Citations for Serial Literature v3n10 (November 13, 1994) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/csl/csl-v3n10 CITATIONS FOR SERIAL LITERATURE ISSN 1061-7434 Volume 3, number 10 November 13, 1994 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In this issue: Editor's note Newsletter on Serials Pricing Issues, NO 121, September 7, 1994 Newsletter on Serials Pricing Issues, NO 122, October 16, 1994 Newsletter on Serials Pricing Issues, NO 123, October 17, 1994 Newsletter on Serials Pricing Issues, NO 124, October 22, 1994 Newsletter on Serials Pricing Issues, NO 125, October 24, 1994 Library Acquisitions: Practice & Theory, vol. 18, no. 4, 1994 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Editor's note: Regular readers of this index might have noticed a brief hiatus since the last issue of CSL was distributed in August. I recently accepted a new position as Internet Product Specialist for Readmore, Inc. 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In addition, all subscriber commands should be sent to listserv@sun.readmore.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWSLETTER ON SERIALS PRICING ISSUES NO 121 -- September 7, 1994 Editor: Marcia Tuttle CONTENTS 121.1 EBSCO TERMINATES FAXON/TURNER ACQUISITION PROCEEDINGS, Press release 121.2 DAWSON HOLDINGS PLC PURCHASE AGREEMENT ACCEPTED BY FAXON INC, Press release 121.3 NEW PUBLISHER REDUCES PRICE OF _THE SOCIOLOGICAL QUARTERLY_, Rebecca Simon 121.4 ANOTHER NEW PUBLISHER LOWERS ANOTHER PRICE: _BLOOD CELLS_, Cindy Hepfer 121.5 POLITICS OF CANCELLATION -- NEUTRALIZE THE EFFECTS WITH USAGE STUDY, Carole Francq 121.6 NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE IN SCIENCE TIMES, Press release ------------------------------ NEWSLETTER ON SERIALS PRICING ISSUES NO 122 -- October 16, 1994 Editor: Marcia Tuttle CONTENTS 122.1 FROM THE EDITOR, Marcia Tuttle 122.2 WILLING THE FUTURE, Bernard Naylor 122.3 PAPER TO ONLINE, Judith Hopkins ------------------------- NEWSLETTER ON SERIALS PRICING ISSUES NO 123 -- October 17, 1994 Editor: Marcia Tuttle CONTENTS 123.1 BRIEF TO THE NATIONAL INFORMATION HIGHWAY ADVISORY COUNCIL, David McCallum --------------------- NEWSLETTER ON SERIALS PRICING ISSUES NO 124 -- October 22, 1994 Editor: Marcia Tuttle CONTENTS 124.1 DAWSON PURCHASE OF FAXON COMPLETED, Press Release 124.2 LETTER FROM ELSEVIER ABOUT FAXON, James Kels 124.3 BACKSERV, Marilyn Geller 124.4 CLARIFICATION OF 1995 JOURNAL PRICES, Julie Lynch --------------------- NEWSLETTER ON SERIALS PRICING ISSUES NO 125 -- October 24, 1994 Editor: Marcia Tuttle CONTENTS 125.1 GORDON & BREACH PHOTOCOPY LICENSE, Marcia Tuttle and Christie Degener -------------------- The NEWSLETTER ON SERIALS PRICING ISSUES (ISSN: 1046-3410) is published by the editor through the Office of Information Technology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, as news is available. Editor: Marcia Tuttle, Internet: tuttle@gibbs.oit.unc.edu; Paper mail: Serials Department, CB #3938 Davis Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill NC 27514-8890; Telephone: 919 962-1067; FAX: 919 962-4450. The Newsletter is available on the Internet, Blackwell's CONNECT, and Readmore's ROSS. EBSCO customers may receive the Newsletter in paper format. To subscribe to the newsletter send a message to LISTSERV@GIBBS.OIT.UNC.EDU saying SUBSCRIBE PRICES [YOUR NAME]. Be sure to send that message to the listserver and not to Prices. You must include your name. To unsubscribe (no name required in message), you must send the message from the e-mail address by which you are subscribed. If you have problems, please contact the editor. Back issues of the Newsletter are available electronically. To get a list of available issues send a message to LISTSERV@GIBBS.OIT.UNC.EDU saying INDEX PRICES. To retrieve a specific issue, the message should read: GET PRICES PRICES.xx (where "xx" is the number of the issue). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _Library Acquisitions: Practice & Theory_ Selected Contents Volume 18, Number 4 Pre-publication Information Issue Expected on 11-15-94 Editorial Reich, Vicky. A Future for Technical Services: White Paper. Special Section -- Outsourcing -- edited by Joyce Ogburn Papers by Joyce Ogburn, Barbara Winters, Linda Crismond, Gary Shirk, and Carmel Bush focus primarily on the book and A/V markets but also discuss some more general aspects of outsourcing for all of technical services. Papers Nisonger, Thomas E. A Methodological Issue Concerning Use of Social Sciences Citation Index Journal Citation Reports Impact Factor Data for Journal Ranking. Following a brief introduction of citation- based journal rankings as potential serials management tools, the most frequently used citation measure, "impact factor" is explained. This paper then demonstrates a methodological bias inherent in averaging Social Sciences Citation Index Journal Citation Reports (SSCI JCR) impact factor data from two or more consecutive years. A possible method for correcting the bias, termed "adjusted impact factor" is proposed. For illustration, a set of political science journals is ranked according to three different methods ("crude averaging," "weighted averaging," and "adjusted impact factor") for combining SSCI JCR impact factor data from successive years. Although the correlations among the three methods are quite high, one can observe noteworthy differences in the rankings that could impact on collection development decisions. Report Cox, Brian. The United Kingdom Serials Group, 17th Annual Conference. Review Section Cramer, Michael D. International Subscription Agents. Saxe, Minna C. Serials Management in Australia and New Zealand: Profile of Excellence. Davis, Susan. The Oxbridge Directory of Newsletters 1993. Park, Taemin Kim. If We Build It: Scholarly Communications and Networking Technologies: Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc. Nisonger, Thomas E. Directory of Electronic Journals, Newsletters and Academic Discussion Lists. Johnson, Judy L. Amalgamations & the Centralisation of Technical Services: Profit or Loss: Papers presented at a seminar held in Melbourne, November 13 1992. 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