Serials Management in the Electronic Era: Papers in Honor of Peter Gellatly, Founding Editor of 'The Serials Librarian.'

This book assesses progress and technical changes in the field of serials management and anticipates future directions and challenges for librarians. The book consists of 18 chapters: (1) "Introduction" (Jim Cole and James W. Williams); (2) "Peter Gellatly--Editor with a Deft Touch" (Ruth C. Carter); (3) "The "Deseret News" Web Edition" (Stewart E. Shelline); (4) "Network Accessed Scholarly Serials" (Les Hawkins); (5) "Electronic Murmurs from the Desk of an Ink-Stained Wretch" (Joe Morehead); (6) "The Significance of Information Provision and Content: Libraries as Information Providers Instead of Format Collectors" (Elizabeth (Libby) Cooley and Edward A. Goedeken); (7) "Subscription or Information Agency Services in the Electronic Era" (F. Dixon Brooke, Jr.); (8) "Proposals for Interinstitutional Serials Cooperation at the SUNY Centers" (Suzanne Fedunok); (9) "Scientific Journal Usage in a Large University Library: A Local Citation Analysis" (William Loughner); (10) "Plugged-in-Jell-O (TM): Taught or Caught?" (Esther Green Bierbaum); (11) "CONSER: A Member's Perspective of an Evolving Program" (Martha Hruska); (12) "A Client-Server Serials Control System for Staff and Public Access Functions" (Mary C. Schlembach and William H. Mischo); (13) "Electronic "Keyboard Pals": Mentoring the Electronic Way" (Kathryn Luther Henderson); (14) "The BUBL Information Service" (Joanne Gold); (15) "Serial Sources on the Web" (Jeanne M. K. Boydston); (16) "Starting a Journal on the World Wide Web" (Nancy De Sa); (17) "New Challenges for Technical Services in the 21st Century" (Nancy L. Eaton); and (18) "Not Just E-Journals: Providing and Maintaining Access to Serials and Serial Information Through the World-Wide Web" (Robert D. Cameron). (SWC)