TABLE OF CONTENTS:

                                   SERIALS REVIEW
                             Vol. 22, No. 1, Spring 1996
                                   ISSN 0098-7913

A Model for Publishing a Hypertext Journal
     Anita Sundaram

The HyperLT database is the prototype hypertext journal (h-journal)
that is built using the World Wide Web technologies for electronic
publishing.  Unlike the electronic journal that mimics its print
equivalent, the h-journal takes advantage of the electronic medium and
hypertext to provide a new product with structures that are defined by
the users' tasks (in this case, reading and information retrieval by
both browsing and known-item searching methods).  A model is proposed
for utilizing document and links structures that enable these task.
This model provides small academic publishers a means of hypertext
journal publishing on the Web, without the hardships posed by
SGML-compliance.  Some of the advantages and limitations of the model
for scholarly publishing are briefly discussed.  pp. 1-19

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ASK: A Database for the Analysis of Local Serials Costs
     Alex Bloss

Data on local serial expenditures are required in a research library,
but such data for a library's entire serials collection are often
difficult to obtain.  The University of Illinois at Chicago has
developed a database for the analysis of serials costs derived from a
NOTIS library data management system.  This database, called ASK,
permits the extraction and analysis of 20 data elements useful in
pricing and collection analyses.  This article reviews some advantages
of such a database compared to stand-alone files and demonstrates some
of ASK's capabilities.  pp. 21-32

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Damaged Periodicals: A Wet Trail Yields Dry Results
     Constance L. Foster

It is possible to successfully replace serials damaged in a library
disaster with eighteen months.  A recovery plan, concerted effort in
assessing damage, detailed identification of replacements, constant
revision of the affected title list, and ongoing contact with back
issues vendors are key elements in restoring a collection.  pp. 33-38

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The Librarian's Role in Teaching Academic Authors About Publishing
Procedures and Ethics
     Beth Luey

Serials librarians can play an important role in teaching graduate
students and new faculty about the procedures for submitting journal
articles and book manuscripts and about the ethics of scholarly
publishing.  The issues to be covered are reviewed, and a variety of
resources for workshops and discussions are described.  pp. 39-46

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Electronic Journals in the MIT Libraries: Report of the 1995 E-Journal
Subgroup
     Ellen Duranceau, Margret Lippert, Marlene Manoff, and Carter
     Snowden

The MIT Libraries had been working with electronic journals since
1991, using a local archiving model with WAIS-indexed access through a
gopher and then through the Libraries; web pages, when by spring of
1995, it became clear that established receipt and archiving
procedures could not accommodate the "second-generation" e-journals
emerging in HTML and other non-ASCII, multimedia formats.  This report
analyzes how the second-generation e-journals challenge procedures and
philosophies developed in a different era; establishes new criteria
for archiving, check-in, and accessing remote e-journal sites; and
proposes a new philosophy for handling e-journals in the MIT
Libraries.  pp. 47-61

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Electronic Journal Forum:  CICNet's Electronic Journal Collection
     Donnice Cochenour

Libraries continue to struggle with issues created by the shift to
electronic scholarly publishing.  One organization that has been
actively involved in these issues practically from the beginning is
CICNet.  The E-Serials Archive became the de facto national archive
for freely distributed electronic journals.  The CIC libraries are
rethinking how to provide the best service to their users.  Wisdom
gained from the CICNet E-Serials Archive project is providing the
basis for a new managed, selected collection of scholarly electronic
journals call the CICNet Electronic Journals Collection.  pp. 63-68

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The Balance Point:  Old Wine in New Bottles?:  Defining Electronic Serials
     Edited by Ellen Duranceau, with contributions by Marilyn Geller,
     Crystal Graham, Ed Jones, Erik Jul, and Rebecca Ringler

The terminology we have used to decide what publications are serials
arose out of a print publishing environment and does not necessarily
transfer directly to the world of electronic serials, where
distribution, format, access, and presentation can vary dramatically
from the print world.  Five writers present their views on whether
current definitions and terminology are adequate for describing
electronic serials.  pp. 69-79

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Little Magazine Interview Index
     Barbara Richards and Yvonne Schofer

Richards and Schofer present their eleventh annual index of interviews
that appeared in little magazines received in the Sukov Collection at
the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  The 597 entries include
interviews from an international list of magazines, including some 48
titles not yet listed in The International Directory of Little
Magazines and Small presses.  pp. 81-100

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Serials Spoken Here:  Reports of Conferences, Institutes and Seminars
     Susan Davis, with contributions from Regina Beach, Rebecca
     Breedlove, Joseph Gabriel, and Gary Byrd

Reports on serials cataloging from Regina Beach, the acquisition of
back issues from Rebecca Breedlove and Joseph A. Gabriel, and the
economics of information from Gary Byrd.  pp. 101-106

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Tools of the Serials Trade
     Edited by Teresa Malinowski, with contributions from Eleanor
     Cook and Kathleen Thorne

Cook reviews The Copyright Primer for Librarians and Educators, and
Thorne reviews Proceedings of the 1993 International Conference on
Refereed Electronic Journals.  pp. 109-112

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