From Carnegie to Internet2: Forging the Serial's Future

by P. Michelle Flander, Joseph C. Harmon, Jonathan David Makepeace

Overview

Couldn't attend the conference? Pick up the book!The Internet has been called a revolution, and it is; both in the ways that people and institutions communicate with each other, and in the ways that resources can now be shared. Professionals in the information field share a mandate to enable current and future generations to make use of this technology. From Carnegie to Internet2: Forging the Serial's Future is derived from proceedings of NASIG's 14th Annual Conference, held in June 1999 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This comprehensive guide to the conference proceedings discusses the powerful impact that the current explosion of information technology has had on librarianship and shares information to help you understand and benefit from these new tools.From Carnegie to Internet2 begins with a discussion of metadata--how it is created, how it is used and misused, and how to access it through search engines, including current and future access to electronic serials. Next, you'll encounter a proactive process for looking at what's to come for your library in “Scenario Building: Creating Your Library's Future.”As you proceed through From Carnegie to Internet2 you will find fascinating discussions of:

• full-text databases
• electronic serials
• reliable and unreliable Web sources
• the history of librarianship
• scholarly publishing by librarians
• the evolution of distance education . . . and much more!

The current information and practical insight in From Carnegie to Internet2 will help you improve your technical skills and prepare you and your library for the 21st century!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040287668
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	11/01/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	420

About the Author

P. Michelle Flander, Joseph C. Harmon, Jonathan David Makepeace

Table of Contents

Introduction, Preconference Programs, Metadata Preconference, Scenario Building: Creating Your Library's Future, Plenary Sessions, Moving the Network Revolution in Knowledge Management Beyond Random Acts of Progress, Information Ecologies, Shift Happens: Ten Key Trends in Our Profession and Ten Strategies for Success, Issues Sessions, Academic Librarianship and the Redefining Scholarship Project, Elements of Style for Next Generation Serials Electronic Data Interchange, Initial Articles (Peak Project), PEAK Project Overview, Project PEAK: Vanderbilt's Experience with Articles on Demand, E-Business for E-Journals: Article Pay-Per-View, UNIFIED SEARCHING OF LOCALLY MOUNTED AND DISTRIBUTED WEB JOURNALS, The American Physical Society and the TORPEDO Ultra Project, , The U. S. Naval Research Laboratory and the TORPEDO Ultra Project, The Evolution of Distance Learning Environments: Shift Happens, The Evolution of Distance Learning Environments: Shift Happens, Looking Back, Looking Back, One Hundred Percent Communication, One Hundred Percent Communication, . . . And I'll Have That Order with a License on the Side, Please, Vendors and Licenses: Adding Value for Customers, Licensing: A Publisher's Perspective, Subscription Agent and Publisher Initiatives, Breaking the Database Barrier, Searching and Access to Full Content on the Web, or, We've Got Documents and Publications, Now What?, Developing a Web Collection: Selection and Evaluation, Developing a Web Collection: Selection and Evaluation, Academic Issues in E-Journal Selection and Evaluation, Reducing Journal Costs Through Advertising: Exploring the Possibilities, Additive Change: Unobtrusive Advert

Editorial Reviews

3 Stars from Doody

This is a comprehensive presentation of the proceedings of the 14th Annual North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) Conference held in Pittsburgh in June 1999. This text is designed to serve as a summary of the conference's numerous programs, workshops, and sessions. Papers in this volume are reported and written by NASIG members, conference attendees, and presenters. This text is written primarily for serialists, who desire a detailed, written record of the conference; however, the reports may be of interest to anyone involved in technical services-related work. Workshops cover a wide range of topics. Many of the sessions focus on the organization and management of remote-access electronic serials and full-text databases. Detailed topics include metadata, vendor relations, licensing agreements, and selecting and evaluating e-journals. Other topics include the evolution of distance education, scholarly publishing by librarians, and desktop journal article delivery. The text also includes an alphabetical index of conference registrants and the institutions with which they are affiliated. If your library subscribes to The Serials Librarian, the articles contained in this volume can be found in Vol. 38, No. 1/2-3/4 (2000). Much of the information in this book is not new and a good deal of the value is in the presentation. However, this book provides an excellent print record of the conference contents. Given the cost of this volume, it is recommended primarily for libraries who do not have access to The Serials Librarian yet desire a chronicle of the conference.

Bonnie S. Parks

Reviewer: Bonnie S. Parks, MLIS (Oregon State University)
Description: This is a comprehensive presentation of the proceedings of the 14th Annual North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) Conference held in Pittsburgh in June 1999.
Purpose: This text is designed to serve as a summary of the conference's numerous programs, workshops, and sessions. Papers in this volume are reported and written by NASIG members, conference attendees, and presenters.
Audience: This text is written primarily for serialists, who desire a detailed, written record of the conference; however, the reports may be of interest to anyone involved in technical services-related work.
Features: Workshops cover a wide range of topics. Many of the sessions focus on the organization and management of remote-access electronic serials and full-text databases. Detailed topics include metadata, vendor relations, licensing agreements, and selecting and evaluating e-journals. Other topics include the evolution of distance education, scholarly publishing by librarians, and desktop journal article delivery. The text also includes an alphabetical index of conference registrants and the institutions with which they are affiliated.
Assessment: If your library subscribes to The Serials Librarian, the articles contained in this volume can be found in Vol. 38, No. 1/2-3/4 (2000). Much of the information in this book is not new and a good deal of the value is in the presentation. However, this book provides an excellent print record of the conference contents. Given the cost of this volume, it is recommended primarily for libraries who do not have access to The Serials Librarian yet desire a chronicle of the conference.

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