Hey! What About Us?! Changing Roles of Subject Specialists and Reference Librarians in the Age of Electronic Resources

For the acquisition of periodicals and indexes, the selector role of subject specialists and reference librarians has been transformed by electronic access. In the past these librarians made independent recommendations for new periodicals, indexes, and abstracts by using traditional selection criter...

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Published in:Serials review 2002-12, Vol.28 (4), p.283-286
Main Author: Welch, Jeanie M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquisitions
Collection development
Educational sector
Electronic journals
Electronic periodicals
Librarians, College
Libraries, College
North Carolina
Periodical collections
Periodicals
Web sites
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Summary:For the acquisition of periodicals and indexes, the selector role of subject specialists and reference librarians has been transformed by electronic access. In the past these librarians made independent recommendations for new periodicals, indexes, and abstracts by using traditional selection criteria (e.g., relevance, quality, and cost). With electronic resources, considerations such as licensing negotiations, consortial agreements, and technical issues have complicated the decision-making process and have sometimes removed it from individual librarians or even individual libraries. The author discusses the opportunities for individual librarians, particularly in public service roles, to participate in serials collection management decisions and provides a case study of business periodicals collection management in an academic library. Serials Review 2002; 28:283-286.
ISSN:0098-7913
1879-095X
DOI:10.1080/00987913.2002.10764760