http://pegasuslibrarian.com/2008/09/ejournals-blessing-and-curse.html Learning in Libraries and Loving It Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:39:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://pegasuslibrarian.com/2008/09/ejournals-blessing-and-curse.html/comment-page-1#comment-1162 Stephen Francoeur Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:23:00 +0000 http://pegasuslibrarian.com/2008/09/ejournals-blessing-and-curse/#comment-1162 This is an issue that I'd love to see dealt with too. It would be great if all those journal publishers connected in to some sort of universal "Can I get this from my library" lookup service. That way, you or your patrons find this great article on the site of a journal publisher, click the lookup tool (type in the name of your college or the name of your public library) and then some mega-registry (more complete and user-friendly than the <a HREF="http://www.worldcat.org/registry/institutions/" REL="nofollow">WorldCat Registry</a>), get your local library's login screen, then, ba-da-bing ba-da-boom, access to the article. Getting the publishers to participate in such service though is probably a pipe dream. This is an issue that I’d love to see dealt with too. It would be great if all those journal publishers connected in to some sort of universal “Can I get this from my library” lookup service. That way, you or your patrons find this great article on the site of a journal publisher, click the lookup tool (type in the name of your college or the name of your public library) and then some mega-registry (more complete and user-friendly than the WorldCat Registry), get your local library’s login screen, then, ba-da-bing ba-da-boom, access to the article. Getting the publishers to participate in such service though is probably a pipe dream.

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