Aslib Proceedings: Volume 34 Issue 4

The University of London's Union List of Serials

Linda Rodgers

Resource sharing is not an idea that is new to the University of London. Indeed the need for this has been recognised for many years but several factors have long prevented its…

The scope of agricultural serials literature of the Science Reference Library

George Jackson

When faced with a subject such as the scope of Agriculture in SRL one is apt to say that almost everything is held and then to be faced with an irate reader who can't find just…

Serial holdings of UK Marine and Freshwater Sciences Libraries: union list problems

Pauline Simpson

The UK Marine and Freshwater Sciences Libraries Group is a small group of librarians who have been meeting regularly since 1969 and represents an informal network of cooperating…

The CAB Serials Authority File (CABSAF)

C.J. Hamilton

The CAB Serials Authority File (CABSAF) is basically a listing in computerized form of all the serials likely to be encountered in the CAB abstract journals and database. Although…

Resource sharing in Universities and Polytechnics—possibilities and limitations

Pat Moody

I hope to avoid in this talk issues which are common to all types of libraries. Having previously worked in a specialist medical library and a government library. I hope I have…

Resource sharing: a commercial point of view

D.S. Field

I hope that my observations on the topic of the discussion appear relevant and stimulating. It may be that from what I have to say you will look on me as the ‘Devil's Advocate’. I…