Serial Publications, Their Place and Treatment in Libraries
Serial Publications, Their Place and Treatment in Libraries

Author: Andrew Delbridge Osborn

Publisher: Chicago : American Library Association

Published: 1980

Total Pages: 518

ISBN-13: 9780838902998

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The library approach to serial publications; Selection and acquisition; Descriptive and subject cataloging; Housing and servicing serial publications; Reference aspects of serial publications; Postscript.

Serials Management in Libraries
Serials Management in Libraries

Author: Muhammad Riaz

Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Dist

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 9788171563326

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It Is The First Comprehensive Work Which Covers Every Aspect Of Serials Management To Meet The Academic Need Of Students And Teachers Of Library Science And Serve As Guide For Serials Librarians.After Definiting What Constitutes Serials And Tracing Their Historical De¬Velopment, The Work Concentrates On The Acquisition Policy And Systems. Various Systems Of Serials Control And Organization Have Been Examined. Technical Aspects Like Classification/Cataloguing Have Been Deeply Studied, And Different Methods Of Display And Forms Of Storage Examined In Details. Almost Every Aspect Of Reference Ser¬Vice Through Serials Including Docu¬Mentation, Indexing And Abstracting Aids Have Been Covered. Organization Of Government Documents Gets Special Attention. Usefulness Of Microforms As Surrogate Of Print Serial Publications Is Discussed. Finally, The Use Of Com¬Puter For Serials Control Has Been Elaborately Explained.

Serials Management
Serials Management

Author: Dora Chen Chiou-sen

Publisher: American Library Association

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9780838906583

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This book advises librarians, paraprofessional library supervisors, and library school students on problems unique to the management of serials.

Management of Serials in Libraries
Management of Serials in Libraries

Author: Thomas Nisonger

Publisher: Libraries Unlimited

Published: 1998-10-15

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13:

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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