[LINK] more about open info access ...

[Anne Hugo]

Current Cites,
March 2009 reads in part ....

.... The  advent of the Internet and tools to foster the publication of journals
  online has led to a number of new problems faced by abstracting and
  indexing services. One of the major changes in online publication is
  the release of individual articles prior to the release of a journal
  issue....

_____________________________________________________

Best Practices for Publishing Journal Articles  Philadelphia, PA:

  The National Federation of Advanced Information Services, 13 February
  2009.(http://www.nfais.org/Best_Practices_Final_Public.pdf). - The
  advent of the Internet and tools to foster the publication of journals
  online has led to a number of new problems faced by abstracting and
  indexing services. One of the major changes in online publication is
  the release of individual articles prior to the release of a journal
  issue. The National Federation of Advanced Information Services
  (NFAIS), which serves many such organizations, convened a working group
  to look into the problems arising from this practice. They identified
  the following problems that article-by-article publication posed to
  indexers: "1) Identifying the article of record; handling versions in a
  way that minimizes confusion and provides the appropriate citation data
  early. 2) Knowing that an issue - or a "package"of articles - is
  complete. 2) Abstracting and indexing services receiving articles
  published online without page numbers, while page numbers are added to
  another version at a later date. 4) Assuring that articles are
  published and included in A&I services more rapidly to provide the best
  services to authors, readers, and libraries. 5) Assuring that links are
  made to the article of record; other linking problems. 6) Dealing with
  workflow issues such as the absence of regular publication dates or the
  receipt of articles twice - for example, when an article is released
  and when an issue is completed. 7) Problems with citation structures -
  missing bibliographic elements, lack of standards for
  article-by-article publishing resulting in a hodge-podge of practices,
  no standard for handling articles that do not have page numbers." This
  30-page PDF therefore describes a set of best practices for journal
  publishers that would help alleviate these problems. - [7]RT

-- SOURCE:
Current Cites,
March 2009

Edited by [2]Roy Tennant

http://lists.webjunction.org/currentcites/2009/cc09.20.3.html


Kind regards,
Anne Hugo
Information manager,
Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies
University of Tasmania
Private Bag 64
Hobart Tasmania 7001.
Ph: +61 3  6226 2591
email: information at acys.utas.edu.au
web: http://www.acys.info



-- 
Kind regards,
Anne Hugo
Information manager,
Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies
University of Tasmania
Private Bag 64
Hobart Tasmania 7001.
Ph: +61 3  6226 2591
email: information at acys.utas.edu.au
web: http://www.acys.info