search Tips guide
FAQs
A leaflet suggesting how you can integrate SUNCAT into your library website and systems
Information on downloading records to upgrade your local catalogue

If you can’t find the answer to your query in one of the above please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us via the “Contact” link in the footer of all the SUNCAT pages or by emailing the EDINA Helpdesk at edina@ed.ac.uk.

June 9, 2014 Posted by zmulliga at 11:11 am Developments Tagged with: downloading, FAQs, guides, help, support No Responses »

Your Feedback is Requested on the New Look SUNCAT

May 272014

Following on from the launch of the new look SUNCAT as the primary service in March, and before finally switching off the old service , we would like to gather your feedback via a short survey

Your input is very valuable to us as it is integral to the planning of our future developments and priorities. You can find summary reports of previous user satisfaction surveys and the resulting planned actions, many of which have already been implemented, on the EDINA website.

We would be really grateful for your time and comments and would also encourage you to circulate the survey details as widely as possible.

The survey will be available until Friday 27th June 2014.

You can also continue to email any comments to edina@ed.ac.uk or to use the “Contact” link at the bottom of all the SUNCAT pages.

Thank you in advance!

May 27, 2014 Posted by zmulliga at 9:07 am Developments, News Tagged with: development, feedback, redevelopment, survey No Responses »

Report on EDINA Serials Forums: March 2014

Mar 252014

We are now back in the office after our EDINA Serials Forums last week in London and Edinburgh and would like to send a large thank you to all the attendees. We were very happy to see the level of interest and engagement in our services, particularly the new look SUNCAT! We were particularly delighted to receive the positive feedback about the new interface and the latest planned development of a journals holding comparison service.

After an initial chat over coffee and biscuits both EDINA’s User Support Deputy Manager, Andrew, kicked off the afternoon sessions started with an overview of EDINA’s involvement in the world of journal discovery, access and preservation and how it is positioned within JISC’s portfolio of services.

http://www.slideshare.net/edinadocumentationofficer/introducing-the-serials-forum

Fred Guy, SUNCAT Service Manager, and Zena Mulligan, SUNCAT Project Officer, then focussed in attention on SUNCAT, starting with a brief background to SUNCAT, moving onto the context for the current development, the key enhancements of the new look service, a live demonstration and rounding off with how SUNCAT can support end-users and library professionals, illustrated with a number of use cases.

http://www.slideshare.net/edinadocumentationofficer/managing-your-journals-suncat

The final use case focussed on the UK Research Reserve and led into an informative overview from the UKRR Manager, Daryl Yang, describing its core objectives, members, figures on material disposed of and retained, savings made and future plans as well as how SUNCAT supports them with the vital scarcity checking element of their decision making process.

http://www.slideshare.net/edinadocumentationofficer/uk-research-reserve

It was then time for afternoon tea and cake – which for our Edinburgh session, was provided by EDINA’s resident baker (and SUNCAT’s Metadata Expert), Tasha, who made everyone very happy with a selection of truly delicious cupcakes. The break also provided an opportunity for networking and to catch up with our current contributors and to speak to those attendees interested in contributing to SUNCAT or in finding out more about the holdings comparison development.

After the break, Fred provided an introduction to the need for archiving programmes for ejournals mentioning the work of the Keepers Registry and our analysis that has found that over two thirds of ejournals accessed in 2012 are not currently being archived by any organisation.

http://www.slideshare.net/edinadocumentationofficer/securing-continuing-access-to-ejournal-content

Adam Rusbridge, UK LOCKSS Alliance Coordinator, then gave a walk-through of the forthcoming Title List Comparison feature of the Keepers Registry, which will assist with print rationalisation and subscription management workflows. This led onto a broader discussion of EDINA services that can assist with continuing access assurances. The UK LOCKSS Alliance helps libraries to build local collections of content and provide readers with continuing access by integrating the collection with link resolver systems. Adam then gave an overview of SafeNet, a project to establish a shared service that offers strong continuing access assurances in conjunction with an authoritative entitlement registry to manage access permissions.

http://www.slideshare.net/edinadocumentationofficer/edina-serials-uklasafenetfinal

Finally, after a final round of Q&A we wound up the afternoon by asking if anyone would be interested in attending a similar event in the future and having received a very definite yes, please look out for something similar (but different) in 2015!

Thanks again from the Forum presenters, Andrew Bevan (EDINA User Support), Fred Guy (Keepers Registry & SUNCAT), Zena Mulligan (SUNCAT), Adam Rusbridge (Keepers Registry, UK LOCKSS Alliance) and Daryl Yang (UKRR). Any questions about the Forum or the services highlighted please contact us via the EDINA helpdesk at edina@ed.ac.uk.

March 25, 2014 Posted by zmulliga at 3:59 pm News Tagged with: development, ejournal preservation, holdings comparison, Keepers Registry, SafeNet, Serials Forum, UKLOCKSS, UKRR 1 Response »

Reminder and update on Serials Forum: Helping you manage your journal collections

Feb 192014

A reminder about this this free half-day event focusing on some of the key issues in journal management – with presentations and discussion of the overarching themes and successful approaches in addressing them.

This is an opportunity to learn more about developments of EDINA activities in this area -covering the redeveloped National Union Catalogue of Serials, SUNCAT, as well as community initiatives such as the UK LOCKSS Alliance and Keepers Registry, focussing on long-term access to journal content.

We are also delighted to announce the addition of a special guest speaker, Daryl Yang, UK Research Reserve (UKRR) Manager, who will provide an update on the UKRR and talk about how EDINA supports this valuable service.

Join us for a lively debate and afternoon tea.

Presenters: Zena Mulligan (SUNCAT), Fred Guy (Keepers Registry, SUNCAT), Adam Rusbridge (Keepers Registry, UK LOCKSS) and Daryl Yang (UKRR)

Draft Agenda

1.00 – 1.30 pm Registration and tea/coffee

1.30 – 1.45 pm Putting the Serials Forum and EDINA services in context

1.45 – 2.45 pm Managing your journals – how SUNCAT can help you fulfil your ILL requests; keep your catalogue up to date and analyse your collection (including use cases; how SUNCAT supports the UKRR, details of the redevelopment; demo of the new service, and future plans)

2.45 – 3.00 pm Forum discussion on SUNCAT issues

3.00 – 3.30 pm Tea/coffee and cake

3.30 – 4.15 pm Securing continuing access to e-journal content: how EDINA’s services can help (with reference to the Keepers Registry, UK LOCKSS Alliance, and PECAN initiatives)

4.15 – 4.45 pm Forum discussion on Keepers Registry, LOCKSS, PECAN etc. issues

4.45 – 5.00 pm Summary and next steps

London: Monday 17th March 2014, Brunei Gallery, SOAS, near Russell Square, London
Registration and event details: http://edina-serials-forum-london.eventbrite.co.uk
Please book by Thursday 6th March 2014

Edinburgh: Friday 21st March 2014, Main Library, University of Edinburgh
Registration and event details: http://edina-serials-forum-edinburgh.eventbrite.co.uk
Please book by Friday 14th March 2014

For further information about the Forum please contact the EDINA helpdesk at edina@ed.ac.uk

We look forward to seeing you next month!

February 19, 2014 Posted by zmulliga at 3:32 pm Uncategorized Tagged with: EDINA, forum, journals, Keepers Registry, UKLOCKSS, UKRR No Responses »

Serials Forum: Helping you manage your journal collections

Jan 302014

Booking is now open for this free half-day event focusing on some of the key issues in journal management – with presentations and discussion of the overarching themes and successful approaches in addressing them.

This is an opportunity to learn more about developments of EDINA activities in this area -covering the redeveloped SUNCAT (http://www.suncat.ac.uk), as well as community initiatives such as the UK LOCKSS Alliance (http://www.lockssalliance.ac.uk/) and Keepers Registry (http://thekeepers.org/), focussing on long-term access to journal content.

Join us for a lively debate and afternoon tea.

Presenters: Zena Mulligan (SUNCAT), Fred Guy (Keepers Registry, SUNCAT) and Adam Rusbridge (Keepers Registry, UK LOCKSS)

Draft Agenda

1.00 – 1.30 pm Registration and tea/coffee

1.30 – 1.45 pm Putting the Serials Forum and EDINA services in context

1.45 – 2.30 pm Managing your journals – how SUNCAT can help you fulfil your ILL requests; keep your catalogue up to date and analyse your collection (including use cases; details of the redevelopment; demo of the new service, and future plans)

2.30 – 3.00 pm Forum discussion on SUNCAT issues

3.00 – 3.30 pm Tea/coffee and cake

3.30 – 4.15 pm Securing continuing access to e-journal content: how EDINA’s services can help (with reference to the Keepers Registry, UK LOCKSS Alliance, and PECAN initiatives)

4.15 – 4.45 pm Forum discussion on Keepers Registry, LOCKSS, PECAN etc. issues

4.45 – 5.00 pm Summary and next steps

London: Monday 17th March 2014, Brunei Gallery, SOAS, near Russell Square, London
Registration and event details:
http://edina-serials-forum-london.eventbrite.co.uk

Edinburgh: Friday 21st March 2014, Main Library, University of Edinburgh
Registration and event details:
http://edina-serials-forum-edinburgh.eventbrite.co.uk

For further information about the Forum please contact the EDINA helpdesk at edina@ed.ac.uk

We look forward to seeing you in March!

January 30, 2014 Posted by zmulliga at 5:02 pm News Tagged with: collections, EDINA, forum, journals, Keepers Registry, UKLOCKSS No Responses »

SUNCAT Redevelopment: Focus on Journal Holding and Contributing Library Information

Nov 202013

This is the fourth in a series of blog posts highlighting some of the new features now available in the redeveloped SUNCAT. In this post I will detail how you can quickly and easily find out more information about a journal you are interested in and the library which holds it. This information should enable you to either apply for an Inter-Library loan via your local library service or to plan a visit to a library to access the journal in person.

Once you have conducted a successful search on SUNCAT and have found a title or titles you are interested in, you can display further information about the title and discover detailed holdings information by clicking on the journal title in the results display. This will take you into the full record for the title.

The full record display includes bibliographic information, such as the ISSN (International Standard Serial Number), publisher details, first date of publication, subject headings and any changes of title etc. If you scroll further down the screen you will be presented with a list of the libraries holding the title. This holdings display represents the very heart of the SUNCAT service, providing an aggregated summary of where you can find a journal title in the UK.

The holding libraries are listed in alphabetical order and for most libraries the following information is displayed:

An icon indicating if the holdings are print or electronic
Summary holdings statement of the volumes and issues a library actually holds for that title
Location and shelfmark of the journal
A link to the online version if the holding is for an electronic journal
A link to the local library catalogue

Holdings Display for a Title

The combination of both the bibliographic information and the holdings summary allows you to ascertain that you are definitely looking at the correct journal and which libraries actually hold the volume/issue you require. The location and shelfmark information are important should you choose to visit the library. We would also recommend clicking on the link to the local library catalogue so that you can check the most up to date status of the item you are interested in before travelling to the library.

As well as providing information about journal holdings we also provide information about each of the holding libraries. Clicking on the library name will take you to the following:

A link to the library homepage
Contact details
Google directions to the library
British Library Code
The date the library’s data was last updated in SUNCAT

Information about the Barnes Library at Birmingham University

This information allows you to quickly and easily go into the library’s website or to contact the library to check their access and lending policies for external users. The Google directions are obviously helpful if you do indeed plan to physically visit the library. The British Library Code is provided for Inter-Library Loan staff and the date of the library’s last update to SUNCAT provides an indication of how current the holdings information is.

If you are affiliated with a UK University the link to the SCONUL Access website, which sits just above the list of holdings, will allow you to check whether you are allowed to access and borrow material from other UK University Libraries.

If you any ideas of additional useful information we could provide about holding libraries please get let us know via the EDINA Helpdesk.

November 20, 2013 Posted by zmulliga at 3:35 pm Developments Tagged with: contributing libraries information, development, holdings display, holdings information, redevelopment No Responses »

Visit us at the UKSG Forum

Nov 062013

EDINA will have a stand at the UKSG Forum next Friday, 15^th November, at 11 Cavendish Square in London. The day is focused on library discovery technologies and will provide an excellent overview of the area, with lightning talks, an exhibition area of key discovery providers and plenty of networking time. This is a free event so we would recommend registering online as soon as possible.

Adam and I will be at the EDINA stand, number 9, and happy to talk to you about EDINA services and initiatives, including SUNCAT, The Keepers Registry and also the UK LOCKSS Alliance. We will also be very pleased to give you a demo of the new look SUNCAT, so please do take a few minutes to stop by.

November 6, 2013 Posted by zmulliga at 11:31 am News, Uncategorized Tagged with: UKSG No Responses »

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