This book advises librarians, paraprofessional library supervisors, and library school students on problems unique to the management of serials.

Focusing on the management of serials in libraries and the role of serials in scholarly communications, this book combines descriptive and prescriptive approaches to illuminate major serials management issues. Unlike other works on the subject, this text emphasizes collection management issues-serials evaluation/selection criteria, cancellation, weeding, document delivery, budgeting, decision models, use studies, journal ranking, and the application of citation analysis (including use of the Journal Citation Reports and Bradfordian distribution). The author also discusses the implications of the Internet and World Wide Web for serials management. Other topics include types of serials, serials history, serials automation, electronic journals, technical services processing, and copyright issues. Appendixes list and annotate relevant World Wide Web sites, pertinent bibliographies, and sources of statistical data about serials. Significant research is often cited. There are extensive footnotes, and bibl

This unique collection examines the state of electronic serials cataloging with an emphasis on online accessibility. It presents a review of e-serials cataloging in the 1990s and discusses standards (ISSN, ISBD[ER], AACR2) that are applicable in current electronic library science. E-Serials Cataloging: Access to Continuing and Integrating Resources via the Catalog and the Web is a comprehensive reference for practicing librarians, catalogers and administrators of technical services, cataloging and service departments, and Web managers.

A keyword listing of serial titles currently received by the National Library of Medicine.

This new edition of the seminal 1998 volume gives you a comprehensive overview of the world of e-serials in one compact volume! With new contributions and updated chapters from authorities in their respective fields, this book covers publishing, pricing, copyright, acquisitions and collection development, cataloging and metadata, preservation and archiving, projects and innovations, indexing, uniform resource identifiers, and citation.