The Management of Serials Automation

The Management of Serials Automation
Author: Peter Gellatly
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2019-12-06
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1000757897

This book, first published in 1982, explores all major aspects of automated serials control. It examines major working serials control systems in the United States and Canada, describes their operations, and evaluates their successes and shortcomings.

Serials Management in Libraries

Serials Management in Libraries
Author: Muhammad Riaz
Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Dist
Total Pages: 236
Release: 1992
Genre: Serials control systems
ISBN: 9788171563326

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.

Serial Connections

Serial Connections
Author: North American Serials Interest Group. Conference
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 218
Release: 1987
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780866566544

These lively proceedings from NASIG's inaugural conference address the status and problems of serials throughout the English speaking world. Experts address various aspects of serials librarianship--automation, standards, online public access catalogs and serials, pricing, and more. Whether one is interested in obtaining an excellent guide to automating serials departments, reading about discriminatory pricing of British scholarly journals for the North American market, or learning more about serials in the U.K. from the Chair of the United Kingdom Serials Group (UKSG), this stimulating book has something for every member of the serials information chain.

Serials Librarianship in Transition

Serials Librarianship in Transition
Author: Peter Gellatly
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2019-12-05
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1000760030

This book, first published in 1986, contains the invaluable and enlightening perspectives of an international roster of experts on the state-of-the-art of serials librarianship and the indications for the future of the profession.