Another thought or two...

Students are amazed at the cost of materials so work with
budgets/selection/cancellations can be eye-opening, especially in the
sciences.  Not to mention the complex decision process just to renew from
year to year.  Will we still have online access with our print payment? Or
is there a premium to subscribe in both formats? if so, how much? 10%, 20%,
100%?  Will online only save any $$?  Are we guaranteed archival access?
What if we cancel in a few year?  Oh gee, the publisher changed so now I
have to worry about a whole different pricing model.

I think your problem will be focusing on what you can cover in the time
alloted.

You can also check out the sample syllabi the Serials Section Education
Committee of ALCTS prepared and posted to the ALCTS website for some other
ideas.
See http://www.ala.org/alcts
click on Serials, then scroll down to the various syllabi

Good luck!

Susan

Susan Davis
Head, Electronic Periodicals Management Department
University at Buffalo (SUNY)
134 Lockwood Library
Buffalo, NY  14260-2210
(716) 645-2784
(716) 645-5955 fax
unlsdb@buffalo.edu
--On Friday, January 21, 2005 3:16 PM -0600 "Skwor, Jeanette"
<skworj@UWGB.EDU> wrote:

> I hope some people will respond to the list, and/or you will share what
> you get; I'd be interested in seeing what others do also.
>
> I had an intern last year and basically had her working on every aspect
> of serials work from sorting the mail and stamping periodicals to
> dealing with the ramifications of the divine, Inc. bankruptcy.
>
>
> Jeanette L. Skwor
> Serials Dept.
> Cofrin Library
> University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
> Green Bay, WI 54311-7001
> (920) 465-2670
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
> [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of David Brautigam
> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 2:36 PM
> To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
> Subject: [SERIALST] Internship advice wanted
>
> Colleagues -
>                 Later this spring I will be working  for several weeks
> with an undergraduate senior considering librarianship as a career, my
> areas being periodicals and our science library. I would like your
> suggestions on what you think are the things (both major and lesser)
> that such a person should be exposed to in the periodicals world.
> (Others will do ref., acq., cat., admin.,  etc..)    Replies should
> probably be off list and should come me at
> < dbrautig@westminster.edu > .           Thank you in advance for your
> thinking.
>
>                                         David Brautigam
>                                         Periodicals/Science Libn.
>                                         Westminster College
>                                         New Wilmington, PA  USA
>
>