Thomas E. Nisonger

Management of Serials in Libraries

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Focusing on the management of serials in libraries and the role of serials in scholarly communications, this book combines descriptive and prescriptive approaches to illuminate major serials management issues. Unlike other works on the subject, this text emphasizes collection management issues-serials evaluation/selection criteria, cancellation, weeding, document delivery, budgeting, decision models, use studies, journal ranking, and the application of citation analysis (including use of the Journal Citation Reports and Bradfordian distribution). The author also discusses the implications of the Internet and World Wide Web for serials management. Other topics include types of serials, serials history, serials automation, electronic journals, technical services processing, and copyright issues. Appendixes list and annotate relevant World Wide Web sites, pertinent bibliographies, and sources of statistical data about serials. Significant research is often cited. There are extensive footnotes, and bibl

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Libraries Unlimited
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 1063g
• ISBN-13: 9781563082139
• ISBN-10: 1563082136
• Artikelnr.: 21054199

Autorenporträt

THOMAS E. NISONGER is Associate Professor, Indiana University, School of Library and Information Science, Bloomington.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction Abbreviations and Acronyms Chapter 1: The
Serials Format Chapter 2: History and Statistics Chapter 3: Collection
Management of Serials: Part I Chapter 4: Collection Management of Serials:
Part 2 Chapter 5: The Application of Citation Analysis to Serials
Collection Management Chapter 6: Study of Periodical Use Chapter 7: Journal
Ranking Studies Chapter 8: Serials Processing in Libraries Chapter 9: The
Electronic Journal Chapter 10: Serials Foundation Epilogue