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The article offers information on international series and electronic resource management, including information on vendor and publisher services and topics related to library schools and continuing education. The article presents abstracts from several journals including the July 2011 issue of "Serials: The Journal for the Serials Community," the June 2011 issue of "Serials Review." Topics include the awarding of the SAGE travel grant to librarian Patrick Carr to attend the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) International conference in England on September 14-16, 2011, a basic serials cataloging workshop at Pepperdine University on August 3, 2011, and the New York Public Library's (NYPL) online catalog changes implemented by software company Bibliocommons.

This study summarizes the creation and format of a PDF-based online library newsletter for University of Mississippi faculty designed to function as both a Web- and print-based document. It presents data from a newsletter survey distributed to the target audience about said resource, and concludes that PDF-based newsletters are effective in some areas but are overwhelmingly viewed via the Web rather than downloaded or printed for use. This confirms that library newsletters specifically designed for faculty can still be useful even if challenges remain in efficiently implementing them. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Information about several topics discussed at the 9th Annual MidSouth eResource Symposium for information scientists, held on September 16, 2010 at the Mitchell Memorial Library at Mississippi State University, is presented. Topics included budget difficulties for libraries and the acquisition and management of electronic resources (e-resources). Speakers included research analyst Ross Housewright, professor Dr. Rachel Fleming-May, and professor Dr. Mildred Jackson.