Citations for Serial Literature v4n07 (November 29, 1995) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/csl/csl-v4n07 CITATIONS FOR SERIAL LITERATURE ISSN 1061-7434 Volume 4, number 7 November 29, 1995 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- In this issue: Newsletter on Serials Pricing Issues, NO 145, Sept. 26, 1995 Newsletter on Serials Pricing Issues, NO 146, Oct. 20, 1995 Newsletter on Serials Pricing Issues, NO 147, Oct. 25, 1995 Newsletter on Serials Pricing Issues, NO 148, Nov. 28, 1995 Library Acquisitions: Practice & Theory, Volume 19, no. 4, 1995 (selective) ___________________________________________________________ Volume 0 number 145 ISSN: 1046-3410 NEWSLETTER ON SERIALS PRICING ISSUES NO 145 -- September 26, 1995 Editor: Marcia Tuttle CONTENTS 145.1 FAXON 1996 SERIALS PRICE PROJECTIONS ON TARGET, Teri Harrison Wilson [press release] 145.2 EBSCO 1996 GLOBAL SERIALS PRICE PROJECTIONS UPDATE Laura Ralstin [press release] 145.3 ELECTRONIC JOURNALS AND IOP, Kurt Paulus ---------- Volume 0 number 146 ISSN: 1046-3410 NEWSLETTER ON SERIALS PRICING ISSUES NO 146 -- October 20, 1995 Editor: Marcia Tuttle CONTENTS 146.1 ELSEVIER SCIENCE RESPONSE TO ISSUE #144, John Tagler 146.2 AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGICAL INSTITUTE TITLES, Sandy Gurshman 146.3 CLARIFICATION OF 1995 PRICES, Rebecca Simon 146.4 ALA ALCTS FIRST STEP AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT, Catherine Nelson 146.5 FULL-TEXT ACCESS TO KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS JOURNAL ARTICLES, Press Release ---------- Volume 0 number ISSN: 1046-3410 NEWSLETTER ON SERIALS PRICING ISSUES NO 147 -- October 25, 1995 Editor: Marcia Tuttle CONTENTS 147.1 SWETS REPORT ON SERIALS PRICE INCREASES 1996 147.2 PRICE DECREASE FOR _PHYCOLOGIA_, David Garbary ---------- Volume 0 number 148 ISSN: 1046-3410 NEWSLETTER ON SERIALS PRICING ISSUES NO 148 -- November 28, 1995 Editor: Marcia Tuttle CONTENTS 148.1 FROM THE EDITOR, Marcia Tuttle 148.2 1996 JOURNAL PRICE INCREASE: HARRASSOWITZ PRICE STUDY 148.3 THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS PRICING POLICY, Philip Barnett 148.4 _THE EUROPEAN LEGACY_, Press Release from MIT Press 148.5 AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY 1996 SUBSCRIPTION SAVINGS, Maria LeBron ---------- 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@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@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 19, Number 4 Manuscripts Mingming, Li. Acquisitions Budgets in Chinese University Libraries: Dealing with Financial Realities. pp. 383-394. University libraries in China have been troubled by acquisitions budget shortages in recent years. On the basis of wide-ranging surveys and statistical data, this paper analyzes the main reasons for the problem, such as rising literature prices, the unfavorable exchange rate for the yuan, increases in auxillary expenses, and the slow increase in budgets. It includes quantitative research on the extent and gravity of the prioblem and on factors affecting it. The paper predicts future trends and outs forward a set of countermeasures to reduce the unfavorable influences to a minimum and to alleviate or even solve the problem. Rouzer, Steven M. Acquiring Monographic Series by Approval Plan: Is the Standing Order Obsolescent? pp. 395-401. During a period of transition to a consolidated approval plan, the Eisenhower Library at Johns Hopkins University studied the effectiveness of many of its standing orders. The study compared the effectiveness of the approval plan with the effectiveness of series subscriptions in terms of cost and timeliness of receipt. The study found that the library's approval vendor was able to provide nearly all titles in monographic series at a substantial discount. Although titles published both in Europe and the United States arrived much later from the approval vendor, little difference existed between the ability of the approval vendor and the ability of the standing order vendors to supply domestic titles quickly. The results led the library to reduce its reliance on standing orders for acquisition of titles in series from both domestic and transatlantic publishers. Hughes, Janet. Use of Faculty Publication Lists and ISI Citation Data to Identify a Core List of Journals with Local Importance. pp. 403-413 A method was developed to rank journals in a specific subject area, molecular and cellular biology (MCB), in order to create a core list of journals for the MCB faculty of the Pennsylvania State University. The core list of journals was needed as the first step in a larger serials evaluation process. The method did not require use data, but incorporated various quality measures, including publication in journals by Penn State faculty, citings of journals by Penn State faculty, and Journal Citation Report data from ISI. This study produced a core list of fifty MCB journals, as well as other benefits. Although the list of core MCB journals derived from this study is specific to the needs of Penn State faculty, the method could be adapted to other situations. Special Section -- Library Reorganization for the 21st Century -- edited by Karen Tallman Tallman, Karen Dalziel. Organizational Models: Introduction to Special Section. pp. 415-416 Stanley, Nancy Markle and Lynne Branche-Brown. Reorganizing Acquisitions at the Pennsylvania State University Libraries: From Work Units to Teams. pp. 417-425 This paper provides insight into the process of reorganizing The Pennsylvania State University Libraries Acquisitions Department into self-managed teams. Included are discussions of budgets and staffing issues that served as a catalyst for change; the reorganization process; past, interim and current organizational structures; and advantages and disadvantages of the new team-based structure. Astle, Deana L. Staff Involvement: The Key to the Successful Merger of Monograph and Serial Acquisitions Functions at Clemson University Library. pp. 427-430. Staff in both the Monographs Acquisitions and Serials Acquisitions units at Clemson University Library participated in planning and designing a combined Acquisitions Department. Focus groups studied functions to determine what could be combined or changed. Goals and guidelines for the merger were developed. Staff utilized information from a change management retreat to successfully implement the new organizational structure. Propas, Sharon W. Ongoing Changes in Stanford University Libraries Technical Services. pp. 431-433 Stanford University Libraries Technical Services Division is in the midst of a major reorganization that will involve changes in the way departments are organized and in the way work flows through these new departments. Increased use of outsourcing to provide some basic technical services will also be explored. The following article discusses Stanford's goals in making these changes and the process the library is going through to achieve these goals. Distad, Merrill and Brian Hobbs. The Client Still Ranks First in UAlberta Library's Restructuring. pp. 435-438 The University of Alberta Library, faced with a 20% budget reduction by 1997, is taking positive steps to restructure its services to clients. This paper lists six basic principles that underlie efforts at substantial organizational restructuring. Consolidating service points, streamlining acquisitions functions and outsourcing cataloging fuctions will allow the reassignment of more than 40 staff members from technical services to public services units. The pros and cons of these changes are discussed. Clack, Mary Elizabeth. The Role of Training in the Reorganization of Cataloging Services. pp. 439-444 The Cataloging Services Department at Widner Library, Harvard College, was restructured into a team in mid-1993. Two types of training for staff were implemented. This paper discusses the new organizational culture based on the Library's Vision Statement, the Group Process Training and Functional Training modules, the working assumptions, and the strengths and weakness of each training module. Cook, Eleanor I. and Pat Farthing. A Technical Services Perspective Of Implementing a Organizational Review While Simultaneously Installing an Integrated Library System. pp. 445-461 In December 1992, Appalachian State University Library personnel embarked on a lengthy, wide-ranging assessment of the Library's organizational structure. In March 1994, after over a year of preparation, examination and study, a steering committee presented a new organizational model to Library staff and faculty. In February 1994 a contract was signed to install a new integrated library system (INNOPAC). The latter half of 1994 was devoted to implementing the new organizational model while simultaneously installing the new automated system. This paper describes the unique challenges this situation presented to the organization from a technical services perspective. Flowers, Kay A., Kerry A. Keck and Janice Lindquist. Collection Development and Acquisitions in a Changing University Environment. pp. 463-469 Fondren Library at Rice University has reorganized and combined the library public services staff with the public services staff of the computer center. This reorganization was the result of several challenges at the university: the increasing use of computing in instruction, the rise in support questions for delivering information to the desktop, and the inability to add staff lines. These changes have affected the ways in which collection development is done, expanding the roles of selectors and cutting into their time. The line between public service and collection development has blurred. Some of the time constraints have affected procedures used in acquisitions. Conference Report Miller, Rachel. Access, Resource Sharing and Collection Deveopment: Report of a Conference. pp. 477-485 Review Section Leonhardt, Thomas W. Future Libraries: Dreams, Madness, & Reality. pp. 487-489 Gibbs, Nancy J. Collection Management and Development: Issues in an Electronic Era: Proceedings of the Advanced Collection Management and Development Institute, Chicago, Illinois, March 26-28, 1993. pp. 489-490 Leonhardt, Thomas W. The Myth of the Electronic Library: Librarianship and Social Change in America. pp. 490-493 Johnson, Judy L. The National Directory of Magazines 1995. pp. 493-494 Nisonger, Thomas E. Magazines for Libraries. 8th ed. pp. 494-496 Thornton, Glenda. CD-ROM Directory 95 with Multimedia CDs. 13th ed. pp. 496-497 Saxe, Minna C. 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