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.
Telephone: (973) 655-7150
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