Perceived Successes and Failures of Science & Technology E-Journal Access: A Comparative Study.
ACRL Science & Technology Section
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The ACRL/STS Subject & Bibliographic Access to Science Materials Committee undertook a study to identify perceived strengths and weaknesses of current access methods to peer-reviewed electronic journals in the fields of science and technology. This study focused on the perceptions of public-services librarians. Data were gathered by means of a questionnaire that the Committee posted on the World Wide Web. A request for participation was sent out through professional lists relating to science and technology librarianship, reference, and cataloging.
The data provided by respondents indicated that most institutions provide more than one method to access their full-text e-journals. Public-services librarians were not totally satisfied with any of the five methods being surveyed, although the web-based listing method, which was the most used method, had a slight popularity over the others. Although over 70% of respondents' institutions used catalog records to provide access to e-journals, this was not a preferred method of access. No respondent preferred single linking to an aggregator's web site.
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