From: "Chris Keenan" <ckeenan_at_mcb.co.uk>
Apologies for Cross Posting
Library Consortium Management: An International Journal
http://www.mcb.co.uk/lcm.htm
(For information on how to access the first two online issues for free,
either
go the http://www.mcb.co.uk/lcm.htm or see the foot of this message.)
--------Call for Papers--------
"Share your experiences of library/corporate co-operative purchasing with
the
community of interest"
Whatever your area of expertise, Librarian Consortium Management is
interested
in publishing articles on your experiences and suggestions an topics such
as:
*Consortium directors*
What has your experience been of negotiating contracts with publishers?
How is your consortium governed and financed?
How do you manage the relationship with suppliers, agents and your
membership?
*Library managers*
How has your library's membership of a consortium affected library
management?
*Library directors*
Have you ever had to make a decision on whether or not to join a consortium?
*University IT directors*
How has membership of library consortia affected your management of campus
computing?
*Publishers*
What has your experience been of negotiating with consortia?
*Vendors*
How has the emergence of library consortia affected you?
Send your article proposals or outlines to the Editor, Arnold Hirshon,
Executive Director: NELINET. E-mail: ahirshon_at_nelinet.net
Full details of the journal aims and scope; editorial team and guidelines
for
authors can be found at http://www.mcb.co.uk/portfolio/lcm/call.htm
About Library Consortium Management
"Library Consortium Management: An International Journal", is the new,
dedicated forum for advancing the body of knowledge in these areas.
Volume 1 Issue 1/2 features papers on the situation in Australian and South
African consortia, with an opinion piece from Karen Hunter of Elsevier and a
review of national site licensing and consortia purchasing by Rollo Turner
of
the Association of Subscription Agents.
To find out more about this journal, access to Library Consortium Management
free by going to http://www.mcb.co.uk/lcm.htm and follow the links.
Please feel free to circulate this call for papers amongst your colleagues.
Lynn Sipe lsipe_at_usc.edu
Director, Collection Resources & 213/740-2929
Director, Information Delivery Organization & Retrieval 213/749-1221 (fax)
University Libraries
Information Services Division
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0182
Received on Mon Sep 27 1999 - 18:29:45 EDT