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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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, [...]

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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 [...]

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Op Ed: Evolution Yes, Closure No

On February 28, 2011 By

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 [...]

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