OK - I'll fire the first volley.  I have seen a couple of other
announcements about this and a host of other new highly-specialized
Haworth Press journals.

 I personally find this extreme splintering journals to be not only
unfortunate, but actually absurd.  To begin a number of new titles at the
very time when well established journals are having a difficult time
obtaining papers to publish is illogical.  The "number and format of
serial information" may have exploded, but no one is writing about it, and
there are several existing options for publication if any are written.

 I would welcome comments from Haworth as to their reasoning behind the
establishment of this and other recently announced journals, and who they
think is going to buy them.

 Jim Mouw

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James R. Mouw
Acquisitions Librarian
Electronic Resources Officer
The University of Chicago Library
1100 E. 57th St.
Chicago, Illinois, 60637
773 702-8732
fax 773-702-3016
<mouw@MIDWAY.UCHICAGO.EDU>

At 12:11 PM 3/9/01 -0500, Deborah Lee <dlee@LIBRARY.MSSTATE.EDU> wrote:
>CALL FOR PAPERS
>
>(Please excuse multiple postings!)
>
>Serials Reference Services Quarterly (SRSQ), a new journal by Haworth
>Press, is looking for articles dealing with all aspects of reference work
>and serials librarianship.  As the number and format of serial information
>has exploded, the challenges and opportunities facing public service
>professionals has grown exponentially.  SRSQ will publish applied and
>theoretical works aimed at assisting in the effective use of serials in
>both print and electronic formats.  Possible topics include:
>
>        Tips for managing the public services journal collections and
>reading rooms.
>        Evaluating indexing and abstracting services for the electronic
>environment.
>        Supporting reference services for multiple electronic journal
>interfaces.
>        Promoting Electronic Journals Collections
>        Library instruction strategies for electronic and print journal
>collections.
>        Government Documents Serials.
>        Web serial resources for the Reference Librarian.
>        Effective Public and Technical Services Collaborations
>
>These are just a few of the topics SRSQ will cover. The first issue is
>scheduled for Spring 2002.  SRSQ welcomes submissions from new writers!
>Manuscript instructions may be found at:
><http://www2.msstate.edu/%7Edol1/instr.htm>http://www2.msstate.edu/~dol1/i
nstr.htm
><<http://www2.msstate.edu/%7Edol1/instr.htm>http://www2.msstate.edu/~dol1/
instr.htm>
>
>Please contact the editor, Deborah Lee at dlee@library.msstate.edu
><<mailto:dlee@library.msstate.edu>mailto:dlee@library.msstate.edu>  with any
questions.
>
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>
>Deborah Lee
>Assistant Professor/Reference Services Librarian
>Editor, Serials Reference Services Quarterly (SRSQ)
>Mississippi State University Libraries
>dlee@library.msstate.edu
<<mailto:dlee@library.msstate.edu>mailto:dlee@library.msstate.edu>
>Telephone: 662-325-7682   Fax: 662-325-9131