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E-Serials: Publishers, Libraries, Users, and Standards
ESerials Publishers Libraries Users and Standards Author:Wayne Jones In E-Serials: Publishers, Libraries, Users, and Standards, you'll get a comprehensive, specialized overview of the current state of online publishing. While other publications might focus too much on one or two of the more attractive vistas of electronic serials publishing, this up-to-date volume takes a step back and gives you a broad assortmen... more »t of areas to choose from.Without a doubt, electronic publishing and online serials are a major preoccupation with libraries large and small in all parts of the world. E-Serials gives you a truly diverse look at this information phenomenon and gives you hands-on, applicable access to the current state of publishing, copyright, and pricing of online serials. You'll also discover what's correct and what's not when citing online serials, how the age of electronic data is changing the face of collection development, and how the serials world is going to change as information science leaves the printed page and lands on the computer screen. You'll read about all this and more:
the latest electronic publishing trends
the most forward-looking visions of electronic copyright
the toughest cataloging problems and decisions
the broadest commentaries on metadata managementTruly, the information age has altered the way we do everything--researching, cataloging, and indexing included. This book is ideal for the professional librarian, general reader, or informed citizen who wants to keep abreast of the most recent advances in electronic library science. So, if you're serious about serials, you'll definitely want to log on to the wide assortment of informed research and current scholarship from a truly international panel of experts in E-Serials.