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Serials
–
the journal for the serials community – now more generally
available
The
United Kingdom Serials Group (UKSG) has announced that it will make its
prestigious journal Serials available to non-members worldwide on
subscription from 2002. The new
editors of the journal Hazel Woodward and Helen Henderson have broadened the
scope of the journal and want to make it more accessible to the information
community around the world. Hazel
Woodward (the University Librarian at Cranfield University and Director of the
Cranfield University Press) said “some organisations who are not currently
members of the UK Serials Group would really like access to the journal. By making it available more generally we
hope to get a wider circulation, more contributions and a greater influence for
UKSG within the serials industry”.
UKSG
members will continue to have other exclusive benefits. In addition to the discounts on the
conference and seminars, later this year will see the introduction of the
members’ electronic newsletter.
Helen Henderson commented “it is clear that we need two channels of
communication; the purely electronic medium for topical and fast moving
information, and the journal for more substantial article and archive
information”.
UKSG also hope that more people will take
advantage of the electronic version which has been available through CatchWord
(an ingenta company) for two years.
Bev Acreman (Marketing Director of Taylor & Francis) of the UKSG
Marketing Sub-Committee said “with
the introduction of the online edition of Serials, we have added some
real value to this important journal.
For the first time you will be able to follow reference links forward and
backwards through citing and cited articles right back to the original article
where they are available online.
This is all possible using the recent CrossRef technology project where
to date, there are 70 publishers participating accounting for over 3,800
journals with about 3 million article records in the database. In addition, any
websites listed within Serials articles will be automatically hyperlinked
enabling you to click straight through to them, plus email any authors who have
included their email addresses in the article”.
A
free sample issue of Serials is available at www.uksg.org
Serials
is published three times a year and contains articles, summaries of key issues
for the community, book reviews as well as industry and people news. It is
included in the membership fee of 76.19 UK pounds for 2002. The subscription for
Serials only for 2002 will be 60.00 UK pounds ($86 Euros 94.50) for
electronic free with print and UK pounds 55.00 ($79 Euros 86.50) (plus VAT where appropriate) for
electronic only.
For
more information contact:
Ms Alison
Whitehorn, Business Manager, UK Serials
Group Hilltop, Heath End , Newbury RG20 0AP, UK
Tel.: +44 (0)1635 254292 Fax: +44 (0)1635
253826 E-mail:
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