Patrick L. Carr

Electronic Journal ForumAcquiring Articles through Unmediated, User-Initiated Pay-Per-View Transactions: An Assessment of Current Practices

Depressed economic times often lead libraries to consider new practices, including alternatives to the traditional subscription model. This column discusses a pay-per-view (PPV) model for acquiring journal articles whereby a library creates an account with a content provider and then authenticated users can purchase articles at the librarys expense. To gain insight into the current use of this model, the paper draws on both a literature review and the results of a survey assessing the practices of academic libraries with experience acquiring articles through unmediated, user-initiated pay-per-view transactions. The future of the PPV model as well as issues and challenges that it raises are also considered.

The claim : Staking out new practices for achieving the objectives of check-in

ABSTRACT As libraries reorient themselves from maintaining collections of print serials to providing online access to e-serials, check-in is beginning to emerge as an outmoded and perhaps dispensable practice. The result is that libraries are faced with the challenge of implementing new, e-serial-centered practices to replace check-in. While the professional literature now abounds with information and perspectives that can help libraries to make the transition from print to e-serials, there has been little focus on the theoretical connections that unite traditional and emerging serials management practices. By first identifying the primary objectives of check-in, the following article aims to help fill this gap in the literature.

Collaborating to Analyze E-Journal Use Data: A Discussion of Cross-Institutional Cost-Per-Use Analysis Projects within the UNC System

This presentation discusses two projects within the University of North Carolina (UNC) system in which the system libraries collaborated to shared data to make cross-institutional analyses of expenditures use and cost-per-use (CPU). The first project was initiated in 2011 and involved the analysis of e-resources at four UNC libraries. The second project was a UNC system-wide project that occurred in May 2012 and involved comparisons of expenditure and use data for e-journal subscriptions across the system.

Head 'em Up, Move 'em Out: Corralling the E-Journal Stampede–Workshop Introduction

Libraries have become increasingly aware of the crucial role that collaboration plays in making a successful transition from collecting print resources to providing online access to e-resources. Effective collaboration has led information professionals traditionally responsible for managing serials to venture outside the confines of any one library department in order to foster alliances with such partners as public services librarians,

Beyond the Monograph: The Uses of Journal Literature by Humanities Scholars at Mississippi State University

Abstract Although often considered less crucial than the monograph, the journal article remains an important means of communication among humanities scholars. Based on the results of a review of the professional literature as well as a series of interviews conducted with ten humanities faculty working at Mississippi State University, this article analyzes the role that journal literature currently plays in the humanities. It sheds new light on how humanists use journal literature, how emerging technologies are effecting this use, and how journal literature functions in relation to the monograph.