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| | From The Editor | 6 |
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| | ATG Annual Report Survey
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| | At the Turn of the Millennium
by Elisabeth Knight — Modern electronic databases and the copier are just two of the enormous advances which have changed the way the library has been used. Consider some of the other kinds of changes that had to occur to make the library as it is today. | 1 |
| | Memory Lane
ATG Millennium Issue - Call for Contributions | 5 |
| | E-Commerce - A Collection Development Perspective Parts 2 and 3
by Kent Mulliner — The completion of this fascinating series begun in November, 1998.
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| | Ebooks: Report on an Ongoing Experiment
by Nancy J. Gibbs — Last spring, North Carolina State University Libraries experimented with the new electronic reading device technology. Here are some of their results | 23 |
| | Selling Used and Antiquarian Books
by John T. Zubal — Mr. Zubal has been buying and selling old books since the late 1950s. Here are some insights into the manner in which books are bought and sold. | 26 |
| | Op Ed - Opinions and Editorials
Albert Henderson — Solving Puzzles, Albert responds to Tony Ferguson's Back Talk of September 1999. | 32 |
| | 2000 Charleston Conference
Nov. 1-4, 2000 - Call for Ideas | 72 |
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| | Bob Schatz
Manager, North American Sales - Everetts | 36 |
| | Martin Manley (html)
President and CEO - Alibris | 40 |
Edited by Barbara Dean Bdean@co.arlington.va.us |
| | Library Profile
by Connie Foster and Jack Montgomery — Western Kentucky University Libraries | 34 |
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| | From the Reference Desk
by Tom Gilson — Reviews of Reference titles. | 46 |
| | Book Reviews
by Simon Lewis and Debbie Vaughn — Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa Report and Government Information Collections in the Networked Environment: New Issues and Models. | 50 |
Edited by Bryan Carson, Bruce Strauch and Jack Montgomery |
| | Legally Speaking
by Bryan Carson — The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act: 2B or not 2B, An Act which attempts to codify current practices and add protections that some vendors and publishers feel is necessary. However, even those who believe a new law is necessary find certain provisions of the proposed law unpalatable. | 54 |
| | Copyright Questions and Answers
by Laura Gasaway — A regular column in which Laura Gasaway. answers all kinds of nitty-gritty questions | 59 |
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| | Bestsellers in Geology, 1999
by Françoise Crowell and Bob Nardini — | 60 |
| | Publisher Bestsellers
by Julia A. Gammon — University of Toronto Press | 61 |
| | From the Other Side of the Street
Thomas Bacher — What is Local? The Library of the Future? Says Thomas Bacher: "So perhaps out of the insomnia that comes from strident stances on a particular issue like library digitization, some clues, thoughts and outright dreams can give us a better idea of what the future might be." | 63 |
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| | Academic Book Trends
How accurate are expected publication dates? | 66 |
| | sotto voce
by Bob Schatz — Accidents aren't supposed to happen, especially to people we know. | 67 |
| | And They Were There
by Fran Wilkinson — Fran Wilkinson talks about NASIG. | 68 |
| | Bet You Missed It
What do PNAS and cryptids have in common? Read about it in this issue. | 71 |
| | Issues in Vendor/Library Relations
by Barry Fast — The Urge to Merge. Within a period of just sixty days, two of the three largest independently owned library book suppliers that specialized in the academic market were acquired. Why? | 73 |
| | Pandora's Box
by John R. Secor and Gary M. Shirk — John and Gary contend that library book vendors must change how they do business. | 75 |
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| | Here's Looking At
by Terry L. Norton and Jonathan W. Vare — Fostering International Awareness through University Faculty and Library Partnerships: The Dacus Model by Terry L. Norton and Jonathan W. Vare At Winthrop University the Ida Jane Dacus Library is meeting the mission of actively promoting global understanding. | 29 |
| | International Dateline
by Martin White — Copyright and the EU by Martin White - In January, 1997 the European Commission submitted to the European Parliament a proposal for a Directive on the harmonization of certain aspects of copyright. | 79 |
Edited by Sandra K. Paul and Albert Simmonds (SKP Associates) |
| | Biz of Acq
by Rob Withers — Selecting and Processing Electronic Resources: How to Plug Librarians into the Workflow - This month, Rob draws on a new survey of librarians, as well as recent library science literature, to describe how libraries are adapting acquisitions and collection development processes to the digital age. | 80 |
| | Webworthy
Unique and interesting Web sites organized by broad subject area edited by Pamela Rose | 83 |
| | Chaos
by Sandra K. Paul — Think Thirteen - Here Comes The NEW ISBN! by Sandra K. Paul - Guess what? By January 1, 2006, systems must be able to contain a 13 Digit International Standard Book Number (ISBN). | 84 |
| | Wandering the Web
by Holly Hedden — Animal Rights Web Sites for the Librarian | 86 |
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| | Adventures in Librarianship
More From Wilberforce — | 78 |
