These lively proceedings from NASIG's inaugural conference address the status and problems of serials throughout the English speaking world. Experts address various aspects of serials librarianship--automation, standards, online public access catalogs and serials, pricing, and more. Whether one is interested in obtaining an excellent guide to automating serials departments, reading about discriminatory pricing of British scholarly journals for the North American market, or learning more about serials in the U.K. from the Chair of the United Kingdom Serials Group (UKSG), this stimulating book has something for every member of the serials information chain.
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Contents Introduction
Serials U.K.: 1978-1986
The Future of Serials, 1976-2000: A Publisher's Perspective
Serials Prices: An Historical Perspective
Serials Automation: Examining the Problems
Developing Requirements for Automated Serials Control Systems
The Evolution of Automated Serials Control
Online Public Access Catalogs and Serials
Survey of Online Systems in U.S. Academic Libraries: Serials Applications
The Goldfish Bowl Effect of an Online Serials Control System
Serial Holdings Standards
Time and Cost Analysis of Title Changes in Serials
The "Instructions to Authors" Section as an Aid in Serials Collection Development
THE BRYN MAWR TEAPARTY: 1776 REVISITED
Discriminatory Pricing of British Scholarly Journals for the North American Market: An Overview
British Journal Pricing: A Publisher's View
British Journal Pricing: The Subscription Agent's View
Journal Pricing: A Modest Proposal
WORKSHOP SESSIONS REPORTS
Serials Cataloging in an Automated Environment
Automation of Serials Operations: Case Studies
Serials Education for Librarians
Micro-Based Serials Operations
Automation and the Binding Process
Index
