SUNCAT Updates

In order to act as an effective location service for serials held in the UK it is vital that SUNCAT is kept as current as possible. The SUNCAT team have worked with the Contributing Libraries to set up regular updates and almost all of the libraries are now in regular updating cycles. The table below summarises how updates are supplied to SUNCAT, the frequency of the update cycle and the date the last update was received by SUNCAT.

A small number of the Contributing Libraries are not yet supplying updates to SUNCAT. This may be because the team are still working with the Library to set up their updating cycle or it may be that the Library is currently unable to send regular updates. Where we have additional information we will supply this.

Type of update

Some Contributing libraries supply partial update files to SUNCAT which simply contain information about any changes to the library’s data since their last update, e.g. new serials’ records added, amendments and deletions. However, not all Library Management Systems are able to identify and supply these changes to SUNCAT and in these cases the library sends a full file of all their serials and this is used to replace the previous file on SUNCAT. Further details on supplying updates are available.

Frequency

SUNCAT has negotiated updating schedules with contributing libraries on an individual basis. In the majority of cases libraries send updates monthly, a few send updates more frequently but SUNCAT generally only processes updates once per month. Some smaller libraries, which do not make a large number of changes to their serials’ data, send updates on a less frequent basis, quarterly or bi-annually.

Contributing Library Type of update Frequency of update Date of last update
Aberdeen University Full Quarterly 01-Oct-12
Aberystwyth University Full Monthly 20-Mar-13
Bath University Full Monthly 15-Mar-13
Birmingham University Partial Monthly 22-Apr-13
Bolton University Not yet updating Unknown  
Bradford University Partial Quarterly 07-Feb-13
Bristol University Partial Monthly 03-May-13
British Film Institute Not yet updating Unknown 04-Feb-10
British Library Partial Monthly 26-Apr-13
Cambridge University Partial Monthly 17-Apr-13
Cardiff University Full Monthly 14-May-13
City University London Unknown Not yet updating 01-Nov-12
CONSER Partial Weekly 22-May-13
Courtauld Institute of Art Partial Quarterly 22-Nov-12
Cranfield University Full Monthly 20-May-13
De Montfort University Full Unknown 07-Sep-12
Directory of Open Access Journals Full Monthly 10-May-13
Dundee University Full Monthly 06-May-13
Durham University Full Monthly 22-Apr-13
Edinburgh Napier University Partial Monthly 06-May-13
Edinburgh University Partial Monthly 21-Apr-13
Essex University Full Quarterly 29-Jan-13
Exeter University Full Monthly 03-May-13
Glasgow School of Art Unknown Not yet updating 22-Mar-13
Glasgow University Partial Monthly 06-May-13
Hull University Full Bi-monthly 27-Feb-13
Imperial College, London Full Quarterly 01-Mar-13
Institution of Civil Engineers Full Semi-annually 06-Feb-13
Institution of Engineering and Technology Full Quarterly 11-Jul-11
ISSN Partial Monthly 12-Apr-13
Kent University Partial Monthly 01-May-13
King's College London Full Monthly 02-May-13
Kingston University Full Monthly 11-Apr-13
Lancaster University Full Semi-annually 08-May-12
Leeds University Full Quarterly 04-Feb-13
Leicester University Partial Monthly 29-Apr-13
Library of the Society of Friends Not yet updating Unknown 01-Dec-11
Liverpool University Partial Monthly 15-May-13
London Business School Full Monthly 14-Feb-13
London School of Economics and Political Science Full Monthly 08-Apr-13
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Full Monthly 03-May-13
Loughborough University Partial Quarterly 27-Mar-13
Manchester Metropolitan University Full Quarterly 09-Apr-13
Manchester Public Libraries Full Closed until 2014  
Manchester University Partial Monthly 21-Mar-13
National Art Library Full Quarterly 05-Feb-13
National Institute for Medical Research Unknown Unknown not yet updating
National Library of Scotland Partial Monthly 03-May-13
National Library of Wales Partial Not yet updating  
National Museum Wales Full Quarterly 14-Nov-12
NERC: Natural Environment Research Council Full Quarterly 11-Mar-13
Natural History Museum Full Monthly 25-Apr-13
Newcastle University Full Monthly 25-Apr-13
Nottingham University Partial Monthly 01-May-13
Open University Full Quarterly 01-Feb-13
Oxford University Partial Monthly 10-Apr-13
Queen Mary, University of London Full Monthly 15-Mar-13
Queen's University Belfast Partial Monthly 01-Apr-12
Reading University Full Quarterly 29-Jan-13
Robert Gordon University Full Monthly 01-May-13
Royal Asiatic Society Full Semi-annually 24-Jan-13
Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh Full Semi-annually 16-Apr-13
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Full Quarterly 06-Mar-12
Royal College of Music Partial Monthly 17-May-13
Royal College of Nursing Full Quarterly 04-Apr-13
Royal Geographical Society Partial Not yet updating 01-Apr-08
Royal Institute of British Architects Full Semi-annually 22-May-12
Royal Museums Greenwich Caird Library Partial Quarterly 04-Sep-12
Royal Society Full Semi-annually 29-Nov-12
Royal Society of Medicine Full Monthly 14-May-13
St Andrews University Partial Monthly 02-Apr-13
School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London Full Quarterly 07-Mar-13
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Library Unknown Not yet updating 19-Sep-12
Scottish National Gallery Research Library Full Semi-annually 09-May-13
Senate House Libraries, University of London Full Bi-monthly 01-Feb-13
Sheffield Hallam University Partial Bi-monthly 18-Apr-13
Sheffield University Partial Monthly 14-May-13
Society of Antiquaries of London Partial Quarterly 11-Apr-13
Southampton University Partial Weekly 19-May-13
Stirling University Full Monthly 28-Feb-12
Strathclyde University Full Monthly 22-Apr-13
Sussex University Partial Monthly 01-May-13
Swansea University Full Monthly 15-Mar-13
Tate Library (Tate Britain) Full Semi-annually 25-Mar-13
Trinity College Dublin Partial Monthly 01-May-13
University College London Full Monthly 09-Apr-13
University of East Anglia Full Semi-annually 03-Jan-13
University of the Arts London Unknown Not yet updating  
University of the West of England (UWE) Full Monthly 23-Apr-13
Warwick University Partial Semi-monthly 07-May-13
Wellcome Library Partial Quarterly 27-Mar-13
Wiener Library Full Semi-annually 12-Mar-13
Women's Library, London Metropolitan University Full Semi-annually 19-Dec-12
York University Partial Monthly 08-May-13
Zoological Society of London Full Quarterly 28-Feb-13

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