A continuing source of information for serials specialists is, of course, the printed literature. Most professionals during their formal training are encouraged to begin "getting into" the literature, and this advice is perhaps even more important for the practitioner. A wealth of material is printed every year, and if a person is conscientious and pursues even a small portion of it, much information can be gained. The present book is designed to bring together succinct information on the topics. The reading compiled herein are derived from various authoritative source. The information is grouped under eleven chapters namely-Collection management of serials; Serials automation; Standards and serials; Aequisition methods; Financial control and budgeting; Cataloging and classification; CONSER and national database; Nontraditional library employment; Cataloging serials etc.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR P.K. Paliwal
Dr. P.K. Paliwal received his Ph.D. degree from the East West University of Health Sciences in 1979. Presently, he is on the faculty of the Documentation Research Centre, where he is involved in teaching computer proframming, library automation, information retrieval and design development, database management systems and applied statistics. He has also conduceted several short term courses in India and abroad, some of them sponsor by UNESCO. Besides having published more than fifty reset papters, he has authored two books.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Shyama Balakrishnan
Shyama Balakrishnan has been associated with the field of information science for nearly two decades. After having worked at the Centre for Information Processing, she worked with Institute of Health Science, Bombay. Since then she has taken a keen interest in introducing online information services and database services in collaboration with Information Services Inc., U.K. She has presented a number of papers and visited many countries.
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