Public Access to Serials Check-in Information and Its Impact on Reference Services.

Autor: Peritore, Laura
Zdroj: Reference Librarian; Mar1990, Vol. 12 Issue 27/28, p17-37, 21p
Abstrakt: This article compares the public display of serials information on Innovacq at UC Hastings Law Library, NOTIS at Northwestern and ORION at the University of California at Los Angeles Research Library. It attempts to gauge the impact the availabilty of this information has on reference services by summarizing questionnaires completed by the three reference staffs. Displays of information compared are: holdings, copy locations, routing, date received, cancellations and withdrawals, bindery, late issues, claims and lapsed subscriptions. Reference librarians also reported on patrons' questions and complaints and their own training, attitudes and adaptation to their system. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Databáze: Complementary Index