AGAINST THE GRAIN
v.13 # 1 February 2001 © Katina Strauch

ATG State of the Industry Issue

	Rumors	1
	Deadlines	6
	From Your Editor	6
	Letters to the Editor	6
	Biz of Acq - Canadian National Site Licensing Project Daniel Phelan — A site license is a way to gain a bulk discount when purchasing a significantly high number of copies of a given piece of software. The Canadian National Site Licensing Project (CNSLP) is an attempt to utilize this strategy to help a nationwide consortium gain access to electronic bibliographic and full-text databases at reduced prices.	1
	Biz of Acq - Out-of-Print Books: A Practical, Web-Based Solution Michelle Flinchbaugh — In this month's column, Michelle describes how her acquisitions team successfully incorporated the Internet into OP work. She then details the procedure that works best at her library.	20
	The Dilemma of Publisher Giveaways Georgia Briscoe — Each librarian must find his or her own comfort zone on how best to handle giveaways from vendors. This is an issue which is not going away soon; it only seems to be increasing.	24
	Acquisitions in a Wired World:Where Are We Going? Rick Anderson — It's the best of times and the worst of times for acquisitions librarians ... just ask us ...	26
	A Short History of Academic Library Bookselling in America: Or A Tale of the Two Richards: Daniel P. Halloran — Two men - Richard Abel and Richard Blackwell are primarily responsible for English language academic bookselling as we know it today. These two Richards shaped all of the modern, academic booksellers.	28
	I User - First Encounters with the RCA eBook Rick Lugg and Ruth Fischer — This will be a new column in ATG beginning with this issue. What's the end user's experience when he or she encounters a new product? Here's an encounter with the RCA Ebook.	32
	Against the Grain Classifieds Advertise your job listings, items for sale, or items wanted here. We thank you for your contributions.	34
	Op Ed - Opinions and Editorials John R. Secor — Library-Based Profiling: Speaking Out - Will library-based profiling reinvigorate library-vendor relations (Against the Grain, June 2000, p. 36.)?	35
	Millennium Minutes This month's millennium entries include: My Life As A Page by Marisa Anna Scigliano; Drinking From the Firehose: Reminiscing About Old Technology by Eleanor I. Cook; and Do You Remember... by Nancy McKeehan. Our Millennium Minutes column will appear in each issue of Against the Grain throughout 2001, so those of you who have not yet submitted your memories, should write them down and send them to us!	36
	BackTalk (html) Tony Ferguson — Libraries in the New Information Economy - A focus on one of four lessons, with special significance to large academic libraries, on the effects that changes in the technology of communication are having upon the economy.	86
	Ken Dzugan Chairman & Founder, 21 North Main	42
	Rolf Janke President, Sage Reference	46
	From the Reference Desk Tom Gilson — Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social, and Military History; Encyclopedia of Biodiversity; Encyclopedia of Feminist Theories; and Compendium of the World's Languages are just some of the titles reviewed in this issue.	48
	Book Reviews Debbie Vaughn — This month the great Ellen Finnie Duranceau shares her thoughts on Bill Bryson's In a Sunburned Country; the tried-and-true Phillip Powell explores Dorothea von Schwanenflugel Lawson's Laughter Wasn't Rationed; and newcomer Angela Megaw dives into Norman Desmarais' The ABCs of XML and Reaz Hoque's XML for Real Programmers.	52
Edited by Bryan Carson, Bruce Strauch, and Jack Montgomery
	Legally Speaking Bryan Carson — Reference Questions and the Unauthorized Practice of Law	57
	Questions and Answers Laura Gasaway — Copyright Column - May a federal government library photocopy an entire issue of a journal in order to bind a complete volume? This is just one of the nitty-gritty questions that Laura answers in this regular column.	58
	And They Were There Janet L. Flowers and Ana Arias Terry — Report from the 20th Annual Charleston Conference: Issues in Book and Serial Acquisition: Is Bigger Better?	60
	Bestsellers in Australia/New Zealand Françoise Crowell — brings us a mixture of titles which reflect the diversity of interest in Australian/New Zealand topics. Librarians and arm chair travelers alike will find books here for their collections.	68
	Publisher Bestsellers Julia A. Gammon — Rachel Weiss, Marketing and Sales Manager, at NYU Press, has provided this concise list of recent bestsellers.	69
	Book Pricing Update John Riley — Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pre-Pub Prices.	70
	Issues in Vendor/Library Relations Bob Nardini — A Lasting Difference - Twenty years is not a long time in the overall scheme of things but is it time enough for scores of companies to vanish and leave no trace. Who are the unluckiest participants in our Information Age?	70
	Issues in Vendor/Library Relations Bob Nardini and John Abbott — Will Amazon Wal-mart the Book Vendors? It's become commonplace to say that anyone who displays bibliographic data and/or delivers books within an academic setting should emulate some of the practices of Amazon.com.	72
	Oregon Trails Tom begins the new year with some looks at publisher catalogs. We love it when he does this!	74
	Group Therapy Rosann Bazirjian — This month Judy McConnell wants to know if anyone has created a policy for maintaining current titles that are also in a full-text database.	76
	The Times They are A-Changin Jack Walsdorf — An interesting, educational, and enjoyable look back at the bookselling days of 30 years ago. What was the norm, and how is the world of technology and the Internet changing the bookselling world of the rare, the used, and the hard to find books?	76
	Bet You Missed It Pam Rose — She and her news sleuths have articles relating to, among other things, what do killer diseases and the Smithsonian have in common? Read about it in this issue.	80
	The Fire of Progress Martin White — tells us that the fire of progress is lit by inspiration, fuelled by information, and sustained by hope and hard work. Join him as he looks back at more than thirty years of his career.	82
Edited by Sandra K. Paul and Albert Simmonds (SKP Associates)
	Chaos Sandra K. Paul — World Acronyms Over the Years: This walk down memory lane takes us back to many acronyms in the world of standards that some of you will remember over the years.	83
	Webworthy Pamela Rose — Unique and interesting Websites organized by broad subject area. Some of this month's subjects include Antarctic, Evolution, Geoscience, and Medicinal Plants.	84
	Adventures in Librarianship Ned Kraft — Fee for Service: This month Ned brings us a hilarious Memorandum that - let's hope - none of us ever actually gets.	40