PIE-J: The Presentation & Identification of E-Journals, a NISO (National
Information Standards Organization) Recommended Practice (NISO RP-16-2013), was
published just over a year ago, having been approved on March 25, 2013. In just
over 12 months, the full Recommended Practice document has received well over
4500 downloads, while two PIE-J brochures have received a total of more than
2000 downloads. All three documents can be accessed from the PIE-J website at
http://www.niso.org/workrooms/piej. This level of download activity suggests
that PIE-J is meeting a need. For PIE-J to succeed, it is essential that
librarians, publishers, and other e-journal providers be aware of its
existence.
The PIE-J Standing Committee, co-chaired by Sally Glasser (Hofstra University)
and Ed Cilurso (Taylor & Francis), is charged with responding to specific
questions about the Recommended Practice, gathering comments for a full review
of the Recommended Practice document, and promoting PIE-J. Help us gather
feedback and spread the word.
We Want Your Feedback!
If you are a librarian who has written publishers and providers about PIE-J,
the Standing Committee would like to hear from you, whether the result was
positive or negative. Likewise, the Committee would greatly appreciate hearing
from publishers and providers who have made changes to their websites based on
PIE-J and user feedback, intend to make changes based on PIE-J during a future
website redesign, or feel that the recommended practices are not feasible.
Please write the Committee at [log in to unmask] with the subject “PIE-J
feedback.”
Learn More at Upcoming Meetings
Standing Committee members have been busy making the rounds at various
conferences and meetings (ALA Midwinter, ER&L, CEAL). Next up are NASIG (May
1-4, Fort Worth, TX), the Society of Scholarly Publishers (SSP) conference (May
28-30, Boston), and ALA Annual (June 28-July 1, Las Vegas). If you plan to
attend any of these conferences, please look out for NISO’s PIE-J
presentations! Also, on Monday, May 12, 2014 at 3 pm EST co-chairs Sally
Glasser and Ed Cilurso will be speaking about PIE-J at NISO’s monthly Open
Teleconference. Dial-in information is here:
http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/telecon/
Template for Contacting Publishers & Providers
The Standing Committee recently posted a template to the PIE-J website for
librarians wishing to contact publishers and providers with concerns about the
presentation of e-journals on their websites. The template includes suggested
wording but is completely customizable. If you (or your users) have experienced
an access or display issue that is due to the way in which e-journals are
presented online, use the template to let publishers and providers know how
PIE-J can help. Get it here:
http://www.niso.org/apps/group_public/document.php?document_id=12536&wg_abbrev=piej-sc.
Want More Information on PIE-J?
Regina Reynolds, who was on the original PIE-J Working Group and has continued
on the Standing Committee, recently published the article, "PIE-J: Presentation
and Identification of E-Journals: What's the Point?" in Insights, the UKSG
Journal, vol. 26, no. 3 (Nov. 2013). The article provides an excellent overview
of PIE-J and is freely available at:
http://uksg.metapress.com/content/r432rnq607l7x1m6/?genre=article&volume=26&issue=3&spage=311&eissn=2048-7754.
Steve Shadle/Serials Access Librarian [log in to unmask]
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Seattle, WA 98195-2900 Phone: (206) 685-3983
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