Citations for Serial Literature v1n19 (February 25, 1992) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/csl/csl-v1n19 Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1992 16:24:48 EST Reply-To: Citations for Serial Literature Sender: Citations for Serial Literature From: mgeller@Athena.MIT.EDU Subject: CSL Volume 1, no. 19 CITATIONS FOR SERIAL LITERATURE Volume 1, number 19 February 25, 1992 -------------------------------------------------------------------- In this issue: Serials Review, Volume 17, number 4, 1991 Library Aquisitions: Practice and Theory, Volume 16, number 1, 1992 (selective) Newsletter on Serials Pricing Issues, NS 18, Feb. 18, 1992 Newsletter on Serials Pricing Issues, NS 19, Feb. 25, 1992 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SERIALS REVIEW 17:4, 1991 "A Dream Unfolding": A Guide to Selected Journals, Magazines, and Newsletters on Peace, Disarmament, and Arms Control Grant Burns Why talk "peace movement" in a world that has recently been described as seeing peace "breaking out all over," where "velvet revolutions" have deposed communist dictatorships throughout Eastern Europe, and where the prospect of a head-on nuclear "exchange" between the U.S. and the Soviet Union seems to be the stuff of memory? Certainly the recent war in the Persian Gulf provides one answer. In addition, in all corners of the globe, from Indonesia to Ethiopia, from the Philippines to El Salvador, thousands of people are being killed, tortured, and otherwise physically intimidated for political purposes. If peace is a "dream unfolding," then large numbers of people are not yet a part of that dream. The peace movement exists to help make the dream real. In this article, Burns provides a selective list of the best peace periodicals he has uncovered in his own research over the past decade. Page 7 Creating a Subject Guide to Periodical Indexes with Innovacq Margaret S. Ferguson and Christina A. Peterson In a library with approximately 350 periodical indexes on numerous subjects, how do patrons (and even librarians) know which ones to use for specific topics? Using Innovacq, the automated acquisitions and serials system at the San Jose State University Library, Ferguson and Peterson created a subject guide to periodical indexes. In this article, they describe several key decisions, including choice of database software, authority-controlled vs. local subject headings, and method of data compilation. Procedures, problems, and future directions are enumerated. An appendix provides an overview of the procedure for creating a subject guide to periodical indexes with Innovacq. Page 25 Physical Access to Periodical Literature: The Dilemma Revisited and a Brief Look at the Future Glenda Ann Thornton The debate over how periodical collections are best organized has simmered since at least the 1940s. Unfortunately, experience does not confirm Joseph Borden's statement in 1965 that "the average librarian today does not encounter the problem of whether or not to classify periodicals. The decision will have been made, probably years before the current librarian came on the job." In this article, Thornton describes University of North Texas Libraries' review of its alphabetically arranged periodical collections and a proposal to classify them. A literature search revealed little information concerning implications or cost of a classification project and few alternate solutions. The topic was developed into a 1990 NASIG workshop, with a participant survey concerning serials organization. The article concludes with a brief look at current developments for improving access to periodical literature. Page 33 Cumulative Indexes Edited by Karen Nadeski Cumulative indexes for 17 journals are reviewed in this column, which features contributions by Susanne A. Haffner, Karen Nadeski, Frederick C. Sepp, Beatrice Sichel, Martha Weil, and Irene J. Wernstedt. All indexes reviewed are free upon subscription and have been published in soft cover, unless otherwise noted. Page 43 The Case in Point Jim Cole Despite the refinement of the cataloging rules that has occurred over the past several years, cataloging remains more an art than a science. Especially for serials, there often seems to be within the framework of the code and the rule interpretations a multiplicity of possible solutions to any given problem. In this column, serials librarians discuss specific cataloging problems and offer working solutions. Readers are encouraged to submit problems to the column editor. Page 49 Little Magazine Interview Index Yvonne Schofer and Barbara Richards In this article, Schofer and Richards present their seventh annual index of interviews that appeared in little magazines from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Special Collections Department. The 523 featured writers, artists, performers, critics, designers, and others attest to a growing trend of interdisciplinarity. Page 51 Serials Prices: Column 14 October Ivins Based on early indications 1992 domestic and foreign serials prices may be much higher than the prediction made in column 13. Actual rates of eleven commercial publishers and one societal publisher as reported by Blackwell's Periodical Division and discussed in the Newsletter on Serials Pricing Issues are examined. Reports on serial pricing activities at ALA in summer 1991 and the Society for Scholarly Publishing Top Management Roundtable in October 1991 constitute the "meetings" section. Annotated citations to nine articles about pricing, cancellation projects, copyright, and electronic publication conclude the column. Page 69 The Balance Point: Electronic Journals: Considerations for the Present and the Future Guest editor Gail McMillan, with contributions from Laura M. Craighead, William C. Dougherty, Bill Kownacki, Paul Metz, and Charles Litchfield Since most electronic journals are available without subscription fees, some librarians tout that they will save us money; but we all know that, whether received as a gift or purchased, e-journals cost libraries in terms of staff time, equipment, and computer processing. In spring 1991, recommendations of the University Libraries at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Task Force on the Electronic Journal were accepted and the decision was made to make e-journals available. In this issue, guest editor Gail McMillan and task force members summarize and comment upon the issues they considered in their discussions of access, storage, technical processing, and reference services of electronic journals. Page77 Serials Review Index Edited by Douglas A. DeLong Approximately 150 journals in all disciplines published between mid-1990 and July 1991 were scanned for reviews of serial publications. Page 87 Serials Review is published by Pierian Press, Ann Arbor, Michigan. --------------------------------------------------------------- LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS : PRACTICE AND THEORY, 16:1, 1992 Periodical prices, 1989-1991 by Adrian Alexander This annual comparative periodical price study is the eighteenth compilation in a continuous series of studies published by the Faxon Company since 1974. Page 3 Library Acquisitions: Practice and Theory is published by Pergamon Press, Elmsford, New York. ------------------------------------------------------------------- NS 18 -- FEBRUARY 18, 1992 Editor: Marcia Tuttle CONTENTS FROM THE EDITOR, Marcia Tuttle BERGER ASKS FOR HELP FOR DISCUSSION WITH AIP PUBLICATIONS BOARD LIBRARIAN'S RESPONSE TO THE PRINCETON LETTERS, Siegfried Ruschin SUBSCRIPTION AGENT'S RESPONSE TO THE PRINCETON LETTERS, Adrian Alexander SERIALS CANCELLATION NEWS FROM AMERICA'S PREMIER RESEARCH LIBRARIES, Tony Ferguson 20-YEAR-OLD PRINT JOURNAL IS OFFERED ELECTRONICALLY, Lon Savage FROM THE MAILBOX --------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWSLETTER ON SERIALS PRICING ISSUES NS 19 -- February 25, 1992 Editor: Marcia Tuttle CONTENTS FROM THE EDITOR, Marcia Tuttle PERGAMON PRICES IN FAXON DATABASE, Marcia Tuttle AMPLIFICATION OF THE REPORT ON AIP'S PUBLICATIONS BOARD IN NS 18, Ken Ford EUROPEANS, THE JAPANESE, AND SOCIETIES AS PUBLISHERS, Tony Stankus FROM THE MAILBOX The NEWSLETTER ON SERIALS PRICING ISSUES (ISSN: 1046-3410) is pub- lished by the editor as news is available. Editor: Marcia Tuttle, BITNET: TUTTLE@UNC.BITNET; Paper mail: Serials Department, C.B. #3938 Davis Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill NC 27599-3938; Telephone: 919 962-1067; FAX: 919 962-0484. The Newsletter is available on BITNET and ALANET. EBSCO and Readmore Academic customers may receive the Newsletter in paper format from EBSCO and Readmore, respectively. Back issues of the Newsletter are available electronically free of charge through BITNET from the editor. -------------------------------------------------------------------- *Citations for serial literature* is an electronic serial which publishes the table of contents and abstracts, when available, for articles related to the serials industry. It is NOT an electronic discussion list. It is the intention of the editor to expand the number of journals included in this database. Editors and publishers interested in participating in this project should contact the editor at sercites@mitvma.mit.edu or mgeller@athena.mit.edu to discuss the possibility. *Citations for serial literature* is edited and published by Marilyn Geller.