The Management of Electronic Periodicals in the University Library

The arrival of electronic publications is the result of several factors : the rising price of print, the speed of transfer of information electronically, the improvement in information technology, etc. Initially in the form of periodical summaries with abstracts, direct access to the whole text was soon possible by means of subscriptions agencies, libraries or other suppliers. But libraries can no longer be exhaustive. Faced with this challenge, what will their response be ? It is essential that they know how to become centres of learning capable of offering to their users the greatest possible access to any electronic documents that readers might need.
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