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Trials
The University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries often evaluates electronic resources by requesting trial access to them. Libraries faculty and staff should submit a Trial Request Form to initiate a trial.
The University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries would appreciate your comments on the databases we have access to on a trial basis. Your response will help us determine how to allocate our resources for future electronic resource purchases. Click here to access the trial evaluation form.
Below is a workflow diagram illustrating the internal trial procedure:
Trials Protocol
Trial request initiated by bibliographers, consortia, or vendors
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Trial request form completed by bibliographer OR Serials Acquisitions
(depending on how request was initiated)
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Trial request form is submitted to both Serials Acquisitions and Collection Development
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Collection Development will notify Serials Acquisitions if the trial is not approved
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Serials Acquisitions contacts the vendor to establish the URL and the trial start and end dates
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Serials Acquisitions creates the resource record in ERM for the license; if the request was not submitted by a bibliographer, Serials Acquisitions will create a description for the trial
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In setting up the resource record, 2 ticklers will be created:
1.Three days prior to the end of the trial, Serials Acquisitions and the bibliographer will receive a tickler with the end date of the resource; this will allow the bibliographer time to alert Serials Acquisitions of any extension or changes to the trial end date - note: this first tickler can be customized to arrive earlier or later than the standard three days prior to the trial's end.
2. The day that the trial ends, a 2nd tickler will be sent to Serials Acquisitions and the bibliographer who requested the trial
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New trials appear on the Trial Databases page until the trial ends
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Serials Acquisitions will suppress the resource record for the trial so it no longer appears in Chinook
