Journals for Academic Veterinary Medical Libraries:

This is the ninth annual price study based on the "Basic List of Veterinary Medical Serials, 2nd edition." The basic list consists of three parts: core veterinary titles; an adjunct list of serials in biomedical and life sciences; and a list of relevant abstract and index titles. Prices are supplied by The Faxon Company. The indexing base is 1983. In the twelve year period from 1983-1994 the average price of titles in the core + adjunct lists rose from $100.37 to $305.69. The price index rose 204.55 percentage points, an average increase per year of 18.60%. The average price of litles in the core list rose from $69.07 to $205.82. The price index in his category rose 197.97 percentage points, an average of 18% per year. The average price of the 85 titles on the adjunct core list was $131.30 in 1983 and $404.39 in 1994. The price index in this category rose 207.98 percentage points, an average of 18.91 % per year. The 22 selected abstract and index titles in his same twelve year period increased in average price from $618.74 to $1,465.50. The index in this category rose 136.85% for an average annual increase of only 12.44%, considerably less than the other lists.     

Journals of the Century in Psychology

SUMMARY

Electronic resources are one of the last collections in a public library to receive attention for usage and for promotions. Oftentimes their statistics go unnoticed as well. An effort is needed to consciously study, track, and evaluate the usage of these resources. Then a library can focus on educating the staff and patrons regarding the existence and use of these resources. This paper details the steps involved in initiating, conducting, and financing a marketing campaign for education and promotion of electronic resources for a public library.     

Journals of the Century in Education

Abstract

Materials for review should be sent to Edward A. Goedeken, Review Editor, The Serials Librarian, 204 Parks Library, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 5001-2140. Reviewed by Edward A. Goedeken, Editor

DEVELOPING AN OUTSTANDING CORE COLLECTION: A GUIDE FOR LIBRARIES. By Carol Alabaster. Chicago: American Library Association, 2002. ii, 192 p. ISBN 0-8389-0819-5. Reviewed by Paul Metz

ELEKTRONISCHE ZEITSCHRIFTEN: EINE EINFÜHRUNG. (Bibliotheksarbeit 9). By Alice Keller. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2001. 142 p. DM48.00. ISBN3-447-04372-5. Reviewed by Gregory J. Wool

EVALUATING NETWORKED INFORMATION SERVICES: TECHNIQUES, POLICY, AND ISSUES. Edited by Charles R. McClure and John Carlo Bertot. Medford, NJ: Information Today, Inc., 2001. xx, 344 p. $44.50. ISBN 1-57387-118-4. Reviewed by Dr. Jerry V. Caswell

HANDBOOK OF BLACK LIBRARIANSHIP. Edited by E. J. Josey and Marva L. DeLoach. 2nd ed. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2000. $65.00. ISBN: 0-8108-3720-X. Reviewed by John Mark Tucker     

Periodical Prices 1983-1985

No abstract available for this article.     

Serials in Finnish Union Catalogues

In Finland an integrated network called LINNEA (Library Information Network for Academic Libraries) has been set up to facilitate the automation of academic libraries. The goal of the LINNEA network, with headquarters at the Helsinki University Library, is to become an open national bibliographic resource. The Finnish union library catalogue, called LINDA, was established in 1993. It is based on the catalogues of twenty university libraries, the national bibliographic database Fennica, and Finuc-S (the Finnish Union Catalogue-Serials). At the moment, the LINDA database includes some two million records for monographs and serials. The host of the database is the Helsinki University Library which is officially he National Library of Finland with a vast range of responsibilities. One of them is the standard numbering of Finnish publications. The 1994 ISSN meeting with the Nordic countries was held in Finland in order to discuss common problemss     

Extended Review

Abstract

DIE UNENDLICHE BIBLIOTHEK: DIGITALE INFORMATION IN WISSENSCHAFT, VERLAG UND BIBLIOTHEK. Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, e.V., die Deutsche Bibliothek, Bundesvereinigung Deutscher Bibliotheksverbände. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1996. (Gesellschaft für das Buch, Bd. 2). Simultaneously published on the World Wide Web by the Deutsche Bibliothek (URL: http://www.ddb.de) Reviewed by Roger Brisson     

Back to the Future

No abstract available for this article.     

Political Power and Periodicals

The publication of Bulgarian serials (called "periodicals" in this article, using the historical Bulgarian term) began in 1844 with the appearance of Liuboslovie. From that time until the recent collapse of the Communist regime, the press has been subjected to censorship and repression, first by the Turkish overlords and later by several of the Bulgarian governments. This article, the first of two parts, focuses on the suppression of the periodical press following the rise of the Communist "people's democracy," which forced virtually all the periodicals that had been published in Bulgaria prior to that time to cease publication. The second part will be devoted to Bulgaria's new-found freedom of the press that has emerged following forty-five years of totalitarianism.     

IN REVIEW

No abstract available for this article.     

Serials in Canadian Libraries in 1983

Data on serials resources in Canadian libraries are presented for the period of the three years 1981-1983. The growth of serials collections in 42 university libraries is examined, indicating uneven increases in various regions. Only Ontario university libraries recorded substantial and continued growth. These data are compared with the serial resources of the National Library and the Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information, which both provide nation-wide lending services. The state of serials collections in selected college and public libraries is also presented.     

The Trials and Joys of Free-Lance Writings

The author has been a free-lance writer for a little more than two years. During that time, she has pursued the profession of writing first on a part-time, then on a full-time basis. Aside from allowing the author to exercise a strong need to be creative, the career of writing also entails a great deal of hard work, frustration, dogged research, revising and rewriting, and waiting to see if what has been created will be accepted or rejected. The dedicated free-lancer must be willing to shake off the negative effects of rejection and keep on writing in order to reach the ultimate goals: acceptance, payment, and publication.     

中国图书馆学情报学期刊评价体系探索

鉴于图书馆学情报学期刊是图书情报事业的重要组成部分,是展示一个国家总体图书情报学科研究实力、水平和创新能力的窗口,对图书馆学情报学期刊进行评价有着极为重要的意义,文章提出从政治标准、经营管理、编辑水平、学术水平、期刊影响力和期刊稳定性6个方面来对我国图书馆学情报学期刊进行评价的方案和设想。     

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《图书情报工作》创刊于１９５６年。１９８０～１９９９年８月,共出版１２２期,发表文章２０６３篇。其中５４．８％的文章有引文,共有引文７７１８条。作者合著率为１７．９％。分析表明,《图书情报工作》堪称中国两栖期刊的杰出代表。     

我国台湾地区图书资讯学期刊论文实证分析

采用关键词和作者共现分析的方法对台湾地区9种图书资讯学期刊刊发论文的关键词和作者进行分析可知,公共图书馆服务、数字资源建设、大学图书馆服务、资讯服务等为台湾地区图书资讯学重点研究领域;一些核心作者形成了几个较大的稳定作者团队和若干较小的作者团队,每个核心作者都有一个或几个合作较多的作者,但是核心作者之间的合作较少;"国立政治大学"和台湾师范大学是图书资讯学研究的主要机构。     

基于开放存取的图书情报期刊发展研究

开放存取期刊具有快捷的投稿和出版模式、低廉的费用、海量的数据、方便的检索、良好的互动等优势,给学术交流提供了更广阔的空间。目前,虽然我国图书情报学期刊也在不同程度上实现了开放存取,但是仍需要做如下努力：顺应形势,发展开放存取期刊;建设门户网站,实现功能模块多样化;尝试传统期刊与网刊并行;采用网上联合审核,促进同行评议与用户评议相结合;与时俱进,顺应开放存取政策,实现开放存取环境下的学术交流;多途径寻求合作,以广告等方式实现效益的平衡。