E-journals Access and Management

The proliferation of e-journals and their impact on library collections is tremendous. E-Journals Access and Management takes a comprehensive look at how e-journals have changed the library landscape and offers librarians strategies to better manage them.

THE DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT Electronic Resources: The New Frontier for Academic Libraries (Kathleen Shearer) Copyright, Ejournals, and Libraries: Points of Intersection (Brett Waytuck) Open Access Journals: The Global Movement and Local Publishing (Wayne Johnston) Preserving the Outputs of Scholarly Communication for the Long Term; A Review of Recent Developments in Digital Preservation for Electronic Journal Content (Michael Day) LICENSING, ACQUISITION, AND COLLECTIONS Current Challenges in Licensing Negotiation: An Academic Library Perspective (Joy Kirchner) Developing a Model License: A Canadian Consortiumrs"s Experience (Scott Gillies and Tony Horava) Ejournals, Budgets, and Collection Policies: Managing the Serials Stranglehold in Libraries (Will Wakeling) Redefining Service Roles in the E-environment (Rollo Turner) Decline of Print Journals (Tinker Massey) The Collaborative Journey from Print to Electronic (Karen Pifher) When Print Doesnrs"t Fade (Christa Easton) ACCESS: CATALOGING, METADATA, AND THE WEB Access Revolution: The Birth, Growth, and Supremacy of Electronic Journals as an Information Medium (Norm Medeiros) RDA and Ejournals (Chris Oliver) ELECTRONIC RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS The Need for Electronic Resource Management Systems in Libraries (Stephanie H. Wical) Shopping in the ERM Aisle: Vendor and Open Source Offerings and Hints for the Busy Shopper (Andrew Waller and Helen Clarke) Knowledgebase Maintenance and Its Impact on Electronic Access Tools (Peter McCracken) Electronic Resource Management Using a Vendor Product (Janet Chisman and John Webb) A Homegrown Contract Database (Charlene N. Simser) STAFFING AND WORKFLOW Ejournal Workflow, Staffing, and Collaboration in Technical Services: A Taste for Coffee, a Tolerance for Ambiguity, and a Happy Ending (Ladd Brown) Ejournal Management in the Small Academic Library (Krista M. Reichard, Brent Alan Mai, and Judy Anderson) THE FUTURE Thoughts on the Future of Ejournal Management and Access (Steve Oberg) About the Authors Index Reference Notes Included