VALA2000 Session 4 Arthur

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Comparing interfaces for electronic journal delivery

VALA 2000 CONCURRENT SESSION 4: Document Delivery
Wednesday 16 February 2000, 14:35 – 15:05

Tony Arthur

Associate Librarian, Information Resources and External Relations,
University of Melbourne Library
http://www.library.unimelb.edu.au

Shirley Sullivan

Electronic Information Co-ordinator, University of Melbourne Library
http://www.library.unimelb.edu.au


VALA Peer Reviewed Paper

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Abstract

During 1998 and 1999 the University of Melbourne Library evaluated four interfaces for managing electronic journal subscriptions and access. These are OCLC’s ECO, SwetsNet, Ebsco Online and Blackwell’s Electronic Journal Navigator. A small working group of librarians comprised the core of the trial. A set of defined criteria for evaluating the interfaces was used. The paper will report on the experiences of the evaluation and the conclusions reached.

VALA2000 Session 6 van Essen

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Buying and Selling Electronic Journals: A Matter of Uncertainty Reduction

VALA 2000 CONCURRENT SESSION 6: Electronic Publishing
Wednesday 16 February 2000, 14:00 – 14:35

Gregor van Essen

Regional Sales Manager, Elsevier Science – Asia Pacific, Singapore
http://www.elsevier.com


VALA Peer Reviewed Paper

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Abstract

In the fast changing landscape of scientific information delivery, both libraries and publishers find themselves struggling with the overwhelming possibilities offered by new information technologies. Whether it is the publisher marketing its new electronic services or the library evaluating the inexhaustible flow of new products, the uncertainties confronted by both are tremendous. This paper describes the process of “uncertainty reduction” that increasingly characterises the new way of buying and selling electronic (scientific) journals. It is argued that the ability of library and journal publisher to reduce uncertainty determines the likelihood that a mutually satisfying outcome will be achieved. Critical in this process is the exchange of information between library and publisher. Several “communication mechanisms” will be discussed that can support library and publisher to enhance communication, and as a result reduce uncertainty.

 

VALA2000 Session 6 Lim

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The READS Project resource sharing using e-commerce service strategies

VALA 2000 CONCURRENT SESSION 6: Electronic Publishing
Wednesday 16 February 2000, 14:35 – 15:05

Edward Lim

University Librarian, Monash University
http://www.lib.monash.edu.au

Kate Roberts

READS Project Officer, La Trobe-Melbourne-Monash
http://www.lib.monash.edu.au


VALA Peer Reviewed Paper

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Abstract

The READS (Regional Electronic Access and Delivery of Serials) Project is a resource sharing project jointly funded by the Libraries of the University of Melbourne, La Trobe University and Monash University, as a tool for managing the extensive cancellation of serials which all three university libraries had to make in 1998, as a result of the unexpected fall in the value of the Australian dollar and the inexorable increase in the cost of serials in the science and technology disciplines. The project makes use of Web-based and e-commerce technologies to deliver a “virtual” collection of physics and chemistry serials (held by at least one of the three university libraries) to academic staff and researchers who no longer have easy physical access to those serials due to cancellations.