SUNCAT at the University of Warwick Library Stuart Hunt 12 th September 2006

£5.8M budget/£1.8M serials spend (2005/2006) 4,500 current print serial subscriptions Approx 15,000 ejournal subscriptions III Millennium CURL, [RLG], OCLC member University of Warwick Library

SUNCAT involvement Phase 1 contributing library Alignment with Library strategy of making research collections widely available Increase use of under-utilised materials (print serials) Maximise access to ejournal collections Source of bibliographic data

Staffing Initial Systems & Data Services involvement Minimal Serials involvement Contribution of data managed by Data Services Communication with SUNCAT managed by Data Services

Contribution to SUNCAT Routine job in Data Services 2 files bi-monthly –Latest serial bibs –All serials checkins/holdings ftp direct from Millennium to SUNCAT

Current use of SUNCAT Resource discovery ILL One part of a larger process –e.g. Requires external ILL system

Local issues Deleting bibs –From Millennium vs. SUNCAT Changeable content of ejournal packages Record quality for print & ejournals –Highlights local quality issues No checkin/holdings record for ejournals –No link in SUNCAT

Bibliographic issues Policy on single vs multiple records –When is a duplicate not a duplicate but another expression? –Database structure & duplicate control Ejournals & third-party aggregators –Aggregator neutral vs multiple records Ejournals & ERM systems –Licensed econtent

Bibliographic issues Criteria for inclusion/exclusion is a local decision –Continuing resources vs integrating resources –Bib levels ‘s’ & ‘i’ Quality control

Service issues ‘Get’ services –Request – ILL –Access – econtent SUNCAT operates at title level, researchers operate at article level –OpenURL appropriate copy linking

Service issues Open access & IRs –Policies & practices for inclusion/exclusion Other (serial) union catalogues –UK –Europe –Worldwide

Anticipated use of SUNCAT More effective resource discovery –Increase in contributing libraries –For staff & users Bibliographic data –Acquiring –Enriching –Local data clean-up

Enhancement wish list Export - z39.50 & Web Publication patterns - MFHD export FRBRised display Integration with wider IE –Micro & macro scale Metadata available via Google Regional display of holdings