Date: Fri, 27 Dec 1996 11:33:49 -0500
From: Cindy Hepfer <hslcindy@ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU>
Subject: SERIALS REVIEW: TOC 22:2

                                SERIALS REVIEW
                                ISSN 0098-7913
                        Vol. 22, no. 2 (Summer, 1996)

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Focus Section: the Viability of the Concept of an International
Library School: Selected Papers
        Edited by Czeslaw Jan Grycz, with contributions from Judith Rowe,
        Richard Quandt, and Czeslaw Jan Grycz.  p. 1-4

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Electronic Research Data for Scholars and Students
Judith Rowe
        By providing a historical perspective on how patrons have received
both reference service and access to primary numeric data in the United
States and elsewhere, the author sets the stage for the growing role of
the research library as a site for these services. Traditionally
statistical agencies, data libraries, data archives, research institutes
and even computer centers have been primary players but as this decade
comes to a close, the research library is now the primary player.   p. 5-8

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Electronic Publishing and Virtual Libraries: Issues and an Agenda for
the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Richard E. Quandt
        The paper discusses the economic development that have affected
research libraries adversely in the past 20-30 years and reviews what is
known about the causes of the increases in the prices of library
materials.  It then turns to a discussion of the promise of the new
electronic technologies, possibly as an avenue for mitigating the cost
squeeze libraries find themselves in, and pays some detailed attention to
questions concerning the economies of electronic publishing and related
issues.  Finally, the paper turns to a discussion of the electronic and
digital library agenda of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, states the
general principles of the Foundation's program and reviews the individual
projects funded to date.  p. 9-24

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Serials Librarians in the 21st Century and What to Teach Them
 Czeslaw Jan Grycz
        This article is based on a talk given on the occasion of the 50th
Anniversary of Nicholas Copernicus University in Torun, Poland, which
coincided with the announcement of the new initiative to establish, in
Torun, a new "International Library School" that would help train managers
of the Digital Library of the Future.  The author predicts that libraries
can perform highly important leadership roles, perhaps especially in
Central and Eastern Europe, (but not exclusively in those regions), by
embracing the change to move from the mind-set of electronic information."
He also suggests that serials librarians are at the vanguard of these
changing possibilities, because traditional scholarly journals are so
quickly adopting electronic technologies.  Having had to deal with rapid
technological changes, serials librarians are the first to experience the
trauma of change but also the benefits change can bring.  p. 25-31
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The Transformation of Scholarly Communications and the Future of
Serials
Richard R. Rowe
        Scholarly communication and scholarly journals are being
transformed by digital technologies and the Internet, leading to
fundamental changes in the way knowledge workers create, share and use
knowledge.  Multimedia, interactive Personal Libraries and Knowledge
Centers will foster the proliferation of virtual scholarly communities.
Public leadership supporting the emergence of such communities is
essential. p. 33-43

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Union Listing on OCLC Pat, Present and Future
Myrtle Myers, with contributions from Cathy Kellum, Cecelia Boone, and
Laurie S. Linsley
        With all the talk of document delivery and full text databases
over the past several years, the usefulness of union listing has been
discussed.  OCLC statistics on the use of union list holdings data by
interlibrary loan staff shows that use has grown in double digit
figures in recent years.  All the hard work by serials staff in creating
and maintaining local data records is being rewarded through the heavy use
by ILL staff to fill the increasing demands for information.  This article
looks at union listing on OCLC starting at the beginning through the
reimplementation of Union List in the PRISM environment and into the
future.  It includes sidebars on the reimplementation of Union List from
the perspective of a library and two OCLC Regional Networks.  p. 45-56

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Accessing Abbreviated Journal Titles in the Online Catalog at Los
Alamos National Laboratory
Kathleen Pratt
        Since library patrons often know only abbreviated journal titles,
and because it is inefficient to have to determine the full title from
outside sources before searching the online catalog, a way to search the
online catalog with the abbreviated title information is needed. This
article describes how staff at Los Alamos National Laboratory library
provided retrieval by abbreviated journal title in our online catalog.  p.
57-59

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>From Printed Page to Cathode Tube: The Evolution of the Laboratory
Primate Newsletter
 Judith E. Schrier
        The Laboratory Primate Newsletter is a source of practical
information for scientists, animal caretakers, veterinarians, and others
using and caring for nonhuman primates.  This paper follows the evolution
of the newsletter from eighteen hand-typed and mimeographed pages (in
1962) to a computer type-set journal (in 1982), and on to a presence on
the World Wide Web.  p. 61-70

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Electronic Journal Forum: Providing Access to E-Journals through
Library Home Pages
Tom Moothart
        Serials departments are being deluged with announcements from
commercial and society publishers which provide access to either the
full-text or the abstracts of their publications.  Examples are given of
how four libraries are providing access to electronic journals through
their library home pages.  p. 71-77

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The Balance Point: Selecting the Serials Module of an Integrated
Library System
 Edited by Carol MacAdam, with contributions from Sylvia Martin, James
R. Mouw, Linda Richter, and Sandra Hurd
        The process of selecting an integrated library system, with
specific focus on the serials control module, is discussed by an ILS
developer, a subscription agent, and two librarians.  p. 79-91

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Tools of the Serials Trade Edited by Teresa Malinowski, with contributions
by Martin Gordon, James Mouw, Laurie Sutherland, and Kathleen Meneely
        Martin Gordon reviews Advances in Serials Management, Vol. 5,
James Mouw reviews Access, Ownership and Resource Sharing, Laurie
Sutherland reviews Practical Issues in Collection Development and
Collection Access: The 1993 Charleston Conference, and Kathleen Meneely
reviews Advances in Collection Development and Resources Management.  p.
93-99

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Serials Spoken Here:  Reports of Conferences, Institutes and Seminars
Edited by Susan Davis, with contributions from Carol S. Robinson, Pamela
M. Rose, Linda L. Rosenstein, and Michele Crump
        Reports from the ACRL New England Chapter Fall Conference, the
1995 Charleston Conference, the ACRL Journal Costs in Academic
Libraries Discussion Group and the ALCTS Automated Acquisitions/In-Process
Control Systems Discussion Group.  p. 101-109

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Serials Review Index
Edited by Douglas A. DeLong, with contributions from Lessie A.
Culmer-Nier, Betty D. Paulk, Sharon L. Siegler, and Pamela Snelson
        The editors scan approximately 150 journals in all disciplines for
reviews of serial publications.  Journals published since Spring 1995 were
monitored for this installment of Serials Review Index.  p. 111-118
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