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This book, first published in 1999, reveals emerging trends in
selecting, acquiring, and accessing electronic journals. This book
stresses the need for librarians to understand copyright and
contract laws, the complexity of the Internet business environment,
and the need for constant training in order to take full advantage
of electronic information. It offers proven methods, collection
development procedures, and problem-solving techniques that keep up
with the changes in collection librarianship and help librarians
provide patrons with advanced and easy-to-use resources.
Periodical Acquisitions and the Internet reveals emerging trends in
selecting, acquiring, and accessing electronic journals to help you
use and understand these resources for the benefit of your patrons.
This book stresses the need for librarians to understand copyright
and contract laws, the complexity of the Internet business
environment, and the need for constant training in order to take
full advantage of electronic information. From Periodical
Acquisitions and the Internet, you?ll find proven methods,
collection development procedures, and problem-solving techniques
that will keep you current to the changes in collection
librarianship and help you provide patrons with advanced and
easy-to-use resources.Giving you insight into selection policies
and plans created by several universities, professionals from Iowa
State University, American University, and University of Arizona
will give you tips and guidelines for selecting and using
electronic journals based on their experiences. With Periodical
Acquisitions and the Internet, you?ll receive smart, innovative
suggestions on how to make the transition into digital resources
easier for you and your patrons, including: communicating
collection development plans with colleagues and considering future
and present curriculum needs saving time by using web-based
catalogs to easily locate and choose journals providing access to
users with vision impairments with programs such as JAWS, ZoomText,
or Outspoken receiving user statistics from Internet access to
guide your collection process and best serve your clients keeping
accurate records of purchasing arrangements and accommodating order
specifications using the NOTIS system to provide useful management
reports using current and proposed standards for identifying
serials in order to purchase individual electronic journal titles
or individual articles keeping equipment functioning correctly,
gaining hardware and software knowledge, and updating job skills
and requirements as keys to managing change, alleviating anxiety,
and promoting success Exploring technological advances that make
access to information easier for you and your patrons, this book
discusses the increasing number of Internet links that connect
journal citations to original articles. With Periodical
Acquisitions and the Internet, you?ll be able to choose the
electronic journals that are most needed by your patrons and devise
a plan to maintain excellence in selection methods and staff
efficiency.
This book, first published in 1999, reveals emerging trends in
selecting, acquiring, and accessing electronic journals. This book
stresses the need for librarians to understand copyright and
contract laws, the complexity of the Internet business environment,
and the need for constant training in order to take full advantage
of electronic information. It offers proven methods, collection
development procedures, and problem-solving techniques that keep up
with the changes in collection librarianship and help librarians
provide patrons with advanced and easy-to-use resources.
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