Serials Librarian 

About: Serials Librarian is an academic journal. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Cataloging & Scholarly communication. It has an ISSN identifier of 0361-526X. Over the lifetime, 2048 publication(s) have been published receiving 9754 citation(s).

D-Lib Magazine: Publishing as the Honest Broker

Abstract: Summary This paper describes the organization of material in D-Lib Magazine http://www.dlib.org, an online reference collection of pointers to sites containing resources in networked information and digital libraries, and a monthly, which addresses developments in advanced research and implementation projects in digital libraries and related topics. The importance of persistent, location-independent identifiers (or names) is discussed primarily from the perspectives of information organization and the associated issues in cataloging resources in the MARC environment.

Winners and Losers in the Global Research Village

Abstract: Summary I describe a set of automated archives for electronic communication of research information that have been operational in many fields of physics, and some related and unrelated disciplines, starting from 1991. These archives now serve over 35,000 users worldwide from over 70 countries, and process more than 70,000 electronic transactions per day. In some fields of physics, they have already supplanted traditional research journals as conveyers of both topical and archival research information. Many of the lessons learned from these systems should carry over to other fields of scholarly publication, i.e., those wherein authors are writing not for direct financial remuneration in the form of royalties, but rather primarily to communicate information (for the advancement of knowledge, with attendant benefits to their careers and professional reputations). These archives have in addition proven equally indispensable to researchers in less-developed countries.

White Paper on Electronic Journal Usage Statistics

Abstract: Les statistiques d'utilisation des revues electroniques sont utiles aux bibliothecaires comme aux editeurs, mais ces derniers redoutent de fournir des donnees qui pourraient nuire a leurs interets. L'enquete realisee par l'A. sous l'egide du CLIR (Council on Library and Information Resources) permet d'identifier les problemes partages par les bibliothecaires et les editeurs/aggregateurs quant a la collecte et a l'analyse des donnees statistiques d'utilisation, tout en fournissant la base d'une discussion, prelude a la cooperation entre les parties interessees. Parmi les problemes communs aux deux groupes figurent l'absence de donnees comparables, l'absence de contexte, des donnees incompletes, la promotion, le contenu fourni, l'impact de l'interface sur l'utilisation, le modele economique et la vie privee de l'utilisateur. Les bibliothecaires sont plus particulierement concernes par des questions de justification de budget et d'impact sur la selection ; les editeurs par des applications internes. Les editeurs doivent decider quelles donnees fournir et avec quelles normes de collecte et de fourniture. Les mesures portent sur ce qui est utilise, qui l'utilise, quand et comment et sur la presentation des donnees. Cette normalisation garantit aux bibliothecaires et aux editeurs qu'ils disposent de donnees comparables et fiables. Les questions de production de donnees utiles et d'interpretation de ces donnees doivent etre discutees. On trouvera en appendice les resultats des entretiens avec les bibliothecaires, les editeurs et les fournisseurs, les recommandations de l'ICOLC (International Coalition of Library Consortia) sur les mesures statistiques d'usage des ressources du web, ainsi que la mention des projets realises dans le domaine.

Research strategies : A bibliometric study/analysis of the first sixteen volumes

Abstract: This analysis of the first 16 volumes of Research Strategies examines authorship patterns, including gender, collaboration. and professional and institutional affiliation. All references in the first 16 volumes are analyzed by type and age. Journals most often referenced in Research Strategies. and journals most often citing articles in Research Strategies are included in the analysis. Two of the questions the authors sought to answer were whether the percentage of research articles published in Research Strategies had increased over time, and whether the number of Research Strategies articles cited by other journals had increased.

Cataloging & classification quarterly : A Web site for a professional journal in librarianship

Abstract: The World Wide Web site tor Cataloging & Classification Quarterly(CCQ) was created to address a serious need-timeli-ness-in communicating the results of research among librarians, while at the same time providing a number of new benefits to enhance the journal's relationship to its readers. Brought online in early 1995, it was the first such Web site for a professional journal in librarianship, and its characteristic method of making abstracts available well in advance of the print version anticipated a practice later employed by journals in a variety of other fields. Historical background to electronic texts is discussed in context with the beginnings of the CCQ Web page, along with providing an orientation to the relevant aspects of the still-evolving World Wide Web. By using the CCQ Web page as an example, an attempt to characterize the current state of electronic journal publishing will be outlined. With the decision early this year by CCQ's publisher, The Haworth Press, Inc., to begin a pilo...