Practice, Programs, and Progress : Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group, NASIG, 3rd Annual Conference, June 4-7, 1988, Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Georgia
Practice, Programs, and Progress : Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group, NASIG, 3rd Annual Conference, June 4-7, 1988, Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Georgia
The emphasis of this informative book, proceedings of the third NASIG conference, is on serials publishing. By exploring the relationships among the librarian, publisher, and vendor, this book builds a better understanding of these three positions. Discussions include the economics of journal publishing, the challenge of cataloging computer files, and the current developments in the bibliographic control of serials. Technical processing, cataloging, pricing and budgeting, and career development topics are also explored.
A Serials Odyssey : Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc. : 16th Annual Conference, May 23-26, 2001, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas
A Serials Odyssey : Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc. : 16th Annual Conference, May 23-26, 2001, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas
Presentations and workshops from a May 2001 conference address digital licensing issues, journal licensing, negotiation, and accessibility issues, and give tips on dealing with difficult customers and employees and increasing library effectiveness. Some topics discussed include licensing electronic resources, redefining the serial and the licensing environment, and providing access to journals in aggregator databases. Scheiberg is affiliated with the RAND Corporation Library. Neville is a library systems analyst in product engineering in the private sector. This work has been co-published simultaneously as The Serials Librarian, vol. 42, nos. 1/2 and 3/4, 2002. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Thought-provoking perspectives from experts in library serials! Roaring Into Our 20's: NASIG 2005 presents leading authorities in library serials providing their unique perspectives on the challenges of serials collection development and management, as well as their promising visions for the future. Marshall Keys, Regina Romano Reynolds, Steve Shadle, Carol Hixson, Paul Weiss, and a host of other top experts in serials gathered as presenters for the milestone twentieth anniversary conference of the North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) held in May 2005 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The latest issues and thought-provoking strategies are explored, giving librarians of all types a firm grasp of the newest products and most effective tactics to best manage serials today--and tomorrow. The conference itself consisted of preconference programs, vision sessions, strategy sessions, and tactics sessions not only to provide goals for the future, but also to examine ways to help librarians become more effective in handling the constantly evolving challenges of serial management. Roaring Into Our 20's: NASIG 2005 discusses a broad selection of topics of crucial interest, including electronic resources, vendors, financial issues, the development of new products and services and other topics exploring the bright and challenging future of library serials. Several chapters include tables and figures to enhance the clarity of ideas. Topics in Roaring Into Our 20's: NASIG 2005 include: FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records) ISSN revision cross-provider search institutional depositories e-journal management OpenURL Big Deals cancellation projects RSS the AACR3 development process Roaring Into Our 20's: NASIG 2005 is a horizon-expanding collection that is perfect for librarians, publishers, and commercials vendors interested in the future of serial publication.
New Serials Landscapes in a Sea of Change : Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc., 15th Annual Conference, June 22-25, 2000, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California
New Serials Landscapes in a Sea of Change : Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc., 15th Annual Conference, June 22-25, 2000, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California
Making Waves: New Serials Landscapes in a Sea of Change addresses the traditional concerns of librarians in innovative ways. Budgets are discussed in terms of serials-purchasing consortia and the globalization of academic publishing. Cataloging and preserving now include electronic materials. These proceedings of the fifteenth conference of the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc. also include discussions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and reports on specific test projects such as BioOne, the Open Archives Project, and PubMed Central.
The dawn of the new millennium changed the field of information sciences forever as librarians and researchers alike were barraged with many new concepts and technologies, creating chaos and confusion. Serials in the Park is a breath of fresh air as expert speakers and consultants from the 18th Annual NASIG Conference (2003, Portland, Oregon) focus on the most significant trends and innovations for you and your patrons to use. From the Information Resource Matrix and serials aggregation to digital preservation and fund allocations, this important resource will help you successfully navigate the best path through unfamiliar territory.
People, Information, Communication : Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group, 1st Annual Conference, June 22-25, 1986, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
People, Information, Communication : Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group, 1st Annual Conference, June 22-25, 1986, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
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.
Great Visions on a Great Lake : Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc. 19th Annual Conference, June 17-20, 2004, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Great Visions on a Great Lake : Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc. 19th Annual Conference, June 17-20, 2004, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Growth, Creativity, and Collaboration: Great Visions on a Great Lake is a compilation of thought-provoking papers presented at the 2004 North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG)'s nineteenth annual conference, which took place on the shore of Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Visionary experts discuss a wide variety of stimulating topics on the promising future of library serials, including various aspects of electronic resources, financial issues facing the publication of serials, collaboration with vendors to assist in the development of new products and services, and the challenges and successes of librarians dealing with serial collection development and management. Tables and figures enhance the clarity of ideas, and the chapters are impeccably referenced.
Presented on the fifth anniversary of the annual NASIG conference, this volume is an exciting symposium of ideas and research. Covering a variety of pertinent issues such as rising prices, collections weeding, and automated management, this new book will prove useful and practical. The Future of Serials is a valuable addition to any librarian's reference tools.
Discover how technological advances impact the future of serials work with this groundbreaking book. Based on the Sixth Annual Conference of the North American Serials Interest Group, this important volume examines how the newest technological developments in information storage and processing impact print-oriented libraries. Find answers to questions on how libraries can utilize the awesome speed, remarkable storage capacity, and universal access of the new technology. Authoritative contributors provide insight, inspirations, and practical experience to the three major areas of changing technologies, changing information worldwide, and strategies and responses of libraries to these rapid changes. A Changing World looks at the future of the electronic network medium and how it will provide opportunities for accessing and using information that so far have been unimagined by the print-dominated information industry. Enlightening chapters explore the feasibility of electronic serials as a realistic replacement for print journals, the future of automated serials control systems, and the effects of information technologies on libraries as systems and librarianship as a profession. Discover timely indications for ten-year trends of the globalization of research, scholarly information, and patents. Specific international influences on information are examined including the implications of the European Community internal market for scholarly publishing and distribution, the influence of rapid changes in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union on scholarly publishing, and scholarly information and serials in politically turbulent Latin American countries.
Creating Serials for a New Millennium : Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc. 12th Annual Conference, May 29-June 1, 1997, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Creating Serials for a New Millennium : Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc. 12th Annual Conference, May 29-June 1, 1997, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Experimentation and Collaboration: Creating Serials for a New Millenium will help you see the current direction of serials collection, development, creation, and production as we travel with the electronic age into the dawn of the next millenium. You'll get instant access to the many ways in which traditional boundaries between academic libraries and computer services are dissolving, and you'll see the new sense of egalitarianism that's enhancing scholarship and scholarly communication as the next thousand years approaches. In Experimentation and Collaboration, you'll be transported instantly to all the best NASIG plenary, project, and issues sessions and workshops you might have missed, such as: surviving scholarhip in the 21st Century building a national electronic collection for long-term access creating an electronic archive understanding initiatives in Internet cataloging finding innovations in journal access surmounting the challenges of managing and delivering e-journals drumming up motivation for staff in changing times handling copyright issues and Web publishing Overall, the 12th Annual NASIG Conference was a grand affair, bringing over 600 publishers, vendors, and librarians to Ann Arbor from America, Canada, and Mexico, as well as Great Britain, Germany, and Australia. Experimentation and Collaboration gives you the full range of acitivites at this important conference and ensures that you'll be able to collaborate on, experiment with, and create new serials with the rest of the scholarly world as we begin a new electronic era of information provision, serials publishing, and library science.
From Petroglyphs to Cyberserials : Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc., 11th Annual Conference, June 20-23, 1996, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
From Petroglyphs to Cyberserials : Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc., 11th Annual Conference, June 20-23, 1996, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
The proceedings from the June 1996 conference explore issues and problems facing those involved in producing, maintaining, and using journal literature. The collection includes presentations from the conference's plenary sessions, discussions from concurrent sessions, and summary reports of each of the preconferences and workshops. Topics include specialized knowledge of standards for Electronic Data Exchange, electronic serials, copyright issues and electronic product licensing, the selection and cataloging of Internet resources, technical and customer service concerns, and how to educate and retrain serialists. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
People, Information, Communication : Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group, 1st Annual Conference, June 22-25, 1986, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
People, Information, Communication : Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group, 1st Annual Conference, June 22-25, 1986, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
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.
Presented on the fifth anniversary of the annual NASIG conference, this volume is an exciting symposium of ideas and research. Covering a variety of pertinent issues such as rising prices, collections weeding, and automated management, this new book will prove useful and practical. The Future of Serials is a valuable addition to any librarian's reference tools.
New Serials Landscapes in a Sea of Change : Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc., 15th Annual Conference, June 22-25, 2000, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California
New Serials Landscapes in a Sea of Change : Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc., 15th Annual Conference, June 22-25, 2000, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California
Making Waves: New Serials Landscapes in a Sea of Change addresses the traditional concerns of librarians in innovative ways. Budgets are discussed in terms of serials-purchasing consortia and the globalization of academic publishing. Cataloging and preserving now include electronic materials. These proceedings of the fifteenth conference of the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc. also include discussions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and reports on specific test projects such as BioOne, the Open Archives Project, and PubMed Central.
Practice, Programs, and Progress : Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group, NASIG, 3rd Annual Conference, June 4-7, 1988, Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Georgia
Practice, Programs, and Progress : Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group, NASIG, 3rd Annual Conference, June 4-7, 1988, Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Georgia
The emphasis of this informative book, proceedings of the third NASIG conference, is on serials publishing. By exploring the relationships among the librarian, publisher, and vendor, this book builds a better understanding of these three positions. Discussions include the economics of journal publishing, the challenge of cataloging computer files, and the current developments in the bibliographic control of serials. Technical processing, cataloging, pricing and budgeting, and career development topics are also explored.
Teamwork, Technology, and Trends : Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc, 4th Annual Conference, June 3-6, 1989, Scripps College, Claremont, California
Teamwork, Technology, and Trends : Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc, 4th Annual Conference, June 3-6, 1989, Scripps College, Claremont, California
Here is a forum in which scholars, publishers, vendors, and librarians share in discussing issues of common concern. The Serials Partnership: Teamwork, Technology, and Trends reflects the partnership existing among those who create, produce, distribute, and manage serials information. Lively and informative, this volume addresses several highly important topics, including the process of scholarly communication, CD-ROM in libraries, the differences among types of serials vendors and whether or not a library should consolidate orders with a single vendor, and organizational and institutional concerns about the current journal pricing crisis. Those concerned with managing budgets and newly available technologies will be particularly interested in the chapters on serials pricing issues and the impact of CD-ROM in libraries. The Serials Partnership: Teamwork, Technology, and Trends is the proceedings of the Fourth Annual Conference of the North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG), which was held in June 1989.
Great Visions on a Great Lake : Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc. 19th Annual Conference, June 17-20, 2004, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Great Visions on a Great Lake : Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc. 19th Annual Conference, June 17-20, 2004, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Growth, Creativity, and Collaboration: Great Visions on a Great Lake is a compilation of thought-provoking papers presented at the 2004 North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG)'s nineteenth annual conference, which took place on the shore of Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Visionary experts discuss a wide variety of stimulating topics on the promising future of library serials, including various aspects of electronic resources, financial issues facing the publication of serials, collaboration with vendors to assist in the development of new products and services, and the challenges and successes of librarians dealing with serial collection development and management. Tables and figures enhance the clarity of ideas, and the chapters are impeccably referenced.
Creating Serials for a New Millennium : Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc. 12th Annual Conference, May 29-June 1, 1997, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Creating Serials for a New Millennium : Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc. 12th Annual Conference, May 29-June 1, 1997, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Experimentation and Collaboration: Creating Serials for a New Millenium will help you see the current direction of serials collection, development, creation, and production as we travel with the electronic age into the dawn of the next millenium. You'll get instant access to the many ways in which traditional boundaries between academic libraries and computer services are dissolving, and you'll see the new sense of egalitarianism that's enhancing scholarship and scholarly communication as the next thousand years approaches. In Experimentation and Collaboration, you'll be transported instantly to all the best NASIG plenary, project, and issues sessions and workshops you might have missed, such as: surviving scholarhip in the 21st Century building a national electronic collection for long-term access creating an electronic archive understanding initiatives in Internet cataloging finding innovations in journal access surmounting the challenges of managing and delivering e-journals drumming up motivation for staff in changing times handling copyright issues and Web publishing Overall, the 12th Annual NASIG Conference was a grand affair, bringing over 600 publishers, vendors, and librarians to Ann Arbor from America, Canada, and Mexico, as well as Great Britain, Germany, and Australia. Experimentation and Collaboration gives you the full range of acitivites at this important conference and ensures that you'll be able to collaborate on, experiment with, and create new serials with the rest of the scholarly world as we begin a new electronic era of information provision, serials publishing, and library science.
A Serials Odyssey : Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc. : 16th Annual Conference, May 23-26, 2001, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas
A Serials Odyssey : Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc. : 16th Annual Conference, May 23-26, 2001, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas
Presentations and workshops from a May 2001 conference address digital licensing issues, journal licensing, negotiation, and accessibility issues, and give tips on dealing with difficult customers and employees and increasing library effectiveness. Some topics discussed include licensing electronic resources, redefining the serial and the licensing environment, and providing access to journals in aggregator databases. Scheiberg is affiliated with the RAND Corporation Library. Neville is a library systems analyst in product engineering in the private sector. This work has been co-published simultaneously as The Serials Librarian, vol. 42, nos. 1/2 and 3/4, 2002. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Reshaping Roles and Opportunities for Serialists : Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc. : 9th Annual Conference, June 2-5, 1994, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Reshaping Roles and Opportunities for Serialists : Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc. : 9th Annual Conference, June 2-5, 1994, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Find a diverse array of valuable ideas for managing the challenges of new technology and the rapidly changing information environment. A Kaleidoscope of Choices helps librarians develop skills and strategies to cope effectively with the myriad changes affecting their profession due to the rapid evolution of technology. In this book, informative chapters address the impact of technology on libraries, scholarly communication, vendors, and the publishing industry. Knowledgeable authors reveal their practical experience with organizing to manage change, managing the virtual library, roles of vendors and publishers in providing access to electronic information, and innovations for the bibliographic control of electronic publications. Chapters examine many topics on the technical environment, including: the Internet and client-server computing World Wide Web and the Mosaic Interface a beginner's guide to Listserv and ListProcs technology's influence on information management steps toward becoming a virtual library reshaping the serials vendor industry new roles for librarians expert systems and cataloging Serials specialists and other librarians who desire to make the most of the new technologies will find A Kaleidoscope of Choices a helpful and informative guide for their daily contact with technology.
Serials Vision and Common Sense : Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc. : 13th Annual Conference, June 18-21, 1998, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
Serials Vision and Common Sense : Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc. : 13th Annual Conference, June 18-21, 1998, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
Head in the Clouds, Feet on the Ground: Serials Vision and Common Sense is a compilation of presentations from the proceedings of the 13th annual North American Serials Interest Group, Inc. Conference held June 18-21, 1998, at the University of Colorado at Boulder. From this informative book, you will discover technology trends that will impact the relationship among authors, publishers, and libraries including the shift to digital masters; the rising importance of the web and its impact on the economics, manufacturing, and distribution of publishing; and the growth of the World Wide Web as the gateway to what people get from libraries. Through Head in the Clouds, Feet on the Ground, you will also find guidance in good design principals for your libraries Web page or Web site. Head in the Clouds, Feet on the Ground will help you discover why planning is the first step in web design as your consideration of your target audience as well as their preferences and technical level are very important to your design. Also discussed are such important issues as Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), designing interactive forms, pages with or without frames, and graphics animation. From Head in the Clouds, Feet on the Ground, you will gain valuable insight into many unique areas, such as: Neodata--the world's largest magazine fulfillment center the astronomy World Wide Web infrastructure named Urania the current and future pricing of Scientific, Technical, and Medical (STM) information distribution how to use project teams to evaluate and implement new services for electronic serials discovering what you can do to help better prepare your library for the inevitable disaster learning how the steps your institution takes now can make the difference between prompt, effective action or unnecessary collection and equipment loss examining four issues raised by library consortia regarding electronic journals: pricing, authorization systems, integration, and permanent digital archives to help you meet the changing needs of your patrons the successes and failures that well-known print newspapers who have launched successful Web versions encountered along the way Through Head in the Clouds, Feet on the Ground you will find vision as well as common sense advice and practical methods to help you get your job done. You'll discover many practical insights on information delivery and use trends that will effect higher education, libraries, and publishing and examine evaluative criteria for online resources as well as other new library services. You will find each section of Head in the Clouds, Feet on the Ground practical and informative and discover that each idea or piece of advice can be incorporated into your own area of expertise. It is the editors hope that you gain vision and common sense from every word.
Help lay the foundation for the future of scholarly communication with these informative chapters on new information technologies and predictions for developments in the publishing industry. If We Build It, the proceedings from the 7th annual conference of the North American Serials Interest Group, stresses that the time to prepare for the revolution and phenomenal growth in electronic technology is now. This groundbreaking book addresses important questions about the future that libraries need to answer today such as: What will change for serials librarians, vendors, and publishers as ink and paper become the oddity and electronic transmitters and receivers become the norm? What services will be in demand and who will provide them? Which economic models will keep them afloat? Most importantly, can the disparate groups currently active in scholarly communication work together to build the physical, social, and economic backbone of a new model? If We Build It is an invaluable guide to the future of serials librarianship. It describes new technologies, predicts how the publishing industry will develop in the near future, and explores how the library may evolve within a new system of scholarly communication. Just a few of the exciting topics covered in these proceedings include the development of standards for networking technologies, the shift from ownership to access in libraries as a result of electronic information, the history of scholarly communication, copyright of electronic data, higher education in the 1990?s, marketing in libraries. A unique perspective on issues of cooperation between librarians, scholars, and publishers is provided by the inclusion of a joint conference day with the Society for Scholarly Publishing. If We Build It is an energizing look at the new possibilities for libraries and a call to strengthen structures and work together to build a solid future for libraries within the future of scholarly communication.
Teamwork, Technology, and Trends : Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc, 4th Annual Conference, June 3-6, 1989, Scripps College, Claremont, California
Teamwork, Technology, and Trends : Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc, 4th Annual Conference, June 3-6, 1989, Scripps College, Claremont, California
Here is a forum in which scholars, publishers, vendors, and librarians share in discussing issues of common concern. The Serials Partnership: Teamwork, Technology, and Trends reflects the partnership existing among those who create, produce, distribute, and manage serials information. Lively and informative, this volume addresses several highly important topics, including the process of scholarly communication, CD-ROM in libraries, the differences among types of serials vendors and whether or not a library should consolidate orders with a single vendor, and organizational and institutional concerns about the current journal pricing crisis. Those concerned with managing budgets and newly available technologies will be particularly interested in the chapters on serials pricing issues and the impact of CD-ROM in libraries. The Serials Partnership: Teamwork, Technology, and Trends is the proceedings of the Fourth Annual Conference of the North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG), which was held in June 1989.
The dawn of the new millennium changed the field of information sciences forever as librarians and researchers alike were barraged with many new concepts and technologies, creating chaos and confusion. Serials in the Park is a breath of fresh air as expert speakers and consultants from the 18th Annual NASIG Conference (2003, Portland, Oregon) focus on the most significant trends and innovations for you and your patrons to use. From the Information Resource Matrix and serials aggregation to digital preservation and fund allocations, this important resource will help you successfully navigate the best path through unfamiliar territory.
Serials to the Tenth Power provides readers with practical ideas on managing the challenges of the electronic information environment. The proceedings of the tenth anniversary conference of the North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG), the book covers how electronic publishing impacts the dissemination of knowledge in general and specific related issues. Contributors include librarians, publishers, vendors, and editors of electronic journals. They offer readers diverse perspectives about: copyright law in the digital world the future of information dissemination challenges of innovative approaches to providing information in electronic format standards for identifying and citing electronic resources bibliographic control of Internet resources organization of service delivery to meet the challenges of evolving technology Serials librarians and other library professionals will find Serials to the Tenth Power an interesting and valuable addition to the literature about electronic resources. They will use it again and again as they continue their work amidst ever-changing and evolving electronic technology.
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