Serials to the Tenth Power provides readers with practical ideas on managing the challenges of the electronic information environment. The proceedings of the tenth anniversary conference of the North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG), the book covers how electronic publishing impacts the dissemination of knowledge in general and specific related issues.Contributors include librarians, publishers, vendors, and editors of electronic journals. They offer readers diverse perspectives about:
copyright law in the digital world
the future of information dissemination
challenges of innovative approaches to providing information in electronic format
standards for identifying and citing electronic resources
bibliographic control of Internet resources
organization of service delivery to meet the challenges of evolving technologySerials librarians and other library professionals will find Serials to the Tenth Power an interesting and valuable addition to the literature about electronic resources. They will use it again and again as they continue their work amidst ever-changing and evolving electronic technology.
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Contents Introduction
The Internet Information Delivery Revolution
Gopher Gold and Gopher Gears: Using and Maintaining Gophers
Electronic Dream Catchers and Spinning Charlotte's Web: Using and Maintaining World Wide Web Services
NASIG Tenth Anniversary Conference Panel
From Serial Publications to Document Delivery to Knowledge Management: OUr Fascinating Journey, Just Begun
The ACM Electronic Publishing Plan and Interim Copyright Policies
Copyright in an Electronic Age: Making New Vintages From the Great Old Grapes
Whose Work is it Anyway? Perspectives on the Stakeholders and the Stakes in the Current Copyright Scene
The Transformation of a Nation: The Impact of Politics and the Potential of Technology on Information Access in South Africa
Security and Uses of the Internet
Serials in the Networked Environment
SCAN: Scholarship from California on the Net
Resources for Mathematicians: The Evolution of e-MATH
Electronic Journal Update: CJTCS
Developing an Electronic Journal: A John Wiley & Sons Project
Carnegie Mellon University and University Microfilms International "Virtual Library Project"
Recent Steps Toward Full-Text Electronic Delivery at Elsevier Science
Springer-Verlag's Electronic Projects
The Alarmists versus the Equilibrists: Reexamining the Role of the Serials Professional in the Information Age
What If They Started Talking? New Roles for Staff in Change Management--A Case Study
The Rhetoric of Serials at the Present Time
Five Years of Bryn Mawr Classical Review (ital)
Mr. Serials Revisits Cataloging: Cataloging Electronic Serials and Internet Resources
U-R-Stars: Standards for Controlling Internet Resources
Trading Back Issues on the Internet
New Technology and Traditional Sources
Cataloging Electronic Journals: The University of Virginia Experience
Optimizing Serials Access in the Online Catalog
Truck and High-Tech: Document Delivery in the '90s
Serials Interfaces: Planning and Implementation
Preparing Tomorrow's Serial Leaders: Creating New Alliances Among Library Schools, Libraries, and Serial Professionals
Change and the Impact on Serials Staff
CONSER Live: A Conversation With CONSER Coordinator
Making the Most of Electronic Journals--Library and Secondary Publisher Perspectives
What's In It For Us? Internet Use in Technical Services
Using the RFP Process to Select a Serials Vendor: A Work in Progress
Cataloging Computer Files as Serials
Training Aid in Cataloging Gopher Sites and Electronic Serials
Transformation in the Library Bindery Through Increased Preservation Awareness
Automating Journal Use Studies: A Tale of Two Libraries
Scholastic Journals at the Crossroads
Implementing Teams for Technical Services Functions
Changes to the Serial Item and Contribution Identifier and the Effects of Those on Publishers and Librarians
If Publishers Perished, Just What Would Be Lost?
Reference Notes Included
Index
