This book assesses progress and technical changes in the field of serials management and anticipates future directions and challenges for librarians. The book consists of 18 chapters: (1) "Introduction" (Jim Cole and James W. Williams); (2) "Peter Gellatly--Editor with a Deft Touch" (Ruth C. Carter); (3) "The "Deseret News" Web Edition" (Stewart E. Shelline); (4) "Network Accessed Scholarly Serials" (Les Hawkins); (5) "Electronic Murmurs from the Desk of an Ink-Stained Wretch" (Joe Morehead); (6) "The Significance of Information Provision and Content: Libraries as Information Providers Instead of Format Collectors" (Elizabeth (Libby) Cooley and Edward A. Goedeken); (7) "Subscription or Information Agency Services in the Electronic Era" (F. Dixon Brooke, Jr.); (8) "Proposals for Interinstitutional Serials Cooperation at the SUNY Centers" (Suzanne Fedunok); (9) "Scientific Journal Usage in a Large University Library: A Local Citation Analysis" (William Loughner); (10) "Plugged-in-Jell-O (TM): Taught or Caught?" (Esther Green Bierbaum); (11) "CONSER: A Member's Perspective of an Evolving Program" (Martha Hruska); (12) "A Client-Server Serials Control System for Staff and Public Access Functions" (Mary C. Schlembach and William H. Mischo); (13) "Electronic "Keyboard Pals": Mentoring the Electronic Way" (Kathryn Luther Henderson); (14) "The BUBL Information Service" (Joanne Gold); (15) "Serial Sources on the Web" (Jeanne M. K. Boydston); (16) "Starting a Journal on the World Wide Web" (Nancy De Sa); (17) "New Challenges for Technical Services in the 21st Century" (Nancy L. Eaton); and (18) "Not Just E-Journals: Providing and Maintaining Access to Serials and Serial Information Through the World-Wide Web" (Robert D. Cameron). (SWC)