1st Edition

Transforming Serials The Revolution Continues

Edited By Susan L. Scheiberg, Shelley Neville Copyright 2004
    392 Pages
    by Routledge

    392 Pages
    by Routledge

    Get an inside look at the changing world of serials management!

    Transforming Serials: The Revolution Continues (Parts I and II) will help you navigate the changing landscape in serials with a unique collection of fresh insights, new techniques and tools, and practical solutions. The book documents NASIG's 17th Annual Conference (2002, Williamsburg, Virginia), examining the ongoing effects technology has on scholarly communications and serial publications; the rapid changes in presentation of information and seamless interfaces; the evolving skills publishers, vendors and librarians need in dealing with information seekers; and the need for cooperation and communication among publishers, vendors and librarians. Topics addressed in the conference’s workshops and presentations included MARC21, e-journals, ILS conversion, AACR2, subsidized unmediated ordering (SUMO), aggregated databases, library and Internet standards, and Web-based tracking systems.

    Transforming Serials examines the future of information access and distribution, the future of digitized materials, and new roles for public service librarians. These conference proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc. (NASIG) reflect the diverse interests of the serials community, promoting communication, information, and continuing education about serials and the broader issues of scholarly communication. Topics discussed in the book include:

    • the future of information access and distribution
    • the future of digitized materials
    • open URL and SFX open linking
    • e-journal subscription management systems
    • managing electronic serials, outsourcing, and new products in the marketplace
    • e-journals and citation patterns
    • cataloging serials reproductions
    • cataloging serials for consortium catalogs
    • periodical check-in
    • and much more!
    Transforming Serials: The Revolution Continues (Parts I and II) is an essential resource for anyone who's joined the revolution in serials management, including librarians, publishers, vendors, educators, database producers, and library systems representatives.

    • Introduction
    • PRECONFERENCE PROGRAMS
    • Implementing MARC21 for Holdings
    • Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Electronic Journals But Were Afraid to Ask
    • PLENARY SESSIONS
    • Web Portals: The Future of Information Access and Distribution
    • Serials Challenges and Solutions: The View from the Director’s Chair
    • The Future of Digitized Materials: Where We Have Been and Where We’re Going
    • CONCURRENT SESSIONS
    • Scholarly Journals Should Be Treated as a Public Good
    • A Publisher’s View of the Public Good: Aspects of Scholarly Publishing
    • Challenging Current Publishing Models
    • The Open URL and SFX Linking
    • Seize the E! The Eclectic Journal and Its Ramifications
    • Management of Electronic Serials, Outsourcing, and Bringing New Products to the Marketplace
    • Management of Electronic Serials, Outsourcing, and Bringing New Products to the Marketplace
    • Historical Messages in the Digital Medium
    • Get Hip to E-Journals and Forget About the Print: Inciting a Faculty Revolution?
    • Cataloging: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
    • WORKSHOPS
    • E-Journal Subscription Management Systems and Beyond
    • Conducting Serials Surveys: Common Mistakes and Recommended Approaches
    • ILS Conversion and the Prediction Pattern Conundrum: What Do You Do on Day 1?
    • Writing for Serialists in the Work Environment
    • Maneuvering Your Serials Troops Through the Mine Fields of Change
    • Teaching Electronic Journals: Finding, Using, and Citing Them
    • Thinking and Working Outside the (Library) Box: From a Revolutionary Idea to Strategic Alliance
    • Success in Searching for Serials: What Is the MAGIC Solution?
    • E-Journals and Citation Patterns: Is It All Worth It?
    • Cataloging Serials Reproductions: Annoying Applications—Reprint Serials
    • Revolutionary Relationships: Catalogers’ Liaison Role as Metadata Experts in the Creation of the K-State Digital Library
    • Cataloging for Consortium Catalogs
    • What to Do When Disaster Strikes: The California State University, Northridge, Experience
    • Transforming AACR2: Using the Revised Rules in Chapters 9 and 12, Part 1
    • Transforming AACR2: Using the Revised Rules in Chapters 9 and 12, Part 2
    • How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Give Up Journal Check-In
    • Use Studies: Tools for Understanding Changing Patterns of Serials Use
    • Just in Time vs. Just in Case: Examining the Benefits of Subsidized Unmediated Ordering (SUMO) vs. Journal Subscription
    • Print Journals: Off Site? Out of Site? Out of Mind?
    • Don’t Tread on Me: The Art of Supervising Student Assistants
    • Report of Death of the Catalog Is Greatly Exaggerated: The E-Journal Access Journey at the University of Tennessee
    • Web-Based Tracking Systems for Electronic Resources Management
    • A Is for Acronym: Library and Internet Standards for Serialists
    • Does a Core Exist? Electronic Journals Available in Selected Fields
    • We Have Met the Enemy, and, Sometimes, He Is Us!
    • Electronic Journals and Aggregated Databases: New Roles for Public Service Librarians
    • The Battle of the Dumpster and Other Stories: Processing the Censorship
    • Poster Sessions
    • 17th Annual NASIG Conference Registrants
    • Index

    Biography

    Susan L. Scheiberg, Shelley Neville - Editors