The international serials industry / edited by Hazel Woodward and Stella Pilling
- Bib ID:
- 452892
- Format:
- Book
- Description:
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- Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Brookfield, Vt., USA : Gower, c1993
- xvi, 275 p. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0566074664
- Summary:
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The importance of serials in the scholarly research environment cannot be questioned. The industry surrounding serials is a powerful one which is constantly changing and the appearance of this book is, we feel, particularly timely, since it provides a detailed examination and overview of the scholarly information chain and of the international serials industry, pulling together the various strands of a business which some would say is in crisis. Contributors are drawn from all sectors of the industry and represent authors, publishers, subscription agents, librarians and end-users. Issues of common concern are addressed from different perspectives and include: the economics of traditional journal publishing, quality versus quantity in scholarly communication, the future of subscription agents, developments in library collection management, and national and international cooperation in the field of serials.
- Full contents:
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- Ch. 1. The international serials industry: an overview / Hazel Woodward and Stella Pilling
- Ch. 2. Too much of a good thing? Quality versus quantity / Jack Meadows
- Ch. 3. Round in circles: the scholar as author and end user in the electronic environment / Christine L. Borgman
- Ch. 4. The economics of traditional journal publishing / Gillian Page
- Ch. 5. The impact of new publishing media / Cliff McKnight and John Richardson
- Ch. 6. Serials and developing countries: producing and selling journals / Jan Willem Dijkstra, Jesse Andriese and Michael Wadman
- Ch. 7. Serials and developing countries: use of serials literature / Subbiah Arunachalam
- Ch. 8. New horizons in journal and article provision: subscription services in a changing marketplace / Richard Rowe
- Ch. 9. New horizons in journal and article provision: journal versus article delivery / David J. Brown
- Ch. 10. Serial prices and scholarly publishing / Arlene Moore Sievers.
- Ch. 11. Serials collection management: the academic library / Toby Burrows
- Ch. 12. Serials collection management: the industrial library / Hans de Roos and Nico van Putte
- Ch. 13. Access to serials: national and international cooperation / Albert A. Mullis.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Scholarly periodicals -- Publishing
- Other authors/contributors:
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
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