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Tracking Publication Histories
Yvette DivenPublisher & Sr. Product ManagerALCTS CRS Holdings ForumALA Annual Conference, New OrleansJune 25, 2011
Mapping the lifecycle of serials in Ulrichsweb™
Why gather serials publication history data?
Identify changes over time
Support researcher needs for information
Collection management needs
Create holdings records
Support the library’s initiatives
Supporting Discovery and Management
Ulrich’s™ – History and Timeline
1932 – Periodicals Directory: A Classified Guide to a Selected List of Current Periodicals Foreign & Domestic
Editor: Carolyn Farquhar UlrichPublisher: R.R. Bowker
1938 – Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory™1986 – Ulrich’s™ Plus on CD-ROM1999 – Ulrichsweb.com™2007 – Ulrich’s services move to Serials Solutions2009 – Ulrich’s™ XML Data Service2010 – All new Ulrichsweb™ launched in December
Serials Past, Present, and Future
Number of Actively Published Serials Titles
Statistics from Ulrichsweb™, June 1, 2011. Copyright© ProQuest LLC. All rights reserved.
Titles per Publisher
# Active Titles
# Publishers #Academic/ Scholarly Titles
# Consumer Titles
# Trade Titles
# Refereed Titles
1 80,433 80,433 21,996 17,644 12,078 7,243
2-10 70,511 22,094 19,982 12,717 15,683 5,906
11-25 21,498 1,370 6,775 4,583 5,534 2,515
26+ 55,162 708 26,868 4,824 12,573 14,243
Total 227,604 104,605 75,621 39,768 45,868 29,907
In addition: >90,000 ceased, suspended, or other status titles
“It’s just a periodical. What could happen?”
Print launches in YYYY
Suspended after 5
years
Restarts in YYYY
Begins new
numbering or series
Online launches in YYYY
Print ceases
w/Vol.#, Issue #
Merges w/anothe
r title
Ceased print is
digitized
Etc.
Start / End yearsPublication frequencyPublication statusRestart datesVolumes and issues*Online edition launch datesNew Series
Base volumesSupplementsIndexesTitle and ISSN historyTitle mergers, splitsA&I coverage by source, provider, and vol./issue*Full-text coverage data
Elements of publication history gathered:
*Expanding global data collection
PublishersOriginal, transferring, receivingSecondary (A&I)
AggregatorsDocument suppliersLibrarians
Data team outreach, research and verification
Sources of publication history data:
Where are the Sources of the Data?
Where are the Sources of the Data?
Annual since 1980; previously biennial 7 base volume(s), updated semi-annually Ceased 1989 (vol.81, no.4)1828-1939; resumed 1946-2003 *1961-1968; resumed 1971-1977; resumed 1991 (vol.1, no.51)*1987; New Series 1999*1960-2009 (Merged with: Clinical Neonatology to form: Pediatrics and Neonatology)
Presentation of publication history data:
*Planned for Q3 2011 release
*Planned for Q3 2011 release
Abstracting & IndexingA&I database coverageA&I print titles (including ceased A&Is)
Full-text database coverageFrom Serials Solutions® KnowledgeWorks™
Back issue and reprint services
Availability data from providers answers the question: Who covers this publication?
Coverage data within databases and electronic sources
Coverage data within print and ceased sources
Maintaining pointers to earlier coverage
How is this publication history data used?
Identify changes to serial publications over time
Better understand what journal volumes and issues are available for research
Learn whether there are year or volume/issue gaps for a journal in the collection
Track journal ‘families’ for print archiving projects
Create holdings records from a baseline of publication history or pattern data
Support the library’s initiatives
Helping Your Library Be The Best Partner For Research
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