Hello all,
I am new at serials, and have a question for you.  We are in the process
of refiguring job duties, and I was wondering what a serials librarian
includes in their jobs.  Do you manage print and electronic serials?
How about the databases?  Full text access?  Is there anything I am
missing?  I would like to make my case, one way or the other, to manage
or not manage electronic serials, eTOC programs, etc.  I think I would
like to do it, but maybe that should be two different job duties?
I also perform cataloging here.  I am new and have been here 4 months
now, so all of this is new to me.  Any help is greatly appreciated.
Also, any advice/wisdom/tips from those of you who have been managing
serials for a while would be welcomed.  Before this I was a
reference/public services librarian, so all of this cataloging and
serials can get confusing.  We have two library workers, one of whom is
on maternity leave, and they are talking about hiring the temp on after
she comes back (don't get me started, whole 'nother story!).
You can email me off list at mbrown@brcn.edu.  Thanks in advance for
your suggestions!  I can summarize the responses if anyone is
interested.
Thanks a million from someone who is stumbling along!
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