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Books : E-Serials Collection Management: Transitions, Trends, and Technicalities


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by: Jim Cole, Wayne Jones, David C Fowler

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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 025.174
EAN: 9780789017536
ISBN: 0789017539
Label: CRC
Manufacturer: CRC
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 279
Publication Date: December 18, 2003
Publisher: CRC
Sales Rank: 2748163
Studio: CRC






Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Gives an up-close look at the increasingly important role that electronic serials play in the overall library collection, today and in the future. Addresses many of the themes, problems, and questions raised by this fast-evolving medium including e-journal publishing issues, troubleshooting, and accreditation issues & more.



Customer Reviews
Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Great foundation for those starting out.
No textbook could possibly keep up with the changes in electronic serials but this one lays a good foundation for anyone just getting started. The chapters written by librarians are particularly helpful.



Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - out of date before it was printed
It sounded like a great piece of professional literature that would help me with my job, and probably it would have, had it been published in 2002 instead of 2004. Most of the essays were from the 2001-2002 era of electronic journal management, and with the way the technology and access methods have changed in recent years, most of the essays had become irrelevant before they were even published in this book.

I was particularly bemused by one essay that spent some time discussing the ... Read More




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