Bittersweet memories, Cooper River Bridge Run, budget

Yesterday went to a retirement luncheon for two professors at the College of Charleston who I have known since I came here in 1979. For those of you who remember 1979, it was the year before the first Charleston Conference and it was also PI (pre-Internet), PW (pre-Web), and for our library,PC (pre-computers). Years later, [...]

Blogging my Blog – Whoa – Now it’s April!

It’s been awhile (January) since I’ve contributed to this Blog, and Katina, my apologies for not keeping up with it. I have to admit that I’ve been blogging in my mind, but haven’t been putting my thoughts out there for others to see. I guess that is totally missing the point! Time flies when you’re [...]

England is sunny and bright

My husband Bruce and I are spending the week in Oxford, England for a meeting at the Bodleian. Beforehand, I checked the weather — rain every day it said, and cold. So, we bundled up all our winter clothes which I had put in the cedar chest and bought a new umbrella. Guess what? The [...]

v.21 #2 Back Talk

Silence is Golden if You are in the Market for a Dead Library (pdf)

Column Editor: Anthony (Tony) W. Ferguson (Library Director, University of Hong Kong; Phone: 852 2859 2200; Fax: 852 2858 9420) <ferguson@hkucc.hku.hk>

v.21 #2 Standards Column

Working to Solve the Problems of Name Authority — The International Standard Name Identifier and Other Projects (pdf)

by Todd Carpenter (Managing Director, NISO, One North Charles Street, Suite 1905,Baltimore, MD 21201; Phone: 301-654-2512; Fax: 410-685-5278) <tcarpenter@niso.org> www.niso.org

v.21 #2 Little Red Herrings

But A Whimper (pdf)

by Mark Y. Herring (Dean of Library Services, Dacus Library, Winthrop University) <herringm@winthrop.edu>

v.21 #2 Drinking From the Firehose

Fun With Facebook (pdf)

Column Editor: Eleanor Cook (Assistant Director for Collections & Technical Services, Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858; Phone: 252-328-2598) <cooke@ecu.edu>

v.21 #2 From the University Presses

The Hidden Digital Revolution in Scholarly Publishing: POD, SRDP, the “Long Tail,” and Open Access (pdf)

Column Editor: Sanford G. Thatcher (Director, Penn State Press, USB 1, Suite C, 820 N. University Drive, University Park, PA 16802-1003; sgt3@psu.edu, www.psupress.org

v.21 #2 Questions and Answers

Questions & Answers — Copyright Column

Column Editor:  Laura N. Gasaway  (Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Law, Chapel Hill, NC 27599;  Phone: 919-962-2295;  Fax: 919-962-1193)  <laura_gasaway@unc.edu>  www.unc.edu/~unclng/gasaway.htm

v.21 #2 Cases of Note – Copyright

Delusion Doth Not an Infringement Make (pdf)
By Bruce Strauch (The Citadel) <strauchb@citadel.edu>

V.21#2 TOC

V. 21 #2 Table of Contents

Taking Charge:
Preserving Our Digital Heritage II

Guest Editor, Amy Kohrman