IMPORTANCE OF CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS FOR ENRICHING DOCUMENT COLLECTIONS

As librarians are aware, conferences provide a forum for academic and research scholars to make presentations about their findings of cutting-edge research, learn about new research directions or approaches, network with colleagues and develop collaborations. It is only at such conferences that papers on results of research and experimental investigations on innovations, breakthroughs, methodologies and best practices are   presented and debated for the first time much before their publication in peer-reviewed journals. For these and other reasons, published conference proceedings are universally regarded as  valuable sources of information by the academic and scientific community.

ABOUT PROCEEDINGS.COM

Conference proceedings, being in the nature of grey literature, libraries will have to search for details from diverse sources and procure the required titles through different supply channels.   In order to overcome this problem, Curran Associates Inc., Red Hook, New York, the world’s leading specialists in publishing and supplying conference proceedings in print format to major libraries and institutions since 1984, have set up a website: www.proceedings.com, as a single, unified database to facilitate   easy browsing, selecting and ordering of conference titles online.

Currently, over 10,000 titles from about 500 scholarly societies, professional associations and other major publishers are listed in the website under 13 major subject categories. More and more titles are being added every week. Libraries can search the website for a comprehensive list of conference proceedings in specific areas of interest, and can also sign up to receive monthly updates of new titles by entering their email   in the website. 

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SUPPLY

Libraries which place orders directly on Curran Associates (info@proceedings.com)   will receive 15% discount in respect of IEEE proceedings, and 10% for most of the other  titles. . Payment must invariably accompany order  in all cases. The publications will be shipped from New York by airfreight and delivered within about  2  weeks from date of receipt of order/payment. Airfreight charges are extra at actual. However, Curran Associates have a standing arrangement with UPS Couriers and,  as such, concessional freight rates are available.   If the libraries choose to route the orders through booksellers, they have to claim the discounts from the booksellers only, as part of the purchase order conditions.

For more details or clarifications, please contact: 

Curran Associates Inc., 57 Morehouse Lane, Red Hook, New York 12571;

Website:  www.proceedings.com; email:  info@proceedings.com

This news item is  posted for the general information of all  libraries, especially scientific, engineering and technology libraries.

M.N. Seetharaman

(Formerly, Head, Information Centre for Aerospace Sciences & Technology), National Aerospace Laboratores, Bangalore 560 017)