Serials Management In Libraries

It is the first comprehensive work which covers every aspect of serials management to meet the academic need of students and teachers of library science and serve as guide for serials librarians.
After definiting what constitutes serials and tracing their historical development, the work concentrates on the acquisition policy and systems. Various systems of serials control and organization have been examined. Technical aspects like classification/cataloguing have been deeply studied, and different methods of display and forms of storage examined in details. Almost every aspect of reference service through serials including documentation, indexing and abstracting aids have been covered. Organization of government documents gets special attention. Usefulness of microforms as surrogate of print serial publications is discussed. Finally, the use of computer for serials control has been elaborately explained.