Author: Jim Cole Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1135793999 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 148
Book Description
Everything you need to know about serials librarianship—in one handy volume! For library science students and library professionals, Introduction to Serials Work for Library Technicians is a practical, how-to-do-it text that shows you how to perform the behind-the-scenes tasks your job requires. This primer walks you through the entire process of serials management for both larger libraries with automated serials management systems as well as small school and public libraries that must handle their serials manually. From an introduction to serials work to the latest in technology for archiving, this book will ensure that your library customers are not inconvenienced by inaccuracies or inefficient organization. Introduction to Serials Work for Library Technicians will benefit anyone who handles serials in a library since it covers all aspects of serials: acquisitions, organization, check-ins, and cataloging. This book addresses the complications that occur working with a form of publication that can include any medium from newspapers to CD-Rom and can be published as often as every day or as infrequently as once a year. Difficulties include title changes, serial merges and splits, suspensions and cessations of publication, and changes in format, and this volume will show you how to find the solutions to these situations. Here’s a sample of what is explored in this book: acquisitions—how to locate, find bibliographic information on, and verify the title of a desired serial ordering—types of orders, new subscription orders, and back-ordering receiving—checking in serials, recording holdings information, using Kardex cards, and using an automated check-in system cataloging—using holding and union lists, creating and using online catalogues, and cataloguing standards and internet serials processing—shelving policies, types of shelving, and how to shelve claims, binding, and renewals Intended primarily as a textbook for students in library sciences programs, this book will also serve very well as a general reference for experienced or novice library technicians or other staff members who find themselves managing serials or automating their system. The book's complete glossary, bibliography, numerous definitions, and tables, as well as the real-life examples throughout this manual will help you navigate the challenges of record-keeping, claiming, and cataloguing serials in any library.
Author: Wayne Jones Publisher: Psychology Press ISBN: 9780789012302 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 322
Book Description
This new edition of the seminal 1998 volume gives you a comprehensive overview of the world of e-serials in one compact volume! With new contributions and updated chapters from authorities in their respective fields, this book covers publishing, pricing, copyright, acquisitions and collection development, cataloging and metadata, preservation and archiving, projects and innovations, indexing, uniform resource identifiers, and citation.
Author: Muhammad Riaz Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Dist ISBN: 9788171563326 Category : Serials control systems Languages : en Pages : 236
Book Description
It Is The First Comprehensive Work Which Covers Every Aspect Of Serials Management To Meet The Academic Need Of Students And Teachers Of Library Science And Serve As Guide For Serials Librarians.After Definiting What Constitutes Serials And Tracing Their Historical De¬Velopment, The Work Concentrates On The Acquisition Policy And Systems. Various Systems Of Serials Control And Organization Have Been Examined. Technical Aspects Like Classification/Cataloguing Have Been Deeply Studied, And Different Methods Of Display And Forms Of Storage Examined In Details. Almost Every Aspect Of Reference Ser¬Vice Through Serials Including Docu¬Mentation, Indexing And Abstracting Aids Have Been Covered. Organization Of Government Documents Gets Special Attention. Usefulness Of Microforms As Surrogate Of Print Serial Publications Is Discussed. Finally, The Use Of Com¬Puter For Serials Control Has Been Elaborately Explained.
Author: Dora Chen Chiou-sen Publisher: American Library Association ISBN: 9780838906583 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 224
Book Description
This book advises librarians, paraprofessional library supervisors, and library school students on problems unique to the management of serials.
Author: Ed Jones Publisher: ALA Editions ISBN: 9780838948712 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 224
Book Description
Reflecting the new modelling for serials introduced by IFLA's Library Reference Model in the most recent revisions to RDA, this up-to-date resource is an important tool for day-to-day practice as well as a reference manual for unusual or difficult cases.
Author: Andrew Delbridge Osborn Publisher: Chicago : American Library Association ISBN: 9780838902998 Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 518
Book Description
The library approach to serial publications; Selection and acquisition; Descriptive and subject cataloging; Housing and servicing serial publications; Reference aspects of serial publications; Postscript.
Author: Jim Cole
Author: Wayne Jones
Author: Muhammad Riaz
Author: Dora Chen Chiou-sen
Author: Edna Brown Titus
Author: Ed Jones
Author: Andrew Delbridge Osborn
Author: Free Library of Philadelphia
Author: George Nicholas Hartje
Author: Rochester Public Library (Rochester, N.Y.)