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ARL Announces...

ARL-EJOURNAL is a discussion list concerned with all aspects of the
management of electronic journals by libraries and information centers.
It was conceived during a roundtable discussion led by Sharon Cline
McKay at the LITA/LAMA Conference in Pittsburgh, PA in October, 1996,
where issues were identified and those attending agreed that there was a
need for further discussion.

The address of the forum is: ARL-EJOURNAL@CNI.ORG

ABOUT THE ARL-EJOURNAL FORUM:
The major issues discussed during the session are listed below.  These
and other related topics are appropriate for discussion on ARL-EJOURNAL.

- Archiving
- Pricing
- Licensing
- Indexing
- File formats
- Use of the SICI (Serial Item and Contribution Identifier)
- Administering
- Registration by username/password or IP address
- Article access
- Security
- Privacy
- Multiple user interfaces
- Whether to cancel subscriptions for print versions of e-journals
- Links to ILS systems
- Hypertext links within articles
- Links to index & abstract databases
- Interlibrary lending restrictions
- Printing/storing e-journals
- Changing concept of "journal"
- Peer review/quality/tenure
- Bypassing the library?

General discussions of acquiring, cataloging, checking in and managing
of serials should be directed to SERIALST or ACQNET-L.  Advertisements
and/or vendor announcements should not be distributed on ARL-EJOURNAL.
Only subscribers to ARL-EJOURNAL may post messages to the list.

All interested parties are invited and encouraged to subscribe and
participate.

TO JOIN THE ARL-EJOURNAL FORUM:
You may join this forum at any time by sending this command as an e-mail
note to the Coalition ListProcessor (LISTPROC@CNI.ORG)

        subscribe arl-ejournal <your real name>
        e.g. SUBSCRIBE ARL-EJOURNAL John Doe

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON ARL-EJOURNAL:
All questions regarding the substance of, or policies related to, the
postings on this forum or regarding difficulties with mail or requests
for technical assistance with the ListProcessor should be addressed to
the list owner Dru Mogge <arllmgr@cni.org>.

ABOUT THE ASSOCIATION OF REASEARCH LIBRARIES
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) represents the interests of
119 libraries that serve major North American research institutions.
ARL programs and services promote equitable access to and effective use
of knowledge in support of teaching, research, scholarship, and
community service.  Members include large university libraries of the
United States and Canada, and a number of public and independent
libraries with substantial research collections.

For more information, contact:
Dru Mogge
Association of Research Libraries
21 Dupont Circle
Washington, D.C.  20036
voice: 202-296-2296
fax:   202-872-0884
dru@cni.org