Q. Why are ebooks part of bib number but journals are not?
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A. E-Journals are counted separately, in a different metric. We are using “bib record” here as a shorthand. Really it means “bib records except for e-journals.” We are well under our contracted e-journal limit, so we’re not discussing it currently. If you are asking the broader question (“Why? Why?”) please consult works of philosophy, theology, business administration etc. |
Q. How are electronic magazines counted for bib records?
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A. E-journals as Ex Libris counts them includes non-scholarly periodicals (but not newspapers). So they are not counted in the bib record metric we are discussing here, but instead, are counted in a separate metric. |
Q. I know we can reduce named users by making them inactive. Is there a way to make bib records inactive? I'm thinking of reserves that are only used in one semester. Can they be inactive in the semesters they're not being used without having to re-enter the bib record again when they are being used?
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A. Of course the specifics of your collection expansion here are unknown. But generally, Alma/Primo is intended to represent your total collection. Primo is a discovery tool, and there has never been any discussion in our consortium of asking institutions not to use it as such. Whether librarians send students to OneSearch or to individual databases should be determined by their professional judgment of how best to meet the student’s information needs. |
Q. Why are ebooks part of bib number but journals are not?
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A. E-Journals are counted separately, in a different metric. We are using “bib record” here as a shorthand. Really it means “bib records except for e-journals.” We are well under our contracted e-journal limit, so we’re not discussing it currently. If you are asking the broader question (“Why? Why?”) please consult works of philosophy, theology, business administration etc. |
Q. How are electronic magazines counted for bib records?
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A. E-journals as Ex Libris counts them includes non-scholarly periodicals (but not newspapers). So they are not counted in the bib record metric we are discussing here, but instead, are counted in a separate metric. |
Q. If I understand Jeff's explanation from the webinar correctly that ExL essentially double counts bibs for titles in the NZ and holdings linked in our IZ, I'm not sure I understand how moving management of electronic collections to the NZ will help reduce the total number of bibs. As I understand it, electronic collections need to be activated in our IZ in order for them to show up in our Primo, so I don't see how this change in management would reduce the number of bibs. But I'm sure I must be missing something obvious! Would appreciate help understanding this!
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A. First, nothing in the world of Alma is obvious. Moving E-collections to the NZ means the following:
Results from the NZ e-collections would be discoverable in OneSearch for institutions listed in the NZ e-collections “Available for” area, even if they are not found in the institution’s IZ. Ex Libris recommends this approach for consortia, although not all consortia have implemented it. |
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