Citations for Serial Literature v1n32 (September 27, 1992) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/csl/csl-v1n32 Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 16:54:19 EDT Reply-To: Citations for Serial Literature Sender: Citations for Serial Literature From: mgeller@Athena.MIT.EDU Subject: CSL vol. 1, no. 32 CITATIONS FOR SERIAL LITERATURE ISSN 1061-7434 Volume 1, number 32 September 27, 1992 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In this issue: Serials Review, vol. 18, no. 4, 1992 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Serials Review, vol. 1, no.32, 1992 EDI and X12: What, Why, Who? Sharon Cline McKay and Charles J. Piazza, Jr. Recent controversy among information professionals has centered around Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and ANSI X12. "EDI" refers to the exchange of electronic data in a pre-established standardized format between a sender and receiver, using telecommunications links, from one computer to another without printing or rekeying the data. ANSI X12 is a committee of the American National Standards Institute. This article explores issues regarding this set of standards and method of conducting business, which is quickly becoming accepted by organizations in the information industry. Present Tense, 1973-1990: Seeing the World through Jewish (Prophetic) Eyes Murray Polner In August 1987, Polner learned that sponsors of Present Tense, the magazine he edited, were furious about the latest issue, whose cover sketch featured Ronald Reagan as an aging, overweight boxer. The Iran-Contra hearings had just concluded. The editorial told of the administration's arming of savage regimes in the name of anti-Communism, government by secrecy and duplicity, the worship of greed and privatism and hedonism, and more all the while promoting "family values." Radical? Hardly, for the time. But for an American Jewish magazine -- unheard of! In this article, Polner recalls Present Tense. Identifying Errata and Retractions: Simplified Approaches for Serials Management Ellen R. Cooper Identifying and noting errata and retractions in medical and scientific journals is important for librarians due to the critical nature of the information. Previously it was a time-consuming task. However, now that the National Library of Medicine corrects original citations in MEDLINE whenever publishers note errata in their articles, simplified methods have been developed to keep library users informed of the corrections. In this article, Cooper outlines the steps to several methods in use at the University of Tennessee in Memphis for the easy identification and marking of errata and retractions in journals. Operations Research Journals: An Annotated Core List Edgar Williamson Operations research is a highly interdisciplinary field. It borrows techniques and methodologies from other disciplines, including economics, mathematics, statistics, computer science, and business administration. The methods of operations research can be applied to many problems: inventory control, production scheduling, congestion, project planning, transportation, queuing, accounting, quality control, military analysis, and more. This article provides a brief history and explanation of operations research and a list of core journals Williamson believes are necessary to support a university program in operations research. To Be or Not to Be: A Comment Regarding the Title Page Jim E. Cole Catalogers wonder if an item has a title page every time they process a publication. Monographs often do, but serials often don't, at times because of additional information found on what otherwise would be considered a title page. In this article, Cole comments on serials that have pages meeting the criteria contained in the AACR2 definition of a title page but that contain other data elements as well. Tools of the Serials Trade Edited by Mary Case, with contributions from Patrick Callahan, Robert Michaelson, Miriam Palm, and Norman Vogt Patrick Callahan reviews Managing Technical Services in the 90s; Robert Michaelson reviews Scientific Journals: Improving Library Collections Through Analysis of Publishing Trends; Miriam Palm reviews The Good Serials Department; and Norman Vogt reviews Library Material Costs and Access to Information. The Balance Point: Serials Acquisitions and the Third World: The Latin American Perspective: Part I Dan C. Hazen, Guest Editor, with contributions from Mark L. Grover, Laurence Hallewell, Fred G. Morgner, and Scott Van Jacob Serials librarians are at the vanguard of the crisis in scholarly communication, a crisis manifested in exploding costs and technological change. As pressure builds, traditional serials that demand special attention are easily overlooked. This guest column, the first of two, makes the case for Latin American journals. The contributions, which reflect the perspectives of students and scholars, Latin American writers and publishers, serials and acquisitions librarians, specialized vendors, and library administrators, provide general background and concrete advice. The Use of a General Periodicals Bibliographic Database Transaction Log as a Serials Collection Management Tool Ian R. Young The usage tracking feature of EBSCO's Magazine Article Summaries CD-ROM (MAS) logs the number of times a journal has a citation printed or exported to floppy disk when users search the database. From one year's usage in a small academic library, citation printing frequency data for 59 currently received journals were correlated with journal usage data, measured by the sum of in-house use and faculty circulation. Kendall rank correlation coefficients were calculated between the frequency a journal had citations printed on MAS and the frequency of journal usage. In this article, Young concludes that monitoring bibliographic database use through transaction logs is a moderately accurate instrument for measuring journals usage, particularly for retrospective usage. Conference Reports Birdie MacLennan, Mona C. Couts, and Ann L. O'Neill MacLennan reports on the 15th Annual United Kingdom Serials Group Conference and Annual General Meeting. Couts reports on the 1992 annual conference of the Faxon Institute. O'Neill reports on the 3d Annual Feather River Institute. Little Magazine Interview Index Yvonne Schofer and Barbara Richards Schofer and Richards present their eighth annual index of interviews that appeared in little magazines. They are largely recent, although the list includes earlier ones found in titles recently acquired by University of Wisconsin-Madison. This year's crop numbers 513 poets, novelists, playwrights, short story writers, film directors, and other arts figures from around the world. Serials Review Index Edited by Douglas A. DeLong Approximately 150 journals in all disciplines published between 1991 and the summer of 1992 were scanned for reviews of serial publications. 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