E-Serials Cataloging: Access to Continuing and Integrating Resources via the Catalog and the Web

By Wayne Jones and Jim Cole

Book Overview

Examine current methods of e-serials cataloging with an accent on online accessibility This comprehensive guide examines the state of electronic serials cataloging with special attention paid to online capacities. E-Serials Cataloging: Access to Continuing and Integrating Resources via the Catalog and the Web presents a review of the e-serials cataloging methods of the 1990s and discusses the international standards (ISSN, ISBD ER], AACR2) that are applicable. It puts the concept of online accessibility into historical perspective and offers a look at current applications to consider. Practicing librarians, catalogers and administrators of technical services, cataloging and service departments, and Web managers will find this book to be an invaluable asset.E-Serials Cataloging: Access to Continuing and Integrating Resources via the Catalog and the Web includes:

an annotated bibliography of selected cataloging processes for online e-serials a complete collection of notes used in cataloging AACR2 e-serials the results of a survey on staffing for cataloging e-serials in ALR libraries a literature review of e-serials cataloging in the 1990sThis book is an essential resource for anyone involved with the day-to-day processing of electronic serials. E-Serials Cataloging: Access to Continuing and Integrating Resources via the Catalog and the Web provides a complete reference to an information phenomenon that represents a major advance in electronic library science for libraries large and small.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789017113
• ISBN13: 9780789017116
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"