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Library Resources & ISSN 0024-2527 Technical Services January 2008 Volume 52, No. 1 Use of the Checklist Method for Content Evaluation of Full-text Databases Thomas E. Nisonger Mass Digitization Trudi Bellardo Hahn Converting and Preserving the Scholarly Record Jeffrey L. Horrell Who Has Published What on East Asian Studies? Su Chen and Chengzhi Wang Web Citation Availability Mary F. Casserly and Janes E. Bird An Operational Model for Library Metadata Maintenance Jim LeBlanc and Martin Kurth The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services 52 ❘ 1 From The Library of Congress Free For 30 days 2 Essential Cataloging & Classification Tools on the Web CATALOGER’S DESKTOP CLASSIFICATION WEB e most widely used cataloging Full-text display of all LC classification documentation resources in an schedules & subject headings. integrated, online system— Updated daily. accessible anywhere. • Find LC/Dewey correlations—Match LC classifica- • Look up a rule in AACR2 and then quickly and easily tion and subject headings to Dewey® classification consult the rule’s LC Rule Interpretation (LCRI). numbers as found in LC cataloging records. 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Library of Congress | Cataloging Distribution Service 101 Independence Avenue, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20541-4912 U.S.A. Toll-free phone in U.S. 1-800-255-3666 | Outside U.S. call +1-202-707-6100 Fax +1-202-707-1334 | Website: www.loc.gov/cds | E-mail: [email protected] LRTS Draft Two.indd 1 11/7/06 1:28:52 PM Library Resources & Technical Services (ISSN 0024-2527) is published quarterly by the American Library Association, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. It is the official publication of the Library Resources Association for Library Collections & Technical Services, a division of the American Library Association. Subscription price: to members of the & Association for Library Collections & Technical Technical Services Services, $27.50 per year, included in the member- ship dues; to nonmembers, $75 per year in U.S., Canada, and Mexico, and $85 per year in other ISSN 0024-2527 January 2008 Volume 52, No. 1 foreign countries. Single copies, $25. Periodical postage paid at Chicago, IL, and at additional mail- ing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Library Resources & Technical Services, 50 E. Editorial 2 Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Business Manager: Charles Wilt, Executive Director, Association for Library Collections & Technical Services, a division of the American Library Association. Articles Send manuscripts to the Editorial Office: Peggy Johnson, Editor, Library Resources & Technical Use of the Checklist Method for Content Evaluation Services, University of Minnesota Libraries, 499 Wilson Library, 309 19th Ave. So., Minneapolis, of Full-text Databases 4 MN 55455; (612) 624-2312; fax: (612) 626-9353; An Investigation of Two Databases Based on Citations e-mail: [email protected]. Advertising: ACLTS, 50 from Two Journals E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611; 312-280-5038; Thomas E. Nisonger fax: 312-280-5032. ALA Production Services: Troy D. Linker, Angela Hanshaw, and Chris Keech. Members: Address changes and inquiries should Mass Digitization 18 be sent to Membership Department—Library Implications for Preserving the Scholarly Record Resources & Technical Services, 50 E. Huron Trudi Bellardo Hahn St., Chicago, IL 60611. Nonmember subscribers: Subscriptions, orders, changes of address, and inquiries should be sent to Library Resources Converting and Preserving the Scholarly Record 27 & Technical Services, Subscription Department, An Overview American Library Association, 50 E. Huron St., Jeffrey L. Horrell Chicago, IL 60611; 1-800-545-2433; fax: (312) 944- 2641; [email protected]. Who Has Published What on East Asian Studies? 33 Library Resources & Technical Services is indexed in An Analysis of Publishers and Publishing Trends Library Literature, Library & Information Science Su Chen and Chengzhi Wang Abstracts, Current Index to Journals in Education, Science Citation Index, and Information Science Abstracts. Contents are listed in CALL (Current Web Citation Availability 42 American—Library Literature). Its reviews are A Follow-up Study included in Book Review Digest, Book Review Mary F. Casserly and James E. Bird Index, and Review of Reviews. Instructions for authors appear on the Library An Operational Model for Library Metadata Maintenance 54 Resources & Technical Services Web page at www Jim LeBlanc and Martin Kurth .ala.org/alcts/lrts. Copies of books for review should be addressed to Edward Swanson, Book Review Editor, Library Resources & Technical Services, 1065 Portland Ave., Saint Paul, MN 55104; e-mail: Notes ON Operations [email protected]. Determining the Average Cost of a Book for ©2008 American Library Association Allocation Formulas 60 All materials in this journal subject to copyright by Comparing Options the American Library Association may be photo- Virginia Kay Williams and June Schmidt copied for the noncommercial purpose of scientific or educational advancement granted by Sections 107 and 108 of the Copyright Revision Act of 1976. For other reprinting, photocopying, or translating, Index to Advertisers 53 address requests to the ALA Office of Rights and Permissions, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Book Review 71 The paper used in this publication meets the mini- mum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. ∞ Cover image courtesy of morgueFile (www.morguefile.com). Publication in Library Resources & Technical Services does not imply official endorsement by the Association for Library Collections & Technical Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Services nor by ALA, and the assumption of edito- rial responsibility is not to be construed as endorse- Visit LRTS online at www.ala.org/alcts/lrts. ment of the opinions expressed by the editor or For current news and reports on ALCTS activities, see the ALCTS Newsletter Online at individual contributors. www.ala.org/alcts/alcts_news. 2 LRTS 52(1) Editorial EDITORIAL BOARD Peggy Johnson Editor and Chair Peggy Johnson his first issue of 2008 is another terrific collection of University of Minnesota T papers addressing the rapidly changing environment in which we work. Thomas E. Nisonger returns to a familiar Members analysis tool, the checklist method, which was developed in a print environment, and evaluates the full text, indexing, and Kristen Antelman, North Carolina abstracting coverage of two databases (Library Literature State University and Information Science Full Text and EBSCOhost Academic Stephen Bosch, University of Search Premier). Nisonger compares citations to journal Arizona articles that were published in Library Resources & Technical Services and Yvonne Carignan, University of Collection Building. He concludes by identifying areas for future research. Maryland We are delighted to publish two papers based on presentations given at Mary Casserly, University at Albany the Eighth Annual Symposium on Scholarly Communication, “Converting Elisa Coghlan, University of and Preserving the Scholarly Record,” held at State University of New York, Washington Albany, October 24, 2006. Trudi Bellardo Hahn’s paper, “Mass Digitization: Tschera Harkness Connell, Ohio Implications for Preserving the Scholarly Record,” looks at the intersection (or State University not) of libraries’ interests and those of commercial entities in terms of qual- Magda A. El-Sherbini, Ohio State ity, secrecy, and long-term stability. She issues a call for the library profession University to exercise strong leadership in how best to preserve the scholarly record. Jeffrey L. Horrell, in “Converting and Preserving the Scholarly Record: An Karla L. Hahn, Association of Research Libraries Overview,” which was delivered at the same symposium, explores pertinent aspects of the challenge and concludes with recommended elements for a Dawn Hale, Johns Hopkins campuswide digital repository University Su Chen and Chengzhi Wang consider scholarly and publishing trends in Sara C. Heitshu, University of Western-language monographs in East Asian studies from 2000 through 2005. Arizona Their findings demonstrate increased activity and interest in this area as publish- Judy Jeng, New Jersey City ers and academia pay more attention to China, Japan, and Korea. University (Intern) How persistent is a URL? May F. Casserly and James E. Bird seek to answer Shirley J. Lincicum, Western this question through statistical analysis and identification of citation character- Oregon University istics associated with availability. Building on research the authors