Electronic Serials Management

Programme Features

• Understanding the concept
• Exploring the range and types of serials available electronically
• Similarities and differences between the paper and the electronic product
• The current serials environment and the market trends
• Understanding the key elements of an electronic serials management programme
  • day-to-day serials handling
  • automation of serials management
  • using an intermediary (e.g. subscription agent)
  • site licensing of electronic journals
  • collection management issues (e.g. access to archives)
  • current awareness and alerting services
• Applying the elements
  • case study
  • demonstration of an intermediary's gateway to e-journals
  • hands-on web session for serials exploitation

This one-day course will give you an introduction to the theory and practice of the management of electronic serials and offers the opportunity to gain an understanding of the rapidly-changing serials environment as well as an insight into the practical day-to-day management issues relating to it.

• understand the principles involved in electronic serials management
• understand the recent changes that have taken place in the serials environment
• identify and locate electronic resources, and take away a set of recommended sites
• evaluate your options regarding site licensing

Time: 09.45 - 16.30

Programme
Aslib reserves the right to make changes to this programme without prior notice

09:45 Registration
10.00 Welcome and Introduction
10:15 Session One - What are electronic serials?
11.00 Coffee
11.15 Session Two - Current trends in journal publishing
11:30 Collection management (part one)
12.00 Demonstration of an intermediary's service
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Collection management (part two)
14:00 ' Keeping up to date with e-serials
15.00 Tea
15.15 Hands on session
16:15 Group discussion & review
16:45 Close

A previous delegate has said:

Most impressed by "Clarity of the presentation - well prepared and delivered"
Andrea Leppard, The Natural History Museum

"Speaker very clear and well paced. A very good overview."Tracey Ellis, London Business School