$75.00 pbk.; ALA Members $67.50 Carol Liheng, Winnie S. Chan,Editors, ,Serials Cataloging Handbook: An Illustrative Guide to the Use of AACR2R and LC Rule Interpretations 2nd Edition (1998) American Library Association,Chicago, Ill. 455 ISBN 0-8389-0732-6.
✍ Scribed by Charity Stokes
- Book ID
- 104273525
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 394 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-7913
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✦ Synopsis
In search of inspiration and an overall look at the state of serials work today? Plenary Session III features Arnold Hirshon with "Jam Tomorrow, Jam Yesterday, but Never Jam Today: Some Modest Proposals for Venturing through the Looking-Glass of Scholarly Communication," ably contrasting the orderly, stable library environment of the past with what he calls "the present imperfect." In this highly interesting report, Hirshon points out that eroding support for higher education and the resultant effects upon library budgets call for new strategies in library organization, outcome measurement, and budgetary alignment.
Papers from the five project sessions offer an interesting mix of descriptions of ongoing electronic cataloging, journal delivery, digital collection building, a highly readable set of definitions and explanations of metadata elements, and a glimpse of the OhioLink