News
Release
November 21, 2006
The Colorado Alliance of Research
Libraries has just released three new enhancements to help sites better manage
their holdings in Gold Rush. Sites can now upload a new or existing title
list into their holdings and they can also add individual journals to a new or
existing list. The third feature provides the option to display or not display
the date notes field depending on if a hard coded date is provided.
Adding titles to a new or existing title list is particularly useful for sites
that need to quickly add or make changes to a database and don’t have the
time for the list to be centrally loaded by
Upload
title list to new or existing list
We have created a custom loader where
sites can upload a tab delimited list of titles that includes key metadata such
as journal title, ISSN, full text start and stop dates, citation dates and date
notes. We have added a couple of new features to the custom loader.
Sites can now indicate at the journal level whether or not a title is open
access. They can also select from a drop down box a customized URL
for a particular title list. For example, for several Gold Rush customers,
we have created customized url’s that drill down to holdings in their
local library catalog. Now when loading a title list, sites can select
this url from the drop down box. Title list updates should be reflected
in the public and staff interfaces the next day.
Add a
journal to a new or existing list
When libraries want to add just a few
titles to an existing list or create a very short list of titles, they can do
this with the “Add a journal” feature. This new feature
includes a data entry form where sites can type in the metadata for each
journal and update them on an individual basis. Changes are reflected in
real time in the staff and public interface.
The “Upload title list” and
“Add a journal feature” are in the Staff Holdings module of Gold
Rush under Title Lists. The date notes functionality is also under the Holdings
module but under “Manage Database Dates”. Full documentation
for the enhancements can be found at: http://grweb.coalliance.org/. From
the left hand menu items select Documentation and choose the
“Holdings” document.. Refer to page 9 of the documentation
for date notes functionality. Pages 26-33 provide instruction on adding a title
list or new journal to Gold Rush.
The Colorado Alliance will continue to
load title lists, and sites can select these into their holdings. Now they also
have the flexibility to create their own lists or simply add titles on an
“add needed” basis. We hope sites will take advantage of
these new enhancements.
To encourage sites to explore the new
enhancements, we will offer training. Call the Colorado Alliance to
schedule a training session. You can send email questions to
[log in to unmask] or contact Rose or George at 303-759-3399.
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Gold Rush is web-based central digital
registry of databases and electronic journals including both stand-alone and
titles embedded within aggregated services. Gold Rush Complete offers a suite
of tools for public access and staff management. The web-based search interface
is intuitive, and allows for easy searching of electronic journals and
databases showing full-text from primary publishers, aggregators and
indexing/abstracting services. In addition, Gold Rush Complete also employs a
full featured link resolver (Open URL) with linking at three levels: article,
journal title and where a citation is indexed.
The Colorado Alliance of Research
Libraries was created in 1974, and is a tax-exempt not-for-profit consortium of
ten libraries in
For more information about Gold Rush or
to set up a trial of Gold Rush, contact the Colorado Alliance of Research
Libraries ( [log in to unmask] email address is being protected from
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George Machovec or Rose Nelson. Visit on the web at: http://www.coalliance.org
Rose Nelson
Systems
Librarian
303-759-3399
X103 (ph)
303-759-3363
(fax)