Free Full Text Access to
"E-Serials Cataloging: Access to Continuing and Integrating Resources
via the Catalog and the Web,"  [The Serials Librarian 41 (3-4)]

    I am pleased to announce that free full-text (PDF) access to the
entire contents of  "E-Serials Cataloging: Access to Continuing and
Integrating Resources via the Catalog  and the Web," (_The Serials
Librarian_ 41 (3-4) 2002) edited by Jim Cole and Wayne Jones.  is now
available from the following site:

          [http://www.ameshomeschool.org/serialslibrarian/index.html
]
and

         [  http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/SLv41n3-4.pdf ]

  As previously announced

          [ http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web4Lib/archive/0206/0271.html
]

this special issue contains my latest article

    "E is for Everything: The Extra-Ordinary, Evoluntionay [e-]Journal"

which is a review of key features of  The Eclectic Journal.

Here's a partial Table of Contents for the issue.

E-Serials Cataloging in the 1990's: A Review of the Literature by Ann
Copeland

ISBD(ER) and Its Role in the Management of Electronic Resources by
Sten
Hedberg

The Integration of Electronic Resources into Cataloging Instruction in
the LIS Curriculum by Taemin Kim Park

Teaching Seriality: A Major Education Challenge by Arlene G. Taylor

Web Resources for Cataloging Electronic Serials and Continuing
Resources: An Annotated Bibliography by John Blosser, Tim Hagan, and
Yvonne W. Zhang

Internet Resources Cataloging in ARL Libraries: Staffing and Access
Issues by Jeanne M.K. Boydston and Joan M. Leysen

Notes for Remote Access Computer File Serials by Beatrice L. Caraway

On Pins and Needles: Using Structured Metadata for Collocation and
Browsing Capability by Gregory Wool

NESLI MARC Records: An Experiment in Creating MARC Records for
E-Journals by Ross MacIntyre

Improving Access to E-Journals and Databases at the MIT Libraries:
Building a Database-Backed Web Site Called 'Vera' by Nicole Hennig

The Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek: A Successful Library
Service
for Electronic Journals in Germany by Evelinde Hutzler and Gerald
Schupfner

E is for Everything: The Extra-Ordinary, Evolutionary [e-]Journal
Gerry McKiernan

Don't forget to visit EJI(sm) for The Eclectic Experience
[ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/EJI.htm]

   I am most thankful to Bill Cohen, Publisher of Haworth Press, for
providing the PDF copy and for his permission to offer free access to
the issue.

Seize the E!

/Gerry

Gerry McKiernan
Extra-Ordinary Librarian
Iowa State University Library
Ames IA 50011

gerrymck@iastate.edu

               "The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Invent It"
                                                           Alan Kay