Electronic journal subscriptions
1993; Pergamon Press; Volume: 17; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/0364-6408(93)90010-4
ISSN1879-064X
AutoresLawrence R. Keating, Christa Easton Reinke, Judi A. Goodman,
Tópico(s)Library Collection Development and Digital Resources
ResumoElectronic journals are the serials equivalent of Detroit’s concept cars: fast, flashy, and future-oriented. They offer high-speed and high-end performance at a currently low cost. There still are some bugs to be worked out, among them transmission problems, long-term maintenance, ownership and property rights, and questionable respectability. The focus of this tutorial, however, is not on broad issues, but rather on the practical aspects of processing electronic journal subscriptions, on the nuts and bolts -and sometimes monkey wrenches of getting e-journals into the library showroom and out to the customer. First, some brief background information on the electronic environment at the University of Houston (UH). The Serials Department at UH has Internet/BITNET access through a VAX machine running VMS. This machine, Jetson-with nodes named appropriately enough George, Jane, Judy, and Elroy-is an Internet host: Internet connection is made through Jetson, with terminal emulation software on a PC. Staff PCs and those of the Electronic Publications Center (EPC) share a token-ring Local Area Network with separate file servers. The EPC consists of 11 networked terminals and 4 other terminals which run stand-
Referência(s)