The Evolution of Automated Serials Control

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The Deactivation of OCLC's Serials Control System

This paper uses the literature to trace the history of OCLC's online Serials Control System (SCS), and it describes OCLC's plan to replace SCS with a stand-alone control system, SC350. Fifteen years of reports about SCS portray a system that never met all the needs of serials lbrarians. Reactions to replacement of SCS by SC350 emphasize the problems a library encounters when it changes from one serials control system to another. When considering such a change, a library should take the opportunity to re-examine its serials control needs and plan accordingly.     

Re-Automation of Serials Control

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Systematic Serials Cancellation Planning for Library Consortia and Networks

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Auditing the Automated Serials Control System

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Conversion to Automated Serials Control Systems

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The Goldfish Bowl Effect of an Online Serials Control System

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The Serials Librarian

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Since 1976 The Serials Librarian has provided librarians and others associated with the production and dissemination of serials with scholarly investigations exploring numerous aspects of managing the complex nature of serials as a form of communication. This essay examines the nature of all articles published between 1976 and 2004 and categorizes them by topic, gender, and author affiliation.     

Serials Control in an Online Integrated System

An experiment in latest entry cataloging of selected serial title changes is currently being conducted at Northwestern University Library. The integrated structure of Northwestern's automated system NOTIS and its applications to serials processing were primary factors leading to the investigation of latest entry cataloging as an alternative to the current standard of successive entry cataloging for serial title changes. A systematic investigation was conducted through most of 1985 and allowed project staff to identify and evaluate a number of concerns and problems. The study team is encouraged with the results, but will continue gathering cataloging statistics and will conduct user studies before adopting latest entry cataloging as a permanent option.     

Developing Requirements for Automated Serials Control Systems

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The Serials Catalog:

The serials catalog is a key link in the search process for current information in a library. Decades of evolution in the ways of entering serials in the catalog have compromised the usability of this important research tool. This article examines (1) the results of studies on serials catalog use; (2) the reasons for serial search failures; (3 the cataloging rules and practices researchers need to understand in order to effectively use a serials catalog; and (4) the local in-house modifications which often complicate the search process. It also offers searching hints which will help reference personnel improve their ability to successfully locate serial entries for library patrons.     

The Business of Serials

The opening column offers an overview of the roles and interrelationships among authors, publishers, intermediaries, libraries, and consortia in the production, selling, and procurement of serial publications and generally traces the evolution of the commerce over the last several decades.     

The Serials Acquisition Partnership

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The Integrated Serials Department

Historically, serials departments have been organized in diverse ways. The integrated serials department arrangement, including all serials functions, facilitates bibliographic control, provides effective service to the library user and promotes better communication. This study maintains the need for the integrated central serials department, with the University of Oklahoma Libraries Serials Department used as an example. The conclusion is reached that the automation of serials reinforces the need for a separate serials department.     

The Numbers of Serials

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Serials Control with Microcomputers in the Law Library

Microcomputers provide smaller and specialized libraries with attractive, affordable alternatives to mainframe-based systems. By combining state-of-the-art hardware with software packages for libray tasks like serials control, law librarians can solve many problems assoclated with the large volume of serials (70 to 90% of annual acquisitions) that they typically receive. But not all serials control systems are equally sophisticated in their storage or recessing capabilities. This article discusses the major requirements of adequate control of legal serials and analyzes some commercially available systems in light of those requirements.