Library Resources & Technical Services articles from April 2012

Library Resources & Technical Services archives from April 2012

Editorial
April 1, 2012... I am writing this editorial in late December in very unusual weather for Minnesota. We have no snow on the ground and yesterday the temperature was the same in Minneapolis as it was in Atlanta. Many things are veering from the expected. Does...

Cresting toward the Sea Change: Literature Review of Cataloging and Classification 2009-10
April 1, 2012... This review covers cataloging and classification literature published in 2009 and 2010, including relevant explorations of knowledge organization systems and theory. Only English-language literature is reviewed, though not all of the literature...

How Much Do Core Journals Change over a Decade? the Case of Communication Disorders
April 1, 2012... This study replicates the method of identfying core journals in the field of communication disorders published in the January 2001 issue of Library Resources and Technical Services for the purpose of determining the degree to which the ranked...

Need Exceeds Space: A Serials Withdrawal Project at the University of Rhode Island University Libraries
April 1, 2012... In 2009, the University of Rhode Island's main library, the Robert L. Carothers Library and Learning Commons in Kingston, initiated a pilot serials withdrawal project when the need for space for new services exceeded the space available in the...

Integration of a Research Management System and an OAI-PMH Compatible ETDs Repository at the University of Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia
April 1, 2012... This paper discusses the extension of the Current Research Information System (CRIS) at the University of Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia, to incorporate electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). Data describing ETDs is entered using a web...

University Libraries and Digital Learning Environments.(Book review)
April 1, 2012... University Libraries and Digital Learning Environments. Edited by Penny Dale, Jill Beard, and Matt Holland. Surrey, UK; Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate, 2011. 278p. $114.95 hardcover (ISBN 978-0-7546-7957-8). The purpose of this book is to discuss...

No Shelf Required: E-Books in Libraries.(Book review)
April 1, 2012... No Shelf Required: E-Books in Libraries. Edited by Sue Polanka. Chicago: American Library Association, 2010. 182p. $65.00 paper (ISBN 978-0-8389-1054-2). Sue Polanka (Wright State University, and author of a blog by the same name as this...

Metadata for Digital Collections: A How-to-Do-It Manual.(Book review)
April 1, 2012... Metadata for Digital Collections: A How-to-Do-It Manual. By Steven J. Miller. New York: Neal-Schuman, 2011. 343p. $78.00 softcover (ISBN 978-1-5557-0746-0). How-to-Do-It Manuals. The rapidly developing digital library environment continues to...

Graphic Novels and Comics in Libraries and Archives: Essays on Readers, Research, History, and Cataloging.(Book review)
April 1, 2012... Graphic Novels and Comics in Libraries and Archives: Essays on Readers, Research, History, and Cataloging. Edited by Robert G. Weiner. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2010. 276p. $45.00 paper (ISBN 9780-7864-4302-4). This new collection, which...

Conversations with Catalogers in the 21st Century.(Book review)
April 1, 2012... Conversations with Catalogers in the 21st Century. Edited by Elaine R. Sanchez. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Libraries Unlimited, 2011. 283p. $50.00 (ISBN: 978-1-5988-4702-4; eISBN: 978-1-5988-4703-1). Libraries Unlimited Library Management...

Open Access: What You Need to Know.(Book review)
April 1, 2012... Open Access: What You Need to Know. By Walt Crawford. Chicago: American Library Association, 2011. 76p. $45.00 softcover, $36.00 e-book, $53.00 print/e-book bundle (ISBN 978-0-8389-1106-8). Crawford begins this ALA Special Report by defining...