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     

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.     

Periodical Prices 1983-1985

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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

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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     

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.     

Back to the Future

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IN REVIEW

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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.     

Extended Review

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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     

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.     

试论高校图书馆期刊工作的变革

本文分析了高校图书馆期刊工作变革的外在基础和内在因素，论述了高校图书馆期刊工作迎接变革的挑战应当采取的对策和措施。     

新形势下高校图书馆期刊工作探讨

本文针对目前不少高校图书馆取消期刊部这一现象，提出了自己的见解，并对当前形势下高校图书馆期刊工作进行了探讨。     

The Value of Serials in Academic and Special Libraries

Megan Oakleaf is an Associate Professor of Library and Information Science in the iSchool at Syracuse University and provides consultancy services on academic library value, outcomes assessment, evidence-based decision making, information literacy instruction, and information services. She is the author of the Value of Academic Libraries Comprehensive Review and Report. Her research areas include outcomes assessment, evidence-based decision making, information literacy instruction, and academic library impact and value. In this presentation Megan discusses the evolution of library services and the corresponding changes in how a library’s value may be measured and assessed within the larger context of an organization.