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From Herding Cats To All Your Ducks In A Row, Or: The Further Adventures Of Martha In E-Journals Land, Martha Gunnarson

Martha Gunnarson

Note: this abstract was for a presentation originally scheduled for the 2004 inFIRE Conference in Perth, Australia, and describes an earlier version of the presentation.

Up a Creek? Here's a paddle, or: How not to drown in the e-journal ocean.

Hopefully an entertaining and enlightening presentation on coping with the flood of electronic journals.

I will look at how we dealt with e-journals the "old" way -- in the online catalog, on web lists, using vendor-supplied solutions and union listing.

Then explain what we are doing now and how we are moving forward, with some possible directions for the future. …

Nailing Ectoplasm To The Wall: Serials Control & E-Journals, Martha Gunnarson

Martha Gunnarson

Serials control has been described as being like "nailing jello to the wall." Electronic journals add (or is it take away?) a whole new dimension to the librarian's life.

In this presentation, I will take a look at some of the issues involved in setting up (and maintaining) access to e-journals.

Will the new paperless journals make your life easier?

Finding out what’s available

How much will it cost?

How consortial agreements can help keep costs in line

Freebies - are they any good?

Good things come to those who wait - new options appear on the horizon

What kind …