Serials management in academic libraries : a guide to issues and practices / Jean Walter Farrington.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-174) and index.

"In the decade ahead, libraries will have to do more with less. Fewer journal titles owned by each institution, less detailed cataloging, and fewer staff will become realities as libraries are forced to cope with budget restrictions. Serials management, in particular, will require a greater degree of adaptability and flexibility. This professional reference overviews the most significant emerging issues concerning serials management in academic libraries and provides practical advice to aid librarians in responding to a changing environment. Among the issues discussed are the debate of access versus ownership, the electronic dissemination of text and document delivery, standards for electronic data transfer, and approaches to cataloging. The volume offers practical solutions to the problems facing librarians, and it stresses the increasing role of automation in effective serials management."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Serials Automation: The Last Frontier -- 2 Changing Roles, Changing Shape: Organizing and Staffing Serials Operations -- 3 Management of Serials Information in a Changing Environment -- 4 Measuring Journal Use: Why, How, and for What Purpose? -- 5 Collection Development or Collection Access: Serials Ownership in the Millennium -- 6 AcquiringSerials in Paper: Making the Most of the Options -- 7 Serials in Many Forms: Newspapers, Depository Publications, and Computer Files -- 8 The Electronic Explosion: From E- Mail to World Wide Web

9 Serials Cataloging in the Twenty- First Century: A Multiplicity of ChallengesSelected Bibliography -- Index

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