Annual Conference

Presenters: Tina Feick, Harrassowitz; Deberah England, Wright State University; Jeff Aipperspach, Serials Solutions; Kim Steinle, Duke University Press; Chris Beckett, Atypon

Whitewater rafting is an act of cooperation between you, your guide, your raft mates and mainly the river. Successful management of electronic journals is no different.  Cooperation and understanding among many players are necessary to fulfill user needs.  This one-day preconference will have a roster of “faculty” serving as guides in an interactive setting so that you and your raft mates can discuss common problems, discover potential solutions and develop best practices to successfully navigate the rapids, whirlpools and sometimes deceptively calm waters which reflect the turbulent world of electronic journals.  Faculty will include representatives from libraries, subscription agents, publishers and others involved in the electronic journal life cycle, such as PAMS (Public Access Management Services), ERAMS (E-Resource Access Management Systems) and platform providers.  Discussion topics will be determined by the registrants prior to the session and may include: management tools, workflow, training, re-organization, skill sets, role of agents, consortia, relevant standards and trends for the future.

Presenters: Linda Geisler and Esther Simpson, Library of Congress

Electronic Serials Cataloging Workshop, developed by the Serials Cooperative Cataloging Training Program (SCCTP) under the CONSER Program, is designed as a hands-on training course for cataloging electronic serials distributed through the Web.  This workshop is based on Anglo-American Cataloging Rules (AACR), 2nd edition, including the 2001 amendments and the revised edition published in 2002.  It incorporates key revisions of chapter 9, "Electronic resources" and chapter 12 "Continuing resources" that apply to electronic serials, but is not a comprehensive course on serials cataloging.  The course is also based on Library of Congress Rule Interpretations, the MARC 21 format, and CONSER specific policies and practices set forth in the CONSER Cataloging Manual and CONSER Editing Guide.  The curriculum includes six lessons: Introduction; Cataloging an online serial; Aggregations and packages; Online versions; Changes that affect cataloging; Case studies.  Audience: The course is designed for those who have previous serials cataloging experience.  Contact hours: The course is presented in one and a half days.  It includes lecture, discussions, and exercises.  Course revision: August 2008.