Management of Serials in Libraries

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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 serial management issues. This text emphasizes collection management issues - serials evaluation/selection criteria, cancellation, weeding, document delivery, budgeting, serials collection evaluation methods, 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 bibliographies follow each chapter. Valuable to practicing librarians, especially serials specialists, this professional guide is also relevant to library and information science faculty and students involved in collection development, collection management, technical services, and bibliometrics courses.

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A valuable work to have in a library and information science collection...The extensive list of all the resources supporting the text makes fruitful follow up for anyone wishing to focus more closely on specific topics.-Library Management
Provides an excellent general overview and grounding of the basic concepts and functions related to serials collection management and a teasingly good introduction to other serials activities and topics.-Journal of Academic Librarianship
This book will be useful to those who are relatively new to the collection management fields as well as to experienced collections and serials librarians.-Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science
Well-researched, comprehensive, up-to-date look at serials management issues...Well-organized source of information about the past, present, and future impact of serials on libraries...A worthy addition.-Library Resources & Technical Services
"A valuable work to have in a library and information science collection...The extensive list of all the resources supporting the text makes fruitful follow up for anyone wishing to focus more closely on specific topics."-Library Management
"Provides an excellent general overview and grounding of the basic concepts and functions related to serials collection management and a teasingly good introduction to other serials activities and topics."-Journal of Academic Librarianship
"This book will be useful to those who are relatively new to the collection management fields as well as to experienced collections and serials librarians."-Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science
"Well-researched, comprehensive, up-to-date look at serials management issues...Well-organized source of information about the past, present, and future impact of serials on libraries...A worthy addition."-Library Resources & Technical Services

Author Bio

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