PLN - Magazines and Periodicals

One area of responsibility in current position of Ass. Library Tech is serials work (check-in, claims, weeds & ordering). I’m still working on finding quality sources for my PLN in this area, any reader recommendation would be welcome. 

Mr. Magazine blog, offers lengthy articles about magazine publications. Mr. Magazine also has the occasional opinion piece, for example this one when Newsweek announced it ceasing print publication, Newsweek: It’s Suicide and Not NaturalDeath…

 

Listerv: SERIALST

The SERIALST (Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum) was recommend to me by co-worker who at one point in her career was responsible for periodicals at the Alaska State Library. Reading that particular listserv has really aided my on the job training. It's a wonderful go to resource for information for all things dealing with periodicals and libraries. One day I need to know how to handle a misprint in a publications enumeration when checking-in a magazine into our library's catalog. A quick search of the SERIALST archives provide the answer.