[Yulpub] MetaLib subject categories

[Charles Greenberg]

Yes, I too meant SFX A-Z as the target of my frustration, not 
MetaLib.  Sorry to create confusion.

CG




>Charles Greenberg wrote:
>>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.
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>>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
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>>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
>>>_______________________________________________
>>>s J. Greenberg                          charles.greenberg at yale.edu
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>>Coordinator, Curriculum and Research Support    Tel:  203-737-2960
>>Cushing/Whitney Medical Library         FAX: 203-785-4369
>>Yale University
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