AGAINST THE GRAIN
v.13 # 4 September 2001 © Katina Strauch

	Rumors	1
	Deadlines	6
	From Your Editor & Guest Editor	6
	Letters to the Editor	6
	This issue Guest Edited by Tom Gilson (College of Charleston)
	To E- or Not to E-: Print vs. Electronic Ready Reference Tools Fran Wilkinson and Linda Lewis — An interview-style "joint discussion" among four librarians, from three institutions, exploring the attitudes of both librarians and end-users towards electronic ready reference tools.	1
	A Two Part Review: The Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics Robert Dukes and Kwayera Davis — A review, from two view points, covering the content, searchability, advantages and disadvantages of this encyclopedia.	30
	The Devil's Advocate Robert Molyneux — Bob brings us more on critical mass and considers how new technology offers a means of enriching programs to compensate for small faculties.	36
	I, User The Selector in the Garden: Rick Lugg and Ruth Fischer — This month's column looks at paper forms vs. their electronic equivalent. What do vendors want and which is better for libraries and librarians?	38
	Public Prayers: Rodger Smith — Roger travels to the convention center in San Francisco with hopes of finding solutions to serious budget shortfalls.	42
	Op Ed - Opinions and Editorials Dave Tyckoson — A color brochure promising a new, comprehensive, electronic version of a standard reference source prompts Dave to attend a demo/sales pitch at the ALA Annual Conference. What is this new product?	44
	BackTalk (html) Tony Ferguson — A letter from a friend has Tony wondering if he should outsource the writing of his library's annual report.	86
	Daryl Rayner Director of Marketing, xrefer	50
	Kay Ann Cassell Associate Director for Programs and Services, New York Public Library	54
Edited by Barbara Dean Bdean@co.arlington.va.us
	People Profile Peter McCracken, University of Washington	56
	Company Profile Serials Solutions, LLC	58
	One Library Experience: Getting Organized with Serials Solutions by Allison P. Mays	58
	From the Reference Desk Tom Gilson — Europe Since 1945: An Encyclopedia; Encyclopedia of Urban Legends; and Oxford Companion to Politics of the World are just a few of the reference titles reviewed in this month's column.	61
	Book Reviews Debbie Vaughn — Monographic Musings - Who is Mike Litchfield and what does he have to say about Cuba?!	64
Edited by Bryan Carson, Bruce Strauch and Jack Montgomery
	Cases of Note Bruce Strauch — Tasini III and Joe Cartoon v. Zuccarini	66
	Legally Speaking Bryan M. Carson — Copyright and Distance Education - Does current copyright law contain exceptions for the educational use of materials when the mode of delivery is the Internet? Bryan tells us.	68
	Questions and Answers Laura Gasaway — Copyright Column - When a library creates a Website, is the HTML code protected by copyright? Laura clears up some disagreements among the experts on this matter.	70
	And They Were There Elizabeth N. Steinhagen, Sever Bordeianu and Chris R. Johnson — Reports from the XI. Transborder Library Forum, 2001 in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico; and the Innovative Users Group meeting in Santa Clara.	71
	Publisher Profile John Long — University Press of New England - John had the pleasure of speaking to Richard Abel, UPNE director, and has provided us with some parts of their conversation.	74
	Book Pricing Update Tom Loughran — Trends in Book Pricing for the Year Ending June 30, 2001 - Some data derived from the books that were treated on Blackwell's academic Approval Program during the previous year.	74
	Bestsellers - Reference Titles Françoise Crowell — Fifty of the top academic sellers are listed here. This collection is well rounded with Science, Literature, Dance, History, Social Science and even Library Science.	75
	Something About Books Jack Walsdorf — Identity Theft - While searching for books on identity theft, Jack came across a sad but interesting tale of plagiarism which he has shared with us.	76
	Issues in Vendor/Library Relations Ann-Marie Breaux — False Starts, Setbacks, and Great Leaps Forward: Making Progress with ILS Vendor and Book Vendor System Integration	77
	Inside Pandora's Box Jack G. Montgomery — Management of Gifts to Libraries, Part III: "Trade-for-Credit" Agreements - This is the third in a series of reports on programs for managing the volume of books donated to libraries.	80
	Postcards from Bremen Tom Leonhardt — a.k.a. Oregon Trails - Tom is establishing library services in Germany now and this month he tells us his secret for organizing his thoughts.	81
	The Library Marketplace John Riley — Defining Trade Books and Trade Discounts - A new column to address issues concerning pricing in the library marketplace	82
	Group Therapy Rosann Bazirjian — CDs with Periodicals - How are you dealing with the myriad of CDs that come with periodicals? Marilyn Gane wants to know.	83
	Bet You Missed It Pamela Rose and Bruce Strauch — What do Birds and Cell Phones have in common? Read about it in this issue.	84
	International Dateline Martin White — News from South Africa and Important Developments in the UK over the Reed/Harcourt Merger	86
	A View from Africa Digby Sales — A look at the positive and negative impacts of e-commerce in Africa.	87
	Report from Fiesole III Alex Holzman — The Fiesole Collection Development Retreat Series - This March there was a collection development retreat in Fiesole, Italy, and Alex was there.	88
Edited by Sandra K. Paul and Albert Simmonds (SKP Associates)
	Webworthy Pamela Rose — Unique and interesting Websites organized by broad subject area. Crocodiles and Space Travel are just two of the subjects covered in this issue.	89
	Desperately Seeking Website (pdf) Amber Williams — Morna Conway of The Conway Group talks with Amber about the impact of the online environment on publishers and librarians.	92
	Chaos Sandra K. Paul — An Update on ONIX International - The New International Metadata Standard - This is an update on Onix International from earlier articles in Against the Grain and the panel at the 2000 Charleston Conference.	93
	You Gotta Go to School for That Jared Alexander Seay — The XY Files - Do males have a much greater incidence of malfunction than females? This father discusses the differences manifested by the X chromosome.	47
	Millennium Minutes Joyce Ogburn — A Look Back at Licensing - Librarians tend to think of licenses in terms of databases and fulltext e-journals, however, Joyce tell us how it all started years ago with licensing of software and electronic data.	90
	Adventures in Librarianship Ned Kraft — Can this Marriage be Saved? - A test to help you gauge your relationship with Accounts Payable and put it in context.	92