[Yulpub] MetaLib subject categories

[Charles Greenberg]

Hi,
I am happy that my colleague Denise is continuing to press on this.  I have 
already "fed" the attached document to the Reference Group as my own 
example, as liaison for the Surgery and Emergency Medicine Depts. at the 
Medical School.

The MetaLib local developers are aware of my document and continue to cite 
the inflexibility of ExLibris to allow our ability to customize many parts 
of the MetaLib (like not having two different sub-categories for two 
different spellings of Anesthesiology...Huh?) Perhaps they are behind in 
bringing local customization forward, but it should be their priority for 
customers like Yale.

As Denise mentions, please work up your own examples.  At ALA midwinter or 
where-ever, be prepared to present our unhappiness.

CG

At 09:02 AM 10/23/2007, Denise Hersey wrote:
>Hello everyone,
>   I am sure that many of you have been taking a look at 
> MetaLib.  Liaisons here at the Medical Library have been particularly 
> interested in the way the e-journals have been categorized by subject 
> area via MetaLib.  When we look at the subject areas we are responsible 
> for, we have been surprised by the journals listed.  Many very important 
> journals within our subject areas are missing from the lists in the 
> MetaLib subject areas.  For instance, when I looked at the top ten 
> journals by impact factor in Anesthesiology, the top five journals  were 
> not even listed in the Anesthesiology subject list within MetaLib.  Other 
> liaisons here did similar comparisons for their subject areas and found 
> the same discrepancies.
>     Many of us feel that it would be a disservice to our patrons to point 
> them to these lists via the subject areas of MetaLib.  However, we are 
> wondering if this is something that is only apparent within the medical 
> subject lists or if similar problems exist in other subject fields in 
> MetaLib as well.
>    We are asking that if you are a liaison to a department, or a subject 
> specialists, to take a few minutes to at least compare the top journals 
> in your subjects (using JCR for example in addition to your experience 
> with your departments) to those listed in MetaLib.  Perhaps we can get a 
> discussion going via yulpub regarding the quality of the MetaLib subject lists.
>    Thank you for your help!
>Denise Hersey
>
>Denise P. Hersey
>Liaison Activities Librarian
>Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
>Yale University
>203-785-6251
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Charles J. Greenberg                            charles.greenberg at yale.edu
Coordinator, Curriculum and Research Support    Tel:  203-737-2960
Cushing/Whitney Medical Library         FAX: 203-785-4369
Yale University





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