Active Ebooks & Streaming Media Vendors
| Vendor | Frequency | Record Source | Notifications | Known Issues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
EBL | OCLC | yes | ||
| USMAI EBL | CLAS | no | CLAS processes record once a week; we can't edit these records in-house. | |
| EBSCO | OCLC | yes | ||
| Sage | OCLC | yes | Not all the titles are cataloged in both Sage and OCLC. As Sage catalogs titles and adds them to OCLC, we add them. | |
| Alexander Street Press | monthly | vendor | yes | |
| Kanopy | monthly | vendor | no | We go in on the first weekday of the month to get records. |
| Springer | OCLC | yes | ||
| Gale | OCLC | yes | ||
*We process record sets from OCLC almost every day, but the vendors don't necessarily provide updates on a regular basis.
**In general, the turnaround time for processing records is a day or two; occasionally, we run into issues with particular files that require more time. Additionally, we have to rely on CLAS to load the records, so delays down there can affect turnaround time.
General documentation
- Copy-cataloging individual ebooks
- Editing sets in MARC Edit
- Batch searching
- Linking best practices from USMAI
- Minimum requirements for ebooks cataloging from USMAI
- Ebooks packages spreadsheet
- Reference ebooks spreadsheet (as of 6/18/12)
- Uncataloged SAGE Knowledge titles
Note: After a PDA/DDA title has been purchased, change the Item Process Status from PA to blank (Not in Process).
Vendor list
We currently obtain ebooks through the following vendors:
- EBL (DDA)
- EBSCO (DDA and purchased)
- JSTOR (DDA)
- Springer
- Sage
- Oxford
- Gale
- Cambridge
Additionally, we obtain streaming media through the following vendors:
- Alexander Street Press
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