La gestión del acceso a las revistas electrónicas desde el punto de vista de un agente de suscripciones

The proliferation of electronic resources, technological advances and the Internet has led to a dramatic change in the operations of libraries, publishers and subscription agents. The libraries used agents to concentrate subscription orders, invoices and payments. The agent paid directly to the publisher on behalf of multiple libraries so that customers have the information requested.This paper mentions the main characteristics and expectation of electronic journals and their advantages over the printed journals. The role of the subscription agent is analyzed in the digital environment, which includes the process of managing access to electronic journals. We describe the main types of information providers, also how subscriptions are offered and validation systems for access to the e-journal