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 [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/12/v23-5-imhbco-in-my-humble-but-correct-opinion/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/10/v23-4-table-of-contents/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/10/v23-4-table-of-contents/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 12:00:34 +0000 Leah Hinds http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=7772 Please note: You must be logged in as a subscriber to view the full text articles at the links below.  Print subscribers may click “Register” on the right side of the screen to register for a username and password.  For information on how to subscribe to ATG, please visit our “Subscribe” [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/10/v23-4-table-of-contents/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/10/v23-4-preservation%e2%80%99s-role-in-the-transition-from-print-to-e-resource-collections/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/10/v23-4-preservation%e2%80%99s-role-in-the-transition-from-print-to-e-resource-collections/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:59:51 +0000 Leah Hinds http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=7782 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 [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/10/v23-4-preservation%e2%80%99s-role-in-the-transition-from-print-to-e-resource-collections/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/10/v23-4-ebooks-the-preservation-challenge/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/10/v23-4-ebooks-the-preservation-challenge/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:54:33 +0000 Leah Hinds http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=7797 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 [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/10/v23-4-ebooks-the-preservation-challenge/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/09/v18-1-and-they-were-there/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/09/v18-1-and-they-were-there/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:49:10 +0000 Leah Hinds http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=7313 Column Editor:  Sever Bordeianu  (University of Mexico)  <sbordeia@unm.edu>

From your Editor:  The 2005 Charleston Conference was fabulous!  Many thanks to Ramune Kubilius [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/09/v18-1-and-they-were-there/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/08/atg-interviews-max-berenstein-product-manager-sciverse-applications/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/08/atg-interviews-max-berenstein-product-manager-sciverse-applications/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:00:36 +0000 Leah Hinds http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=6934 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 [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/08/atg-interviews-max-berenstein-product-manager-sciverse-applications/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/08/v-23-4-little-red-herrings/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/08/v-23-4-little-red-herrings/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:07:23 +0000 Leah Hinds http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=7158 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 [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/08/v-23-4-little-red-herrings/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/07/atg-interviews-sam-brooks-ebsco-publishing/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/07/atg-interviews-sam-brooks-ebsco-publishing/#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:59:41 +0000 Leah Hinds http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=6241 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 [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/07/atg-interviews-sam-brooks-ebsco-publishing/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/07/v23-3-and-they-were-there/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/07/v23-3-and-they-were-there/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:40:29 +0000 Leah Hinds http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=6196 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, [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/07/v23-3-and-they-were-there/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/07/v23-3-cases-of-note/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/07/v23-3-cases-of-note/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:49:15 +0000 Leah Hinds http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=6174 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 [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/07/v23-3-cases-of-note/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/07/v23-3-ebooks-and-memory-down-the-rabbit-hole/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/07/v23-3-ebooks-and-memory-down-the-rabbit-hole/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:31:34 +0000 Leah Hinds http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=6208 Download PDF

by Tony Horava  (Associate University Librarian – Collections, University of Ottawa)  <thorava@uottawa>

“Down, down, down.  Would the fall never come to an end!  ‘I wonder how many miles I’ve fallen by this time?’ she said aloud.  ‘I must be getting somewhere near the centre of the earth.” — Alice’s Adventures in [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/07/v23-3-ebooks-and-memory-down-the-rabbit-hole/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/06/v23-2-and-they-were-there/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/06/v23-2-and-they-were-there/#comments Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:54:37 +0000 Leah Hinds http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=5856 Issues in Book and Serial Acquisition, “Anything Goes!” Francis Marion Hotel, Embassy Suites Historic District, Holiday Inn Historic District, and Addlestone Library, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, November 3-6, 2010

Charleston Conference Reports compiled by:  Ramune K. Kubilius (Collection Development / Special Projects Librarian, Northwestern University, Galter [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/06/v23-2-and-they-were-there/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/05/publisher-profile-business-expert-press/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/05/publisher-profile-business-expert-press/#comments Fri, 20 May 2011 13:41:52 +0000 Leah Hinds http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=5198

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Distilled from an ALCTS Collection Management and Development Section Forum, presented at ALA Midwinter, San Diego, January 2011.

Introduction
(Harriet Lightman and Brian Quinn, conveners)

“Is Selection Dead?  The Rise of Collection Management and the [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/05/v-23-2-is-selection-dead-the-rise-of-collection-management-and-the-twilight-of-selection/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/05/book-review-the-guide-to-the-american-revolutionary-war-in-new-york-battles-raids-and-skirmishes/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/05/book-review-the-guide-to-the-american-revolutionary-war-in-new-york-battles-raids-and-skirmishes/#comments Fri, 13 May 2011 12:30:24 +0000 Leah Hinds http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=5087 Desmarais, Norman. The Guide to the American Revolutionary War in New York: Battles, Raids, and Skirmishes. Ithaca, NY: Busca, Inc., c2010.  261 p.  9781934934029 (pbk.)  $22.95
Review by Kirstin Steele, The Citadel, steelek1@citadel.edu

The Guide to the American Revolutionary War in New York: Battles, Raids, and Skirmishes is the second in a [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/05/book-review-the-guide-to-the-american-revolutionary-war-in-new-york-battles-raids-and-skirmishes/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/05/atg-interviews-marla-chesler-u-s-department-of-state-ralph-j-bunche-library/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/05/atg-interviews-marla-chesler-u-s-department-of-state-ralph-j-bunche-library/#comments Thu, 12 May 2011 14:11:44 +0000 Leah Hinds http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=5082 ATG: Tell us about your job at the Ralph J. Bunche Library at the U.S. Department of State.

MWC: I started in July 2010. As the Head of Acquisitions, I work with the team responsible not only for Bunche Library materials but for all purchases of books, journals, databases, newspapers and other information resources for [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/05/atg-interviews-marla-chesler-u-s-department-of-state-ralph-j-bunche-library/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/05/v-23-1-book-reviews-monographic-musings/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/05/v-23-1-book-reviews-monographic-musings/#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 16:18:03 +0000 Leah Hinds http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=5057 Column Editor: Debbie Vaughn (College of Charleston) <vaughnd@cofc.edu>

Column Editor’s Note: Last year, I discovered that February is Library Lovers’ Month. This year, I have learned that February 9th is Read in the Bathtub Day. Admittedly, I feel that taking time to read in the bathtub is a luxury best enjoyed on at least [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/05/v-23-1-book-reviews-monographic-musings/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/03/v-23-1-developing-standards-across-the-scholarly-information-chain/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/03/v-23-1-developing-standards-across-the-scholarly-information-chain/#comments Mon, 28 Mar 2011 18:01:08 +0000 Leah Hinds http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=4423 by Bev Acreman (BioMed Central, London, UK) bev.acreman@biomedcentral.com  
www. biomedcentral.com

The focus in this issue is on how an international organisation — the UKSG (www.uksg.org) — fulfils its remit to span the wide range of interests and activities across the scholarly information community of librarians, publishers, intermediaries, [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/03/v-23-1-developing-standards-across-the-scholarly-information-chain/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/03/v-22-6-the-future-of-the-textbook/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/03/v-22-6-the-future-of-the-textbook/#comments Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:51:21 +0000 Leah Hinds http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=4218 by Sara Killingworth (Senior Associate, Maverick Outsource Services Ltd.) sara@maverick-os.com
and Martin Marlow (Principal, Maverick Outsource Services Ltd.) martin@maverick-os.com, www.maverick-os.com

Etextbooks are the latest and, some would say, last major eBook category to finally start opening up to active experimentation and sales development worldwide. Over the last year or so we [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/03/v-22-6-the-future-of-the-textbook/feed/ 2 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/02/op-ed-evolution-yes-closure-no/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/02/op-ed-evolution-yes-closure-no/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:45:06 +0000 Leah Hinds http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=4051 Widespread closures of library services will cause irrevocable damage, argues Randy Petway, SVP of Publishing Technology.

The library, arguably one of the last remaining bastions of community and academic life is severely under threat amid on-going local library closures as a result of state governmental cuts. With protests attracting the support of several high profile [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/02/op-ed-evolution-yes-closure-no/feed/ 0