http://eprints.rclis.org/5899/ Which Route Do I Take? A Viewpoint on Locally-Developed vs. Commercially Available Journal Management Solutions Oberg, Steve LN. Data base management systems. JB. Serials management. HN. e-journals. HP. e-resources. LQ. Library automation systems. This article discusses the growing need for tools or systems that will provide more effective management of and improved user access for journal collections, especially for e-journals. The author briefly describes initial efforts at the local library level to develop management systems and mentions the rise of vendor-supplied solutions, which have become very popular. In spite of the current popularity of vendor-based solutions, the author argues that there is still a niche for locally developed journal management systems. One such system, developed at the author's home institution, Taylor University, is featured as a case study. 2004 Preprint NonPeerReviewed text/html http://eprints.rclis.org/5899/1/dbwebapps.html ARRAY(0xaa76578) Oberg, Steve Which Route Do I Take? A Viewpoint on Locally-Developed vs. Commercially Available Journal Management Solutions., 2004 [cited var currentTime = new Date();var month = currentTime.getMonth() + 1;var day = currentTime.getDate();var year = currentTime.getFullYear();document.write(month + "/" + day + "/" + year)]. Available from WWW: http://eprints.rclis.org/5899/. [Preprint] http://eprints.rclis.org/5899/http://eprints.rclis.org/5899/1/