Perpetual Access Information in Serials Holdings Records

Abstract

Many librarians find it difficult to compile information about perpetual access to their e-journals because it may be scattered across numerous license agreements. Rather than creating and maintaining a database for perpetual access information that is separate from the order records and holdings information found in integrated library systems (ILS), the University of Memphis is using Innovative Interfaces’ Sierra ILS. By leveraging fixed and variable-length fields to record perpetual access information, we can perform queries and generate reports that are helpful in making collection development and preservation decisions.