From: Sarah Glasser <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 18:03:37 +0000
PIE-J: The & Identification of E-Journals, a NISO (National
Information Standards Organization) Recommended Practice, was
published just over a year ago, having been approved on March 25,
2013. In just over 12 months, the full Recommended Practice document
has received well over 4500 downloads, while two PIE-J brochures have
received a total of more than 2000 downloads. All three documents can
be accessed from the PIE-J website at
http://www.niso.org/workrooms/piej. This level of download activity
suggests that PIE-J is meeting a need. For PIE-J to succeed, it is
essential that librarians, publishers, and other e-journal providers
be aware of its existence.
The PIE-J Standing Committee, co-chaired by Sally Glasser (Hofstra
University) and Ed Cilurso (Taylor & Francis), is charged with
responding to specific questions about the Recommended Practice,
gathering comments for a full review of the Recommended Practice
document, and promoting PIE-J. Help us gather feedback and spread the
word.
We Want Your Feedback!
If you are a librarian who has written publishers and providers about
PIE-J, the Standing Committee would like to hear from you, whether the
result was positive or negative. Likewise, the Committee would greatly
appreciate hearing from publishers and providers who have made changes
to their websites based on PIE-J and user feedback, intend to make
changes based on PIE-J during a future website redesign, or feel that
the recommended practices are not feasible. Please write the Committee
at: [log in to unmask] with the subject “PIE-J feedback”
Learn More at Upcoming Meetings
Standing Committee members have been busy making the rounds at various
conferences and meetings (ALA Midwinter, ER&L, CEAL). Next up are
NASIG (May 1-4, Fort Worth, TX), the Society of Scholarly Publishers
(SSP) conference (May 28-30, Boston), and ALA Annual (June 28-July 1,
Las Vegas). If you plan to attend any of these conferences, please
look out for NISO’s PIE-J presentations! Also, on Monday, May 12,
2014 at 3 pm EST co-chairs Sally Glasser and Ed Cilurso will be
speaking about PIE-J at NISO’s monthly Open Teleconference. Dial-in
information is here:
http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/telecon/
Template for Contacting Publishers & Providers
The Standing Committee recently posted a template to the PIE-J website
for librarians wishing to contact publishers and providers with
concerns about the presentation of e-journals on their websites. The
template includes suggested wording but is completely customizable. If
you (or your users) have experienced an access or display issue that
is due to the way in which e-journals are presented online, use the
template to let publishers and providers know how PIE-J can help. Get
it here:
http://www.niso.org/apps/group_public/document.php?document_id=12536&wg_abbrev=piej-sc.
Want More Information on PIE-J?
Regina Reynolds, who was on the original PIE-J Working Group and has
continued on the Standing Committee, recently published the article,
"PIE-J: Presentation and Identification of E-Journals: What's the
Point?" in Insights, the UKSG Journal, vol. 26, no. 3 (Nov. 2013). The
article provides an excellent overview of PIE-J and is freely
available at:
http://uksg.metapress.com/content/r432rnq607l7x1m6/?genre=article&volume=26&issue=3&spage=311&eissn=2048-7754.
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