Electronic Serials Management

An Overview

by Mary Mallery, Ph.D.

Harry A. Sprague Library

Montclair State University

E-Serials: The Problem

• There are too many:– URLs to track– Databases to check– Search interfaces– Different title and holdings information– Changes to keep up

E-Serials: The Ideal

• Cost Effective• Responsive Tech

Support• Monitor Copyright• Updates automatically• Custom Usage Reports• Creates Subject

Guides

• One-stop search for users

• Intuitive interface• Search the library’s

OPAC for print volumes we own

• Seamless User Authentication

• Relevancy Ranking

E-Serials: Current Reality

DatabaseDrivenProducts

Open URLProducts

AggregatorInterfaces

IntegratedLibrarySystems

Homegrownwith ColdFusion

Homegrownwith ASP

Database Driven Products

• Serials Solutionshttp://www.serialssolutions.com/

• JournalWebCite

http://www.journalwebcite.com/ • TDNethttp://www.tdnet.com/

• Serials Cybrarian

http://www.creativelib.com

OpenURL Products

• WebFeathttp://www.webfeat.org

• 1catehttp://www.openly.com/1cate/

• SFXhttp://www.sfxit.com

Aggregator Interfaces

• EBSCO Online

http://www.ebsco.com/online/

• OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online (ECO)

http://www.oclc.org/oclc/menu/

eco.htm

Integrated Library Systems

• Endeavor– LinkFinderPlushttp://www.endinfosys.com/

prods/linkfinderplus.htm

• Fretwell-downing– ZPortalhttp://www.fdgroup.co.uk/fdi/

zportal/overview.html

Homegrown with Cold Fusion

• Raritan Valley Community College

 Resources listed by title:http://library.raritanval.edu/cfm-bin/byTitle.cfm  Resources listed by subject:http://library.raritanval.edu/cfm-bin/bySubject.cfm

Homegrown with ASP

• Dowling Collegehttp://www.dowling.edu/library/

links/ejlink.htm

• University of Arkansas

http://dante.uark.edu/eresources/

eresources.asp

Future Developments

• Object-oriented Tracking

See Scrolling Forward: Making Sense of Documents in the Digital Age by David M. Levy (2002) Arcade Pub.

Review: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/may02/

E-Serials: The Ideal

• Cost Effective• Responsive Tech

Support• Monitor Copyright• Updates automatically• Custom Usage Reports• Creates Subject

Guides

• One-stop search for users

• Intuitive interface• Search the library’s

OPAC for print volumes we own

• Seamless User Authentication

• Relevancy Ranking

For further information:

• NASIG http://www.nasig.org

• CONSERhttp://www.loc.gov/acq/conser/

• Web links for Serialists:http://www.lib.utk.edu/~techserv/serials/serpubs.htm

• EARL E-Serials White Paperhttp://www.ukoln.ac.uk/public/earl/issuepapers/es

erials.html

Selected Bibliography

• Robbins, Laura Pope. (2002) “Creating an integrated periodicals listing using Microsoft Access and ASP scripts.” OCLC Systems & Services, vol. 18, no. 1: 24-31.

• Shouse, Daniel L. et al. (2001) “Managing journals: one library’s experience.” Library Hi Tech, vol. 19, no. 2: 150-153.

• Van de Sompel, Herbert and Oren Beit-Aire. (2001) “Open Linking in the Scholarly Information Environment using the OpenURL Framework.” D-Lib Magazine, vol. 7, no. 3. http://www.dlib.org/dlib/march01/vandesompel/03vandesompel.html

Electronic Serials Management

Contact Information:

Mary Mallery, Ph.D.

mallerym@mail.montclair.edu

Telephone: (973) 655-7150