The Serials Information Chain: Discussion, Debate, and Dialog : Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group 2nd Annual Conference June 1

This thought-provoking book, a compilation of proceedings from The Second Conference of the North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG), features an exchange of views, presents new ideas, and highlights issues of current interest to all sectors of the serials information chain. A wide variety of professionals--serials librarians, serials publishers, subscription agents, library science educators and students, binders, and representatives of bibliographic utilities--provide absorbing discussion, debate, and dialog on some of the most controversial topics affecting serials today. Trends in library science education, the relationship between primary and secondary publishers, business ethics between vendors and librarians, and serials pricing are only a few of the areas explored in this insightful volume.