The Best of Serials 2010!

 
This year our conference issue of Serials has gone digital. We’ve gathered 2010’s six most downloaded articles into a virtual issue; together they give expert insight and demonstrate the two major themes of 2010:

• ­purchasing models, from the big deal (on its way out for journals, but on its way in for ebooks?) to just-in-case vs. just-in-time
• ­technology & standards, from automated article deposit to next generation ERM systems

Next-generation ERM system: ‘ERM Essentials’ in context
Heather Klusendorf and Kristina Krusmark
Originally published in March 2010. DOI: 10.1629/2347

Next-generation ERM system: ‘360 Resource Manager’ helping to tame the e-world
Jeff Aipperspach and Leslie Lapham
Originally published in March 2010. DOI: 10.1629/2351

The big deal approach to acquiring e-books: a usage-based study
Terry Bucknell
Originally published in July 2010. DOI: 10.1629/23126

Librarians and the terrible fix: economics of the big deal
Theodore C. Bergstrom
Originally published in July 2010. DOI: 10.1629/2377

Automated IR deposit via the SWORD protocol: an MIT/BioMed Central experiment
Ellen Finnie Duranceau and Richard Rodgers
Originally published in November 2010. DOI: 10.1629/23212

‘Just-in-case’ vs. ‘Just-in-time’ – e-book purchasing models
Steve Sharp and Sarah Thompson
Originally published in November 2010. DOI: 10.1629/23201