In Case You Missed it: “The Role of the Modern Intermediary and What Constitutes Value in the Library of 2012″ by Jill Emery

gilsont — Mon, 06 May 2013 20:58:31 +0000

The Role of the Modern Intermediary and What Constitutes Value in the Library of 2012 (First published in Against the Grain, Vol 25 #1, February 2013.)

by Jill Emery (Collection Management Librarian, Portland State University) <jemery@pdx.edu>

First off, let’s talk about the current landscape for academic and academic research libraries in the [...]

ATG Interviews Bryn Geffert, Librarian of the College at Amherst College

gilsont — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:24:51 +0000

We had hoped to include this interview with Bryn Geffert in the February issue of Against the Grain but space limitations are forcing us to wait until the April issue. However, given the interest in Bryn’s innovative efforts in starting Amherst College Press, we thought we would post the interview on the ATG [...]

ATG Special Report – South Carolina Public Libraries Website Home Pages Accessibility

hindsl — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:10:41 +0000

by Mary E. Anyomi (Irvin Department of Rare Books & Special Collections, Ernest F. Hollings Library, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208) <anyomim@mailbox.sc.edu>

and Mae F. Jones (Processing Services, Thomas Cooper Library, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208) <jonesm@mailbox.sc.edu>

With the advent of the Internet in the [...]

v24 #3 Table of Contents

hindsl — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:00:24 +0000

v.24 #3 June 2012 © Katina Strauch ISSUES, NEWS, & GOINGS ON

Rumors – p. 1
From Your Editor – p. 6
Letters to the Editor – p. 8
Deadlines – p. 6

FEATURES
Perspectives from the Field — Guest Editor, Katina Strauch

Perspectives from the Field – p. 1

v24 #3 ATG Interviews Mary Ann Liebert

hindsl — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 11:49:54 +0000

Founder and President, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.

by Tom Gilson (Associate Editor, Against the Grain) <gilsont@cofc.edu>
and Katina Strauch (Editor, Against the Grain) <kstrauch@comcast.net>

ATG: Mary Ann, you have been a leader in STM journal publishing for a number of years, however, for our readers who don’t know, can [...]

v24 #3 Technology Left Behind

hindsl — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 11:25:19 +0000

Technology Left Behind — Pinning in the Library

Column Editor: Cris Ferguson (Outreach Librarian, James B. Duke Library, Furman University, 3300 Poinsett
Highway, Greenville, SC 29613; Phone: 864-294-2713) <cris.ferguson@furman.edu>

Pinterest (www.pinterest.com) is one of the fastest-growing social media networks on the Internet. Self-described as a place to “organize and share all the [...]

v24 #2 Back Talk

hindsl — Wed, 09 May 2012 19:50:56 +0000

Today’s Academic Library: Student Centered and Convenient

Column Editor: Anthony (Tony) W. Ferguson (Library and Information Science Consultant and former Hong Kong University Librarian; now relocated to Sahuarita, Arizona) <anthony.ferguson185@gmail.com>

I was recently asked to go to Taiwan to speak about academic library trends in the age of globalization. I readily accepted for two [...]

v24 #2 Little Red Herrings

hindsl — Wed, 09 May 2012 19:29:48 +0000

Is the Internet A Substitute for the Library After All? Part 1

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

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I hope you’ll indulge me in this, and it will be an indulgence, three parts’ worth.

In 2000, I wrote a piece called “10 Reasons [...]

Rumors: The Broadcast Edition

hindsl — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:00:58 +0000

Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone!

Big news that Koninklijke Brill NV and Taylor&Francis Group, part ofInforma PLC of London, have signed a purchase agreement for a journal and book program in science and engineering. This program was published by Brill under the VSP imprint. The transaction rounds off a strategic repositioning of Brill’s focus where the humanities and selected areas of the social sciences are [...]

v23 #6 @Brunning: People and Technology

hindsl — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:12:21 +0000

At the Only Edge that Means Anything / How We Understand What We Do by Dennis Brunning (E Humanities Development Librarian, Arizona State University) <dennis.brunning@gmail.com>

Annals of Search: Meta-Data 101

More information rather than less counts in book buyer’s decision. So claims a press release from NielsonBook. This UK Company, a subsidiary of the [...]

v23 #5 IMHBCO (In My Humble But Correct Opinion)

hindsl — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:10:16 +0000

Top 10 Things You Can Do To Make Your Scholarly Resources More Accessible To (and More Accessed By) Undergraduates

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by Adriana Parker (J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah)

Column Editor: Rick Anderson (Associate Director for Scholarly Resources & Collections, Marriott Library, University of Utah; Phone: 801-721-1687) <rick.anderson@utah.edu>

Column Editor’s Note: This [...]

v23 #4 Table of Contents

hindsl — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 12:00:34 +0000

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v23 #4 Preservation’s Role in the Transition from Print to E-Resource Collections

hindsl — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:59:51 +0000

by Patrick L. Carr (Head of Electronic and Continuing Resource Acquisitions, Joyner Library, East Carolina University) <carrp@ecu.edu>

The transition of library collections from print to electronic formats has presented extraordinary challenges to traditional concepts of preservation. Although these challenges have been a point of emphasis within the profession’s literature and conference programs, I believe [...]

v23 #4 eBooks: The Preservation Challenge

hindsl — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:54:33 +0000

by Amy Kirchhoff (Archive Service Product Manager, JSTOR & Portico)

Shifting from Print to Electronic

Narrow shelves full of books, some new and sparkling, some old and musty, have long been the retreat of undergraduates frantically finishing papers, graduate students searching for the perfect argument in support of their theses, and faculty performing literature [...]

v18 #1 And They Were There

hindsl — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:49:10 +0000

Reports of Meetings — 25th Charleston Conference Issues in Book and Serial Acquisition, “Things Are Seldom What They Seem,” Francis Marion Hotel and Embassy Suites Historic District, Charleston, SC, November 2-5, 2005

Column Editor: Sever Bordeianu (University of Mexico) <sbordeia@unm.edu>

From your Editor: The 2005 Charleston Conference was fabulous! Many thanks to Ramune Kubilius [...]

ATG Interviews Max Berenstein, Product Manager, SciVerse Applications

hindsl — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:00:36 +0000

In April, Elsevier announced a couple of “app” challenges. These challenges were launched in two areas: Apps for Science and Apps for Library Idea Challenge. These challenges were to allow end users, developers, and librarians to suggest new approaches and/or actually build tools within SciVerse to enhance information search and discovery. Tom Gilson and I [...]

v.23 #5 Little Red Herrings

hindsl — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:07:23 +0000

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

If you’ve made it this far—and I’m sure many of you have—then you know what this article is about: QR codes, or Quick Response codes (also referred to, though less frequently, as mobile codes 2d barcodes, or 2d codes). QRs are [...]

ATG Interviews Sam Brooks, EBSCO Publishing

hindsl — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:59:41 +0000

The recent news regarding the merger of EBSCO and H.W. Wilson is an exciting development. ATG’s Associate Editor Tom Gilson (GilsonT@cofc.edu) and Editor Katina Strauch (kstrauch@comcast.net) interviewed Sam Brooks, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at EBSCO Publishing, about the merger and issues related to it.

ATG: You note in your press release that the “Wilson database products are known for their [...]

v23 #3 And They Were There

hindsl — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:40:29 +0000

Reports of Meetings — SSP, Computers in Libraries, and 30th Charleston Conference

Column Editor: Sever Bordeianu (Head, Print Resources Section, University Libraries,
U. of New Mexico; Phone: 505-277-2645; Fax: 505-277-9813) <sbordeia@unm.edu>

Society for Scholarly Publishing’s 7th Annual Librarian Focus Group — “A Forum for Publishers and Librarians” — Washington, DC, February 1, [...]

v23 #3 Cases of Note

hindsl — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:49:15 +0000

Column Editor: Bruce Strauch (The Citadel) <strauchb@citadel.edu>

Larry Montz; Daena Smoller v. Pilgrim Films & TV; NBC Universal et al., UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT, 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 9099.

This scintillating column has frequently covered the litigation travails of poor shlubs who shop their screenplay idea [...]

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