E-Serials Collection Management: Transitions, Trends, and Technicaliti

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Learn how information professionals are addressing the electronic resource issues being faced in their own libraries and around the world! This informative volume gives you an up-close look at the increasingly important role that electronic serials play in the overall library collection, today and in the future. It addresses many of the themes, problems, and questions raised by this... Read more

Learn how information professionals are addressing the electronic resource issues being faced in their own libraries and around the world!

This informative volume gives you an up-close look at the increasingly important role that electronic serials play in the overall library collection, today and in the future. It addresses many of the themes, problems, and questions raised by this fast-evolving medium, including e-journal publishing issues, troubleshooting, and accreditation issues, as well as e-reserves, e-books, and more. In E-Serials Collection Management: Transitions, Trends, and Technicalities, library professionals from the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and Australia discuss these issues, the problems they have faced, and the solutions they have developed for them.

From the editor: “It is my belief that e-serials will continue to emerge as the key players in the library world, as the physical library gradually and inexorably gives way to the virtual library. As e-journals insinuate themselves throughout the infrastructures of libraries and expand their reach globally, the issues addressed in this book are becoming of concern to all librarians, not just the electronic resources and information technology specialists. Librarians all over the world are struggling with how to manage electronic serials and the issues associated with them. In this book, readers will see how library professionals just like themselves deal with electronic journals, their transitions, trends, and technicalities.”

With helpful graphs, figures, and charts making the information in the book easily accessible and understandable, E-Serials Collection Management: Transitions, Trends, and Technicalities will increase your understanding of:

the interrelationship between pricing, licensing, technological aspects, and proximity to publishers and libraries—from the point of view of a leading global subscription agent
the benefits and pitfalls of using vendors/publishers, third-party providers, and subscription agents for electronic journal services
how information professionals are currently developing and cataloging online materials—with a survey of 70 libraries!
the IP ranges vs. passwords conundrum
the advantages of joining a consortium to make journals available to users at a lower cost to your library
how to determine the amount of usage your electronic products are getting
claiming and troubleshooting e-journals—with a fascinating case study from UCLA's biomedical library
how to efficiently handle electronic articles destined for a reserve collection
how to select an e-book model that will satisfy your users and your staff
open-access systems and software—and what they mean to your institution
regional accreditation for e-serials
using a database-driven approach to manage e-resources
and more!

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About the Editor
Contributors
Preface
List of Abbreviations
Chapter 1. Current Trends in Electronic Journal Publishing: An Agent’s Unique Insight into Pricing, Licensing, and Technological Aspects Based on Proximity to Publishers and Libraries
Introduction
Management Challenges Facing Libraries
The Requirement of a License
Pricing Models
Access Technologies
Alternative Publishing
Conclusion
Chapter 2. To Use or Not to Use: The Benefits and Challenges of Using a Subscription Agent for Electronic Journals
The Benefits of Using a Subscription Agent
The Benefits of Using a Vendor/Publisher
The Benefits of Using a Third-Party Provider
The Challenges of Working with Subscription Agents
The Challenges of Working with Vendors/Publishers
The Challenges of Working with Third-Party Providers
Conclusion
Chapter 3. Collection Development and Cataloging of Online Materials: What Libraries Are Doing Now
Introduction
Methodology
Results and Analysis
Conclusion
Appendix
Chapter 4. IP Ranges versus Passwords: The Pros, the Cons, and What’s in Between
Passwords
IP Access
IP and Password!
Password Advantages
Access Through Aggregators
Librarians Make a Difference
Future of Password and IP Access
Chapter 5. Consortia and Electronic Journals: An Overview
The Impetus to Cooperate
History of Cooperation and Consortia
Description of a Consortium: OhioLINK
Support for Consortia
Consortia: What Works
Consortia: E-Journal Problems
The Future of Consortial Arrangements
Conclusion
Chapter 6. Usage Data: Issues and Challenges for Electronic Resource Collection Management
Introduction
Guidelines, Standards, and Initiatives Relating to Usage Data
Communication Between Libraries and Vendors
Can Libraries Collect Their Own Usage Data?
Key Use Measures for Vendor Statistics
Pitfalls of Usage Data
Putting the Data to Work: Using Usage Data in Academic Libraries
Collection and Dissemination of Usage Data
Conclusion
Chapter 7. Case Study in Claiming/Troubleshooting E-Journals: UCLA’s Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library
Background
University of California System
UCLA’s Library E-Resources Management
Organizational Structure for E-Resources Claiming/Troubleshooting
Categories of Troubleshooting Issues and Solutions
Using the Troubleshooting Screen
Conclusion
Chapter 8. Electronic Reserve: A Future in Transition?
Introduction
Digitization at Deakin University
Copyright
General Comments
Aggregators
Changes in the Conception of a “Reserve” Collection
The Future?
Conclusion
Chapter 9. E-Books After the Fall: A New Model
Definition
Background
The Future
The New Model
Libraries
Conclusion
Chapter 10. Open Access and Retrieval: Liberating the Scholarly Literature
Budapest Open Access Initiative
New Generation Journals
Self-Archiving
EPrints
Open Archives Initiative
Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting
Roles and Responsibilities of Self-Archiving
“The Future of Ideas”
Chapter 11. E-Serials and Regional Accreditation
Regional Accreditation’s Perspective on E-Serials
Southern Region
Western Region
Northwest Region
New England Region
Middle States Region
North Central Region
How Some Libraries Interpreted and Responded to Standards
Unresolved Issues Relating to E-Serials and Accreditation
Conclusion
Chapter 12. Managing E-Resources: A Database Driven Approach
Introduction
LORA Public Interface
LORA Staff Interface
Implementation
Looking Ahead: Planned Additions
Conclusion
Chapter 13. Developing a Database for E-Journals That Improves Both Access and Management
Introduction and History
Cataloging Woes
The E-Journals Database
Conclusion
Index
Reference Notes Included

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Jim Cole, Wayne Jones, David C Fowler

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