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News from Serials, Vol 12, no.1, March 1999News from Serials, Vol 12, no.1, March 1999 Please send News items to:
Agricultural journal price study A recent study by a task force at Cornell University has shown that, between 1988 and 1994, the price-per-page of core agricultural journals increased by 65.7% for all titles. Commercial publications increased by 77.8%, and those of societies and associations increased by 33.3%. The report can be viewed at http://adam.mannlib.cornell.edu/jps/jps.htm Journal Citation Reports CHEST hopes to include Journal Citation Reports as an optional extra in its new ISI Agreement (September 1999). Details: http://bubl.ac.uk/link/updates/current.html BioMedNet improvements From February 1999 BioMedNet will incorporate major new features in its Evaluated MEDLINE service. Improvements include an extension of the Evaluations/Cited by functionality, personalised direct downloading to bibliographic software, and a new advanced search facility. Details: Simon Prodger, BioMedNet Press Officer, Middlesex house, 34-42 Cleveland Street, London WP1 6LE; Tel.: 0171-323-0323; Fax: 0171-631-0819; E-mail: simonp@biomednet.com; URL: http://www.biomednet.com/db/medline Blackwell's SIM expansion Since its launch in 1997, nearly half of Blackwell's ISIS clients in the UK, and over 30 clients in the US have converted to the Windows-based SIM (Serials Information Manager). SIM already incorporates single or multiple-copy check-in, automatic claiming, circulation, order processing and financial management. Developments planned for 1999 include priority circulation, general ledger function, and barcode input and output. Details: Maggie Puddicombe, Blackwell's, Hythe Bridge Street, Oxford OX1 2ET; Tel./Fax:: 0161-747-9177; E-mail: maggie.puddicombe@blackwell.co.uk Royal Society of Chemistry to distribute via Blackwell's ESP The Royal Society of Chemistry has authorised distribution of its CD-ROM database Chemicals and Companies through Blackwell's ESP (Electronic Subscription Provider). Other publishers already available through ESP include Dialog, the British Library, Kluwer, Key note Ltd., UMI and Whitaker. Details: Paul Williams, Blackwell's, Hythe Bridge Street, Oxford OX2 0AJ; Tel.: 01865-792792; Fax: 01865-262503; E-mail: paul.williams@blackwell.co.uk British Library to use ScienceDirect The British Library and Elsevier Science BV have reached a three-year agreement whereby Elsevier's ScienceDirect Onsite system will be stored for use in the British Library's public reading rooms, and for satisfying both library privilege and copyright-fee paid document delivery requests. Details: British Library Press Office, Tel.: 0171-412-7111; Fax: 0171-412-7168; E-mail: press-and-pr@bl.uk Draft CHEST agreement for consortia CHEST is actively pursuing pricing structures for future agreements that provide reduced costs for consortia, where appropriate. A draft agreement for consortia has been drawn up, and a mailbase list has been set up to enable potential consortia members to locate other interested parties. To join the list, send an e-mail to: mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk, leave the subject field blank, and enter a single-line message :- join chest-consortia Details: Nikki Green, CHEST Data Team Manager; Tel.: 01225-826172; Fax: 01225-826177; E-mail: nikki.green@chest.ac.uk; URL: http://www.chest.ac.uk/ CoLRic address The Council for Learning Resources in Colleges (CoLRic) has a new e-mail address, viz.: colric@colric.org.uk CONSER survey on access to serials within aggregator databases This survey is being undertaken to determine the need for access to journal titles in full text aggregator databases, the most desired form of such access, and the level of willingness to cooperate in providing such access. The CONSER first encountered such a problem in the late 1980s with the appearance of CD-ROMs which could contain as many as 2,000 titles; in the late 1990s the problem recurs with online databases. An ALA working party was set up in 1998 to explore the options, and to report and make recommendations to the Policy Committee of the Program for Cooperative Cataloging. Details: John J. Riemer, Assistant Head of Cataloging, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, GA 30602, USA; Tel.: +1-706-542-0591; Fax: +1-706-542-4144; E-mail: jriemer@arches.uga.edu NTIS to provide access through Dawson's IQ service Dawson's have recently reached agreement with NTIS to provide access to US government-sponsored technical reports, business and management studies, international marketing reports, materials and chemical science data through its IQ (Information Quest) service. Details: http://www.informationquest.com/ RSLP Website The Research Support Libraries Programme Web site can now be accessed at : http://www.rslp.ac.uk/ EBLIDA/ECUP/STM joint statement on incidental digitisation Representatives of EBLIDA, ECUP and STM have recently issued a joint statement on the incidental digitisation and storage of STM print journal articles. The principles have been developed in the context of scientific, technical and medical journal publishing, and different principles may apply to different types of published materials and journals; they are not intended to replace specifically negotiated licences between individual publishers and individual libraries. Further information: Barbara Schleihagen, EBLIDA, POB 43300, NL-2504 AH The Hague, The Netherlands; Tel.: +31-70-309-0608: Fax: +31-709-0708; E-mail: eblida@nblc.nl; URL: http://www.eblida.org/ EBSCO Online aggregator service launched EBSCO Online is a Web-based service providing a single site for end-users to access their library's electronic journal collection,. searching across journal content, regardless of publisher. Managers can chose from a variety of authentication methods, and can track and monitor usage. Amongst the publishers whose electronic journals are already available are MIT Press, Arnold Publishing, and SIAM. Details : http://www.ebsco.com/home/ Unix platform now available for EOS International's Q Series ILS EOS International recently announced that its client/server based ILS was now available for Sun Microsystem's Solaris operating system, as well as on its original Windows NT platform. Details: EOS International, Tel.: 0171-253-1177; E-mail: sales@eosintl.co.uk; URL: http://www.eosintl.com/ EQUINOX The EU-funded research project EQUINOX aims to address the need for libraries to develop and utilise methods of measuring the performance of library services within a framework of quality management. It is also intended to develop and test an integrated quality management and performance measurement software tool for library managers. The project will build on the findings and recommendations of earlier EU projects including ECLIPSE, MINSTREL, DECIMAL and DECIDE. The project partners are: Manchester Metropolitan University, Fretwell Downing Informatics Ltd., Dublin City University, Universitaets- und Landesbibliothek Muenster, Universita Oberta de Catalunya, Stockholm university Library. Details: Zoe Clarke, CERLIM, Manchester Metropolitan University, Geoffrey Manton Building, Rosamund Street West, off Oxford Road, Manchester M15 6LL; Tel.: 0161-247-6142; Fax: 0161-247-6351; E-mail: z.clarke@mmu.ac.uk Newspapers for Info Trac The Gale Group recently announced agreements with 19 newspaper publishers internationally to provide editorial content for Info Trac Web (formerly Info Trac SearchBank). United Kingdom newspapers which are, or will shortly become available, include the Daily Telegraph, the Financial Times, and the Mail on Sunday. Details: Heather Taylor, Information Access Company, Watergate House, 13-15 York Buildings, London WC2N 6JU; Tel.: 0171-930-3933; Fax: 0171-930-9190; E-mail: Heather_Taylor@iacnet.com NJP publishes first articles The New Journal of Physics (NJP) has published its first articles. A joint Institute of Physics/Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft publication, NJP is available free via the Internet; subscribers to IOPP's electronic journals service can also avail of a personal email alerting facility. NJP publishes incrementally, with new work appearing online immediately upon acceptance. Details: Terry Hulbert, IOPP, Dirac House, Temple Back, Bristol BS1 6BE; Tel.: 0117-9301105; Fax: 0117-930-1187; E-mail: terry.hulbert@ioppublishing.co.uk; URL: http://www.njp.org/ CoDAS Web discontinued The online alerting service CoDAS Web, run jointly by IOPP and Elsevier Science, ceased in January. Changing market requirements were behind the decision - online access to full-text articles has become so much the norm that the service had outlived its usefulness. Details: Terry Hulbert, IOPP, Dirac House, Temple Back, Bristol BS1 6BE; Tel.: 0117-9301105; Fax: 0117-930-1187; E-mail: terry.hulbert@ioppublishing.co.uk; Hans Kort, Elsevier BV, Sara Burgerhartstraat 25, 1055 KV Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Tel.: +31-20-485-3431; Fax: +31-20-485-2580; E-mail: h.kort@elsevier.nl IOPP to launch 30-year online archive Institute of Physics Publishing has announced plans to launch a 30-year online abstract archive of its entire range of scientific journals; IOPP's full-text archive is also to be extended. The extended online archive will be available to institutional print subscribers at no extra cost. Details: Lucy Pearce, IOPP, Dirac House, Temple Back, Bristol BS1 6BE; Tel.: 0117-9301105; Fax: 0117-930-1187; E-mail: lucy.pearce@ioppublishing.co.uk ICOLC announces new guidelines for measuring usage of Internet resources The International Coalition of Library Consortia has recently announced its Guidelines for Statistical Measures of Usage of Web-based Indexed, Abstracted and Full Text Resources. The Guidelines describe the types of use data and measurement that ICOLC members expect from vendors of Web-based resources indexed, abstracted and full text resources. Usage data gathered in the recommended categories will enable consortia members, and vendors, to analyse use and frequency of use without violating the individual's right to privacy. Details: Kristan Collins, OhioLINK; Tel.: +1-614-728-3600, ext. 329; E-mail: kristan@ohiolink.edu; URL http://www.library.yale.edu/consortia/ New grey literature journal The International Journal on Grey Literature will be launched at GL 99, the 4th International Conference on Grey Literature in October 1999. The first issue of the new quarterly journal will be published in 2000. JSTOR announces final Phase 1 list The final list of 117 titles for Phase 1 of JSTOR has recently been announced; over 70 of the titles are already available for online access. The full list can be found at the URL below. Details: Daniel Holden, JSTOR Information Officer, Manchester Computing, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL; Tel.: 0161-275-7919; Fax: 0161-275-6040; E-mail: zzalsdh2@fs1.mcc.ac.uk; URL: http://www.jstor.ac.uk/about/field.list.html Blackwell's offer for Heffers It has been confirmed that Blackwell Retail Ltd has made an offer for the acquisition of W Heffer & Sons Ltd in Cambridge. The Heffer's Board is recommending Blackwell's offer to their shareholders. For over 120 years Blackwell's and Heffer's have both specialised in academic and professional bookselling. Blackwell Retail Ltd is part of the global company, Blackwell Ltd, which - like Heffer's - is still wholly family-owned. Details: Alan Leitch, Managing Director, or Clare Pirie, Marketing and Brand Manager, Blackwell's Bookshops, Beaver House, Hythe Bridge Street, Oxford OX1 2ET; Tel: 01865 792792; Fax: 01865 790937; Steve Weaving, W Heffer & Sons Ltd Press Office, Tel: 01353 669939. German-speaking serials interest group formed At the 1998 Frankfurt book Fair a group of interested parties decided to establish a special interest group for serialists working in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The organisation will be known as Forum Zeitschriften, or GSIG (German-speaking Serials Interest Group), and in its initial stages will be represented by Anne Bein (Swets & Zeitlinger, Germany), Hartmut Walravens (Staatsbibliothek Berlin) and Werner Stephan (Universitaetsbibliothek Stuttgart). Representatives will attend the UKSG-European Serials Conference in Manchester in April 1999, and GSIG plans to launch the first issue of Forum Zeitschriften at the Freiburg Congress in May 1999. Details: Anne Bein, Swets & Zeitlinger GmbH, E-mail: annebein@swets.nl; Hartmut Walravens, Staatsbibliothek Berlin, E-mail: walravens@sbb.spk-berlin.de |
