Managing journals: one library’s experience

Abstract

One might think that libraries should know all the journal titles to which they subscribe and how to access them, but this is not usually the case. Many libraries have a difficult time maintaining a list of current print journal subscriptions. The advent of electronic journals available directly from publishers and through aggregators has further complicated the situation. This article discusses the experience of Joyner Library at East Carolina University in trying to manage its print and electronic journal collection effectively. It reviews the procedures followed in creating a database for electronic journal management using Cold Fusion and SQL Server.

HealthLinks: A ColdFusion Web Application

“…Libraries use ColdFusion for various applications. [29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39] Developers are not limited to the present group of CFML tags, since user-defined functions and custom tags can be created for specific purposes, and there is a library of custom tags on the Macromedia site. It is generally easier and faster to create functional applications using ColdFusion than by the use of more complex Web application platforms, such as Active Server Pages (ASP) 40 and PHP, though there are plenty of library applications built with those tools.…”