Citations for Serial Literature v5n05 (April 6, 1996) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/csl/csl-v5n05 CITATIONS FOR SERIAL LITERATURE ISSN 1061-7434 Volume 5, number 5 April 6, 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- In this issue: SERIALS REVIEW, Volume 21, Number 4 (Winter 1995) NEWSLETTER ON SERIALS PRICING ISSUES NO 169 -- March 27, 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- SERIALS REVIEW, Volume 21, Number 4 (Winter 1995) ISSN 0098-7913 Description and Evaluation of the "Mr. Serials" Process: Automatically Collecting, Organizing, Archiving, Indexing, and Disseminating Electronic Serials Eric Lease Morgan This article describes the Mr. Serials Process, a systematic method being applied at the North Carolina State University (NCSU) Libraries for collecting, organizing, archiving, indexing, and disseminating electronic serials. Using readily-available technologies found on the Internet (FTP, WAIS, gopher, HTTP, perl, procmail, e-mail), the Mr. Serials Process has proven an effective means for the management of electronic serials that are consistently formatted and delivered via e-mail. Page 1 Archiving Electronic Journals Gordon B. Neavil and Mary Ann Sheble Libraries must take an active role in collecting and archiving electronic journals to ensure that their contents remain accessible to users as far into the future as possible. The CICNet electronic journals project represents a promising example of cooperative network-based archiving undertaken by the library community, but at the present stage of development the most reliable archiving option is for individual libraries or library consortia to obtain electronic journals directly from the network and establish their own access and archiving procedures. Problems involved in long-term electronic archiving include the short life expectancies of digital storage media, hardware and software dependency, and the need for authentication devices to distinguish between versions of electronic records and ensure that there are no unidentified changes in content. Page 13 Series Authority Records in an Integrated System: Enhancing Catalog Effectiveness Beatrice L. McKay and Beverley Geer In a manual environment, the series authority file was created and maintained by the cataloging department, which was also its primary user. Today, integrated library systems make the series authority file accessible to all departments, thus extending its usefulness beyond traditional boundaries. In the debate over the costs and benefits of series authority work, the authors hold that, especially in light of today's easy, universal access to the online file, a consistent and well maintained series authority file is not only philosophically defensible but also of considerable practical value to all catalog users -- cataloging and acquisitions staff, bibliographers and reference librarians, and library patrons. An overview of series authority control sets the scene for a discussion of the work done at Trinity University to enhance the basic series authority record with local cataloging, acquisitions, and processing information. Page 23 Templates: Providing Structure for Implementing NOTIS LSER Module Receiving Records Marjorie Wilhite Staff in the Serials Acquisitions Unit at the University of Iowa Libraries designed and implemented a project to create thousands of predictive check-in records for serial subscriptions in the LSER module of NOTIS. Focus of the project design was to provide quality records at minimal cost in the four month time period. Page 35 Electronic Journals Forum: Migration to Electronic Distribution Through OCLC'S Electronic Journals Online Tom Moothart This column explores OCLC's collaboration with publishers who are making traditional print publications available electronically. Serials Review interviewed Andrea Keyhani, Manager of Electronic Publishing at OCLC, about their programs. Page 61 The Balance Point: Cataloging Remote-Access Electronic Serials: Rethinking the Role of the OPAC Edited by Ellen Finnie Duranceau, with contributions by Martha Hruska, Wayne Jones, Eric Lease Morgan, Regina Reynolds, and Allison Mook Sleeman In examining whether libraries should use their catalogs to lead users to electronic serials they do not own, and do not control, or whether the catalog should remain pure, including only those resources acquired and managed by the library, five writers here attempt to reconsider and redefine the OPAC's purpose in an era of Internet publishing. Page 67 Tools of the Serials Trade Edited by Teresa Malinowski, with contributions from Janet Fisher, Shiela Osheroff, Roger L. Presley, and David Winchester Janet Fisher reviews Librarians and Publishers in the Scholarly Information Process: Transition in the Electronic Age, Shiela Osheroff reviews The Electronic Journal: The Future of Serials-Based Information, Roger L. Presley reviews Basic Budgeting Practice for the Librarians, Second Edition, and David E. Winchester reviews The Whole Library Handbook 2: Current Data, Professional Advice, and Curiosa About Libraries and Library Services. Page 81 Serials Spoken Here: Reports from Conferences, Institutes and Seminars Edited by Susan Davis, with contributions from Lisa Eichholtz, Jennifer L. Reaves, Marifran Bustion, Jodi Williamschen, and Susan Davis Lisa Eichholtz reports on the annual meeting of the Medical Library Association, Jennifer Reaves describes NASIG's 10th anniversary conference, and Marifran Bustion, Jodi Williamschen and Susan Davis report on four serials-related sessions at the American Library Association annual meeting. Page 87 Serials Review Index Douglas A DeLong The editors scan approximately 150 journals in all disciplines for review of serial publications. Journals published since the spring of 1994 were monitored for this installment. 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