Electronic Journals: Libraries’Latest 900 Pound Gorilla

Stefanie WittenbachHead of AcquisitionsUniversity of California, RiversideCouncil on Library/Media Technicians Annual Conference, 6/01

Electronic Journal Management Issues• Selection Decisions• Acquisitions Practices• Serials Management Issues• Technical Requirements• Future Electronic Resources

Selection Decisions

• Access Limitations• Cost• Scope and content• Usability

Acquisitions Practices

• Use of Aggregators• License Agreements

– Customer number– Cost– Access verification

• Consortial Arrangements

Serials Management Issues• Traditional Serials Functions

– Cataloging– Checkin/Binding

• Issue availability Information

Technical Requirements

• URL Checking• Ongoing Access Maintenance• Links to Full Text from Databases

Future Electronic Resources• Increasing Number of Journals• Streamlined Access to Full-text• Archiving of Electronic Data• Monographs

For More Information

• University of California, Riverside Library’s website:

• http://library.ucr.edu/depts/acquisitions/ serials.shtml– Ejournal processing procedures– Slide shows