Collection Development Issues in the Online Environment

ISBN-13: 9780789030863 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 190 str.

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Opis

Addresses key issues in electronic materials development and presents practices from academic libraries around the world. This book is helpful to librarians, library administrators, archivists, publishers, and library and information science educators and students. It provides insights on common and special concerns of library administrators.

Spis treści

• Introduction
  
• COMMON ISSUES
  
• Institutional Challenges to Increased Library Provision of Electronic Materials (Gareth J. Johnson)
  
• Electronic Journal Delivery in Academic Libraries (Stephen Crothers, Margaret Prabhu, and Shirley Sullivan)
  
• Electronic Reference Works and Library Budgeting Dilemma (Ibironke O. Lawal)
  
• Going E-Only: A Feasible Option in the Current UK Journals Marketplace? (Martin Wolf)
  
• Are Electronic Serials Helping or Hindering Academic Libraries? (Leila I. T. Wallenius)
  
• SPECIAL ISSUES
  
• DMCA, CTEA, UCITA...Oh My! An Overview of Copyright Law and Its Impact on Library Acquisitions and Collection Development of Electronic Resources (Leslie A. Lee and Michelle M. Wu)
  
• Subscribing to Databases: How Important Is Depth and Quality of Indexing? (Linwood DeLong)
  
• Annual Reports: Preserving and Disseminating a Source for Business History (Cynthia L. Cronin-Kardon and Michael Halperin)
  
• FUTURE ISSUES
  
• Enhanced Online Access Requires Redesigned Delivery Options and Cost Models (David Stern)
  
• Incentives for Deconstruction of the E-Journal (Daniel E. Cleary)
  
• PDA Serials: Practical and Policy Issues for Librarians (Stephen Good)
  
• Index
  
• Reference Notes Included