Vinh-The Lam
(Published in Serials librarian, v. 39, no. 3, 2001, p. 25-34)
This paper is based on the author's presentation at the American Society for Information Science (ASIS) Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., October 31 - November 4, 1999, as part of the Session on "Knowledge Organization and Use as Viewed by Caregivers (Aka Librarians)".
ABSTRACT
Remote access electronic
journals are now a major part of academic library resources. This paper discusses some of the most
important organizational and technical issues in providing access to these
journals. Licensing is presented as the
most complex organizational issue, requiring special skills in negotiation for
and implementation of license agreements with vendors. In terms of technical issues, cataloging and
system-related problems are identified and discussed. Discussions of the efforts in harmonizing
ISBD(ER) and AACR2R as well as the use of single vs separate records for
electronic journals and their print counterparts are presented. Finally, various approaches to authentication
and access management for networked electronic journals are compared.
