... may be irretrievably lost to future generations if we do not take steps to preserve them now” (Rothenberg, 1995 , p. 42). Fifteen years later, Luther et al. (2010 , p. 74) moderated a North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) Conference panel that discussed the need for “a deliberate act...

...Linden Sweeney Scott   Millard . Introduction to Serials Work for Library Technicians . New York, NY : Haworth Information Press   2004 . 42 pp. with Index , ISBN: 0‐7890‐2154‐4   $39.95 Serials Librarianship Series © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005...

...Linden Sweeney Edited by Susan L.   Scheiberg and Shelley   Neville . Transforming Serials: The Revolution Continues[Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group Inc.17th Annual Conference June 20‐23, 2002,The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia...

...Linden Sweeney Matthew Searle’s chapter on processing “… is concerned with the nuts and bolts of serials management”. The chapter is primarily about the management of a serials collection using an automated library management system. There is some duplication here as once again we are advised...

... to the print format is a large increase in workload for serials’ acquisitions and management functions. A newly created position of electronic resources librarian acts as a focal point for the integrated development of all electronic resources. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Drexel’s approach to back files...

...Anne Gilliland Since 1992, when OhioLINK’s central catalog was first implemented, the consortium’s union listing and serials holdings activities have shifted from an emphasis on print holdings in individual libraries for traditional inter‐library lending to dealing with holdings for electronic...

...Klaus G. Altmann; G.E. Gorman This study examines the effect of employing density of use data in making serial relegation decisions. It demonstrates that density of use favours the retention of used titles which occupy a small amount of shelf space compared with titles occupying a large amount...

...). Since the Follett Report the situation with regard to journals and academic libraries has not improved. Greater costs and less money to spend are continuing to result in serial cancellations, which in turn leads to the publishers demanding higher prices for journals, which leads to further...