1st Edition

A Changing World Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc.

Edited By Suzanne McMahon, Miriam Palm, Pam Dunn Copyright 1991
    246 Pages
    by Routledge

    246 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book, first published in 1993, examines how the newest technological developments in information storage and processing impact print-oriented libraries. Find answers to questions on how libraries can utilize the awesome speed, remarkable storage capacity, and universal access of the new technology. Authoritative contributors provide insight, inspirations, and practical experience to the three major areas of changing technologies, changing information worldwide, and strategies and responses of libraries to these rapid changes.

    A Changing World looks at the future of the electronic network medium and how it will provide opportunities for accessing and using information that so far have been unimagined by the print-dominated information industry. Enlightening chapters explore the feasibility of electronic serials as a realistic replacement for print journals, the future of automated serials control systems, and the effects of information technologies on libraries as systems and librarianship as a profession. Discover timely indications for ten-year trends of the globalization of research, scholarly information, and patents. Specific international influences on information are examined including the implications of the European Community internal market for scholarly publishing and distribution, the influence of rapid changes in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union on scholarly publishing, and scholarly information and serials in politically turbulent Latin American countries.

    1. The Impact of Electronic and Networking Technologies on the Delivery of Scholarly Information Timothy B. King  2. Electronic Serials: Realistic or Unrealistic Solution to the Journal ‘Crisis’? Anne B. Piternick  3. Globalization of Research, Scholarly Information, and Patents: Ten-Year Trends Francis Narin  4. Europe 1992: Implications for Scholarly Publishing and Distribution John F. Riddick  5. Zastroika, Perestroika, Rasstroika, Dostroika, and Us Edward Kasinec  6. Scholarly Information and Serials in Latin America: Shifting Political Sands Margarita Almada de Ascencio and Sylvia Perez de Almada  7. Automated Library Systems: What Next? Carol Pitts Hawks  8. Embracing the Electronic Journal: One Library's Plan Gail McMillan  9. Information Technologies and the Transformation of Libraries and Librarianship Charles B. Lowry  10. Wrap-Up Session Dan Tonkery  11. Case Study: Starting a New Medical Journal Barbara A. Carlson  12. Marketing a New Social Science/Humanities Journal to Libraries, Then and Now Isabel Czech  13. SUPER-OPAC: Records for Articles and Chapters in Your Catalogue Birdie MacLennon  14. Periodicals Receiving Units and Public Service Areas: A Productive Combination Phoebe Timberlake  15. The Continuations Saga: Converting Non-Periodical Serials Judith M. Shelton  16. Interfacing Automated Environments: Linking the Integrated Library Systems Christie T. Degener  17. Conversion to Automated Serials Control Systems: From the Drawing Board to the Front Lines Marla Edelman  18. Replacement Issues: Where Do You Find Them and At What Cost? Lawrence R. Keating  19. How Vendors Assess Service Charges and a Publisher's View of Discounts to Vendors Kathleen Meneely  20. Case Study: Managing the Established Sci-Tech Journal Brenda Dingley  21. Case Study: A Society Journal Published by a Commercial Publisher Mary K. Castle  22. Multiple Version Cataloguing and Preservation Microfilming for Brittle Issues of Serials Geraldine F. Pionessa  23. The Impact of Electronic Journals on Traditional Library Services Linda Hulbert  24. Journal Contents Online: Patron Use and Implications for Reference Service Lisa A. Macklin  25. An Introduction to the Structure of ANSI X12 and a Tutorial on X12 Mapping for Serials Related Transactions Joseph Barker  26. Job Descriptions Vis-à-Vis Job Applications: A Match Often Not Made in Heaven Rita Broadway  27. Serials Claims: Three Perspectives, Library/Publisher/Vendor Louise Diodato  28. Acquiring and Cataloging the Elusive Latin American Serial Lisa Peterson

    Biography

    Suzanne McMahon, Miriam Palm, Pam Dunn