THE SERIALS MICROFORM CENTER

There is now an urgent need for microform resource service center development to cope with the growing crisis in library space requirements, collection growth, and especially serial acquisitions as a result of inflation and age neml reordering of nationalpriorities. Trends, pmctices, gmnts, and solutions (theoretical and otherwise) are extractedfmm recentlypublished litemture to suggest that thisproposal is an eminently feasible goal for present problems. Some issue is taken with the recent networking developments that improve bibliographic information exchange only to discourage interlibrary loans through the imposition of high service fees by a growing number of libraries. Further, collection integrity is a Proformance Rating(à la Gore-Theswell) factor achieve with a microform resource service center that is unlikely ever to be ever realized through other service storage models, including the Phoenix Library Plan.     

Back to the Future

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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.     

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.     

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     

充分发挥中文期刊机读目录的多元检索功能

机读目录的最大特点之一就是具有多元检索的优势,机读目录丰富的检索字段可引向多途径检索。文章从读者常用检索途径入手,针对中文期刊CNMARC中检索点的选择进行了阐述,提出了在期刊著录实践中更好地设置检索点,从而实现机读目录的多元检索功能     

研究型图书馆外文期刊采访探析

研究型图书馆外文期刊采访工作在复合图书馆时期经历着巨大的变革,信息技术和出版技术的飞速发展,电子期刊的大量引进,读者需求的不断变化以及期刊经费的不足,使得外刊采访工作面临着巨大的机遇和挑战;调整馆藏发展规划,协调纸本期刊和电子期刊的发展,整合开放存取期刊,参加集团采购,建立联合馆藏走共建共享之路以及转变外刊采访馆员的角色等则成为应对挑战的重要举措。     

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.     

BOOK REVIEWS

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IN REVIEW

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高校图书馆西文期刊书目数据合并

分析了高校图书馆合并后对期刊书目数据进行合并的原因、重要性及工作内容,具体研究了西文期刊书目数据的合并方法。     

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     

谈高校图书馆外文期刊资源建设中的帕累托改进

本文分析了帕累托改进的含义和高校图书馆外文期刊资源建设存在的问题。对高校图书馆外文期刊资源建设实现帕累托改进提出了切实可行的措施。     

中文期刊书目数据整顿工作剖析

结合温州市图书馆中文期刊书目数据整顿的具体做法，详细介绍了整顿期刊数据的原则、步骤和方法，并对出现的技术问题提出了对策，同时，就期刊数据的质量保证阐述了几点建议。     

Book Reviewing in Medical Journals

Epidemics of duplication and fad occurring in the area of medical books has increased the need to rely on book reviews to avoid the purchase of worthless material. Thus the identification of medical journals containing book reviews of high quality is of paramount importance for collection development. Three areas need improvement in order to enhance the value of book reviews: I) a cooperative effort between editor and reviewers to shorten the present time lag between the publication of the book and the appearance of its review, 2) coordination among publishers to avoid excessive duplication of reviews, and 3) an increase in the number of books being reviewed.     

A Web-Based Usage Counter for Serial Collections

Usage statistics of current unbound periodicals has been a topic of study for years in public and academic libraries. This article discusses various historical methods and offers an alternative using a simple Web-based method developed at Kent State University. The program is easy to use and keeps detailed statistics for serial librarians or circulation managers. The program is offered as an Open Source download.