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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 Partial Quarterly 10-Dec-09
Birmingham University Partial Monthly 22-Feb-10
Bolton University Not yet updating Unknown  
Bristol University Partial Monthly 05-Feb-10
British Geological Survey Full Quarterly 02-Nov-09
British Library Partial Monthly 25-Feb-10
Cambridge University Partial Monthly 02-Feb-10
Cardiff University Partial Monthly 23-Feb-10
CONSER Partial Weekly 01-Mar-10
Cranfield University Partial Quarterly 21-Dec-09
Directory of Open Access Journals Full Monthly 10-Feb-10
Dundee University Full Monthly 02-Feb-10
Durham University Full Monthly 22-Feb-10
Edinburgh College of Art Full Quarterly 17-Dec-09
Edinburgh Napier University Partial Monthly 05-Jan-10
Edinburgh University Partial Monthly 21-Feb-10
Essex University Full Quarterly 28-Jan-10
Exeter University Full Monthly 05-Feb-10
Glasgow University Partial Monthly 09-Feb-10
Hull University Full Bi-monthly 04-Feb-10
Imperial College, London Full Quarterly 01-Dec-09
Institution of Engineering and Technology Full Quarterly 21-Jul-09
ISSN Partial Monthly 15-Feb-10
Kent University Partial Monthly 01-Mar-10
King's College London Partial Bi-monthly 01-Jan-10
Lancaster University Partial Semi-annually 11-Aug-08
Leeds University Full Quarterly 29-Jan-10
Leicester University Partial Monthly 03-Mar-10
Liverpool University Partial Monthly 01-Mar-10
London Business School Full Monthly 01-Mar-10
London School of Economics & Political Science Full Monthly 17-Feb-10
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Full Quarterly 15-Feb-10
Manchester Metropolitan University Full Quarterly 13-Jan-10
Manchester Public Libraries Full Closed until 2013  
Manchester University Partial Monthly 22-Jan-10
National Art Library Full Quarterly 15-Jun-09
National Library of Scotland Partial Monthly 01-Feb-10
National Library of Wales Partial Not yet updating  
National Maritime Museum Partial Quarterly 21-Dec-09
National Museum Wales Full Quarterly 17-Dec-09
Natural History Museum Full Monthly 17-Feb-10
Newcastle University Full Monthly 25-Feb-10
Nottingham University Partial Monthly 01-Mar-10
Oxford University Partial Monthly 22-Feb-10
Queen's University, Belfast Partial Monthly 01-Mar-10
Reading University Full Quarterly 21-Oct-09
Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh Full Semi-annually 02-Dec-09
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Full Quarterly 15-Oct-09
Royal College of Music Partial Monthly 02-Mar-10
Royal College of Nursing Partial Quarterly 01-Mar-10
Royal Geographical Society Partial Not yet updating 01-Apr-08
Royal Institute of British Architects Full Semi-annually 29-Oct-09
Royal Society Full Semi-annually 21-Oct-09
Royal Society of Medicine Full Monthly 19-Feb-10
St Andrews University Partial Monthly 02-Mar-10
School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London Full Quarterly 07-Jan-10
Sheffield Hallam University Full Unknown 26-Jan-10
Sheffield University Partial Monthly 14-Feb-10
Society of Antiquaries of London Partial Quarterly 03-Mar-10
Southampton University Partial Weekly 22-Feb-10
Stirling University Full Monthly 19-Feb-10
Sussex University Partial Monthly 02-Feb-10
Swansea University Full Monthly 15-Feb-10
University College London Full Monthly 08-Feb-10
University of East Anglia Full Semi-annually 14-Dec-09
University of London Research Libraries (ULRLS) Full Bi-monthly 11-Feb-10
University of the West of England (UWE) Full Monthly 23-Jan-10
Warwick University Partial Semi-monthly 04-Mar-10
Wellcome Library Partial Quarterly 15-Dec-09
Women's Library, London Metropolitan University Full Semi-annually 16-Nov-09
York University Partial Monthly 10-Feb-10
Zoological Society Full Quarterly 19-Jan-10