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Title: The Librarian’s Legal Companion for Licensing Information Resources and Services Author: Tomas A. Lipinski Paperback: ISBN: 9781555706104, $130 Imprint: New York: Neal-Schuman, 2012

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“Legal expert Lipinski offers a definitive sourcebook for information licensing in [...]

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Title: Environments for Student Growth and Development: Libraries and Student Affairs in Collaboration. Editors: Lisa J. Hinchliffe and Melissa A. Wong. Softcover: ISBN 9780838986097; $60.00 Imprint: Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2012. 267p. alk.paper,

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Title:  Interdisciplinarity and Academic Libraries

Editors. Daniel C. Mack and Craig Gibson Paperback:  ISBN: 9780838986158; $62 Imprint: Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2012. (This title is also available for purchase as an e-book or as a print/e-book bundle.)

 

“Interdisciplinarity in Academic Libraries addresses an emerging yet largely [...]

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Title: Science in Print: Essays on the History of Science and the Culture of Print
Editors: Rima D. Apple, Gregory J. Downey, and Stephen L. Vaughn Paperback: ISBN 978-0-299-28614-9; $34.95 e-book: ISBN 978-0-299-28613-2; $24.95 Imprint: Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2012

Ever since the threads of seventeenth-century natural philosophy began [...]

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Title: Networked: The New Social Operating System Authors: Lee Rainie and Barry Wellman Hardcover: 978-0262017190, $29.95 Imprint: Cambridge: MIT Press, 2012

 

“In Networked, Lee Rainie and Barry Wellman show how the large, loosely knit social circles of networked individuals expand opportunities for learning, problem solving, decision making, and personal interaction. The new [...]

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Title: Must Read: Rediscovering American Bestsellers: From Charlotte Temple to The Da Vinci Code Editors: Sarah Churchwell, Thomas Ruys Smith Paperback: 9781441162168, $29.95 Imprint: London; New York : Continuum,  2012

What is it about certain books that makes them bestsellers? Why do some of these books remain popular for centuries, and others fade gently into [...]

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