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| Against the Grain | 6 |
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Peer reviewedChepesiuk, Ron – Against the Grain, 1997
As costs of subscriptions to scholarly journals rise, libraries struggle to house their collections. Journal Storage (JSTOR) is building a reliable and comprehensive archive of important literature, filling the gaps in existing collections of backfiles, fostering preservation, increasing access, finding ways to reduce storage and care costs, and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Archives, Change Strategies, Costs
Peer reviewedLuther, Judy – Against the Grain, 1997
Provides an overview of companies offering Web accessible subscriptions to full text electronic versions of scientific, technical, and medical journals (Academic Press, Blackwell, EBSCO, Elsevier, Highwire Press, Information Quest, Institute of Physics, Johns Hopkins University Press, OCLC, OVID, Springer, and SWETS). Also lists guidelines for…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Electronic Journals, Electronic Publishing, Full Text Databases
Peer reviewedHudson, Laura; Windsor, Laura – Against the Grain, 1998
Discusses issues related to increases in the scholarly electronic journals collection at Ohio University. Highlights include acquisition; cataloging; questions for the task force; library technology issues; communication; training; collection development; license agreements; and a public services viewpoint to providing access. (AEF)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Cataloging, Electronic Journals
Peer reviewedHolleman, Curt – Against the Grain, 1998
Discusses library collection development, comparing the good old days of volume counts, Association of Research Libraries (ARL)/Research Libraries Group (RLG) Conspectus, and fund allocation with the present of document delivery, consortia, electronic access to full text journals. Contends that the electronic world is not supplanting the paper…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Consortia, Document Delivery, Electronic Journals
Peer reviewedPastine, Maureen – Against the Grain, 1998
Discusses the changing environment of the academic library, highlighting the role of collection development librarians and listing issues for collection development officers: ownership/access, consortia, collections analysis, intellectual property/fair use, public relations, allocation formulas, library research, collection balance, rising costs,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Cataloging, Consortia
Peer reviewedSchmitt, John P. – Against the Grain, 1998
Discusses selecting for a reference collection, creative budgeting, cutting a deal, collection awareness (strengths/needs), Web site reviews, R-Net (reviews from diverse areas and institutions), and print vs. electronic reference products. Reference librarian adhere to high standards for reference book and Web sites, teach assessment techniques,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Books, Budgets, Electronic Libraries
