Everything you need to know about serials librarianshipin one handy
volume! For library science students and library professionals,
Introduction to Serials Work for Library Technicians is a
practical, how-to-do-it text that shows you how to perform the
behind-the-scenes tasks your job requires. This primer walks you
through the entire process of serials management for both larger
libraries with automated serials management systems as well as
small school and public libraries that must handle their serials
manually. From an introduction to serials work to the latest in
technology for archiving, this book will ensure that your library
customers are not inconvenienced by inaccuracies or inefficient
organization. Introduction to Serials Work for Library Technicians
will benefit anyone who handles serials in a library since it
covers all aspects of serials: acquisitions, organization,
check-ins, and cataloging. This book addresses the complications
that occur working with a form of publication that can include any
medium from newspapers to CD-Rom and can be published as often as
every day or as infrequently as once a year. Difficulties include
title changes, serial merges and splits, suspensions and cessations
of publication, and changes in format, and this volume will show
you how to find the solutions to these situations. Here's a sample
of what is explored in this book: acquisitionshow to locate, find
bibliographic information on, and verify the title of a desired
serial orderingtypes of orders, new subscription orders, and
back-ordering receivingchecking in serials, recording holdings
information, using Kardex cards, and using an automated check-in
system catalogingusing holding and union lists, creating and using
online catalogues, and cataloguing standards and internet serials
processingshelving policies, types of shelving, and how to shelve
claims, binding, and renewals Intended primarily as a textbook for
students in library sciences programs, this book will also serve
very well as a general reference for experienced or novice library
technicians or other staff members who find themselves managing
serials or automating their system. The book's complete glossary,
bibliography, numerous definitions, and tables, as well as the
real-life examples throughout this manual will help you navigate
the challenges of record-keeping, claiming, and cataloguing serials
in any library.
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