Hi,
I thought members of the list might be interested in the contents of the
latest issue of Serials.
Cheers
Lesley
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Dear Lesley Crawshaw,
Volume 18 Number 3/November 2005 of Serials: The Journal for the Serials
Community is now available on the uksg.metapress.com web site at
<http://uksg.metapress.com/link.asp?id=80PRY28VT303>
http://uksg.metapress.com.
This issue contains:
<http://uksg.metapress.com/link.asp?id=3EE2AG1MTYRLCQL4> Editorial
p. 173
<http://uksg.metapress.com/link.asp?id=F92WME2M8KBNB2M9> Mini-profile: a
day in the life of a reference librarian
p. 175
Britta Wallin
<http://uksg.metapress.com/link.asp?id=9U8E6GYUE5BVJM56> Mini-profile: a
day in the life of a subject information specialist
p. 177
Heather Woodfield
<http://uksg.metapress.com/link.asp?id=3XUW658L865822WE> The implementation
of a VLE: not so virtual after all
p. 179
Frances Boyle
This article looks at the many pragmatic issues involved in the development,
roll-out and take-up, from the library perspective, of a Virtual Learning
Environment (VLE) within a large research university. It considers how VLEs
may or may not fit into the wider e-learning landscape and also aims to flag
up the wider implications for the other stakeholders in the information and
content market.
<http://uksg.metapress.com/link.asp?id=AU3JV1N2YPYFTHKK> Strictly Legal:
Toeing the Copyright Line
p. 184
Strictly Legal: Toeing the Copyright Line - Copyright and legal deposit in a
changing environment
Under this striking headline UKSG issued an invitation to a special theme
day on 7 June at the British Library in London. As far as we know, this was
the first such arrangement of its kind, so we decided to make the trip from
Denmark to the UK.
36 participants from publishers and libraries had made their way to London
to take part in the event.
<http://uksg.metapress.com/link.asp?id=DFXRYERHBN0RAKY6> Legal issues for
information professionals VIII: understanding the recent changes to
copyright law
p. 186
Charles Oppenheim
This article considers the recent changes in UK copyright law and the
implications of them for information professionals. It sets the background
to why these changes have come about. The most important changes are those
on database rights and those resulting from the EU Directive on copyright in
the information society. The latter has imposed new rules regarding
so-called Technical Protection Systems, Rights Management Information and
copyright for commercial research purposes. Suggestions are made for what
will qualify as commercial copying or what will not. The article concludes
with some thoughts on the management of risk in the current environment.
<http://uksg.metapress.com/link.asp?id=89QQNDRX1BQJ9L8T> The management and
development of e-resources at LSE
p. 192
Sally Rumsey
The Library at LSE provides access to a wide range of electronic resources:
e-journals, databases, e-books and datasets. Managing these resources is
challenging, and procedures and practices are being set up and improved.
Working groups comprising expert staff have been set up to enable discussion
and decision-making for all aspects of e-resource management. New systems
being implemented include an electronic resource management system and an
institutional repository. Areas that are being developed are those of usage
statistics, resource evaluation, policies and procedures and the use of
e-books.
<http://uksg.metapress.com/link.asp?id=208CRXWRKVJEPD90> How to beat the
serials crisis
p. 196
Helle Lauridsen
The State and University Library in Aarhus, Denmark, suffers - like many
other large academic libraries - from tight, stagnant budgets as well as
mounting shelf space problems. At the same time the library wants to broaden
its services to its users and ensure that most of the information that is
needed is readily available at the fingertips of the individual student or
researcher. This article describes the library's strategy for change and the
tools used for making the change possible, as well as very successful.
<http://uksg.metapress.com/link.asp?id=DPBHAQB0NJVHDV68> CrossRef: beyond
journal reference linking
p. 199
Amy Brand, Chuck Kosher
The CrossRef network today covers millions of journal articles and other
scholarly content from several hundred academic publishers and societies.
CrossRef launched in early 2000 as a co-operative venture among publishers
to support persistent, industry-wide citation linking in journals using the
Digital Object Identifier, or DOI. In five-plus years of operation, CrossRef
has grown steadily in many dimensions, including the number of voting
members and participating publishers; the number of journals covered; the
types of content to which DOIs are assigned; coverage of scholarly and
professional disciplines; usage by the research community; and overall
technical functionality. This article briefly surveys recent CrossRef
developments, focusing on functional enhancements to the CrossRef system.
<http://uksg.metapress.com/link.asp?id=7YHRNEFGEG3XYDLC> The Research
Information Network: genesis, strategy and role
p. 206
Michael Jubb
The Research Information Network (RIN) is a new organization that aims to
serve the research community in the UK by leading and co-ordinating the
provision of enhanced research information services. This paper sets out how
the RIN came into being, how it is organized and funded, and the mission and
role that have been given to it by its sponsors: the UK higher education
funding councils, the research councils, the British Library, and the
national libraries of Scotland and Wales. The essential task for the RIN is
to work with the key stakeholders in the research and information
communities to meet the challenges of building a more effective,
sustainable, and continuingly developing information infrastructure that
meets the needs of researchers. The paper outlines the RIN's key strategic
aims, and how it intends to meet the challenges that have been set for it.
<http://uksg.metapress.com/link.asp?id=9DA0EQD4TN6Y0GUR> The race to
digitize: are we forfeiting quality?
p. 211
Alice Keller
The article describes the errors and deficiencies found in digitized journal
back issues. The results are not based on systematic or comprehensive
research, but provide a snapshot of the sort of problems librarians and
readers can experience when accessing digitized journals.
Errors and deficiencies are classified in the following categories: failed
access, inaccurate journal titles, missing elements, insufficient quality of
full text images, poor accuracy of OCR and inaccurate metadata.
Observations of the author indicate that digitized back issues of journals
vary greatly in their quality. The conclusion contains a general
recommendation that all publishers who have entered the 'race for
digitization' should carefully review their quality control procedures and
make sure that their products are an accurate reflection of their publishing
history and not fraught with errors. The author suggests that publishers and
providers should develop and adhere to strict quality standards for
digitized journals. Only then can libraries really consider removing print
journals from their shelves.
<http://uksg.metapress.com/link.asp?id=2EN4CPMJHG7QA3W6> How do we provide
access to the content of scholarly research information?
p. 218
Fytton Rowland
Access to published scholarly research information can be achieved in a
number of ways, of which traditional subscription-based publishing is only
one, and not necessarily the most preferable. Authors need visibility and
impact for their work, while institutions need to be able to obtain at an
affordable cost - usually through their libraries - access to all the
research papers needed by staff and students. While much has been achieved
by bulk deals and consortial negotiation with publishers, it is now felt
that open access journals, subject repositories and institutional
repositories show potential, and their further development and deployment
should be encouraged. Institutions and publishers need to investigate the
potential of models that allow a graceful and sustainable transition from
old to new paradigms.
<http://uksg.metapress.com/link.asp?id=AUD7VU87V1VVHV3K> Opening access to
UK doctoral theses: the EThOS Project
p. 230
Jill Russell
<http://uksg.metapress.com/link.asp?id=5BXTNPXW5L682E24> Key Issue COUNTER:
for online journals, databases AND books
p. 231
Peter T Shepherd
<http://uksg.metapress.com/link.asp?id=1HC55EQGW371E9EN> Profile: Michael
Jubb
p. 234
<http://uksg.metapress.com/link.asp?id=6TMEWKFDAFHMD07U> On the circuit
27th annual Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) meeting
p. 236
Dan Tonkery
<http://uksg.metapress.com/link.asp?id=3REVC102F2K7E4RA> People
p. 237
John Jardine
<http://uksg.metapress.com/link.asp?id=3NWVJV6K3B7BRAMY> Notes for
contributors
p. 241
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