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| | Rumors | 1 |
| | Deadlines | 6 |
| | From Your Editor | 6 |
| | Letters to the Editor | 6 |
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| | This issue Guest Edited by Bob Birch | |
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| | Problems in the Pipeline: Forces of Change for Publishers, Distributors, and Libraries
Bob Birch — There have always been pressures on and among the three key players in the distribution pipeline with each regularly seeking some new leverage or concession from one of the others. | 1 |
| | Technology and Change in the Library Marketplace
Niko Pfund — Whenever the future of the book or the publishing industry is raised as a topic of conversation or debate, the eBook occupies a disproportionately large role in that discussion. | 22 |
| | Understanding the Library Market-place:
Gary Shirk — Ask yourself, how comfortable are you in the library marketplace today? Do you feel that something momentous has happened? | 24 |
| | Competition and Technology as Forces of Change in the Library Market
Jay Askuvich and Forrest Link — We have seen significant mergers of some book vendors and heard warnings of the imminent demise of others. | 34 |
| | Evolution of the Supply Chain in Academic Library Bookselling
Matt Nauman — Years ago libraries bought books from publishers or local booksellers. In a broader sense, the process went like this: | 36 |
| | Choices for Libraries, Publishers, and Vendors
Marifran Bustion — Today, libraries have even more purchasing decisions to make than in the past. | 40 |
| | Joys, Horrors, and the Future of Library Acquisitions
John M. Kistler — Despite the Internet, libraries are still necessary. Despite credit cards and online bookstores, jobbers continue to provide useful services. | 44 |
| | Library Acquisitions: Change and the Need for Communication Among Libraries, Distributors, and Publishers
Jeanne Harrell — As we seek to provide the titles required by our students and faculty, libraries are employing a wide variety of methods. | 52 |
| | Op Ed - Opinions and Editorials
John Perry Smith — We Don't Need No Stinking Librarians | 56 |
| | BackTalk (html)
Tony Ferguson — Without a problem, there is a blind groping in the dark | 94 |
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| | Nicholas Basbanes
Author, Patience & Fortitude, HarperCollins Publishers | 58 |
| | David Schappell
Director, Corporate Accounts, Amazon.com | 60 |
Edited by Barbara Dean Bdean@co.arlington.va.us |
| | People Profile
Jeff Slagell, Serials Librarian | 64 |
| | Publisher Profile
David R. Godine, Publishers, Inc. | 66 |
| | Library Profile
W.B. Roberts Library, Delta State Univ. | 68 |
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| | W.B. Roberts Library, Delta State Univ.
Tom Gilson — Reviews of Reference Titles. Oxford Companion to J.M.W. Turner, Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy, and the Handbook of Shock Waves are just some of the reference titles reviewed this month. | 64 |
| | Book Reviews
Debbie Vaughn — Monographic Musings - Mike Litchfield examines the Bhagavadgita; Papa Lyman educates us on liber rara avis and more... | 70 |
Edited by Bryan Carson, Bruce Strauch and Jack Montgomery |
| | Cases of Note
Bruce Strauch — Battle of Rock Titans! Lick It Up! | 74 |
| | Legally Speaking
Bryan M. Carson — Copyright, Tasini, and our new reality | 75 |
| | Questions and Answers
Laura Gasaway — Copyright Column - Some fascinating answers about photocopying out-of-print books and recipes among others! | 77 |
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| | Devil's Advocate - Libraries in Science Fiction
Bob Molyneux — Bob considers what Science Fiction works have to say about libraries and the library function in the various futures they treat. | 78 |
| | And They Were There
Reports from ACRL and IFLA Library Consortium Preconference. | 80 |
| | Sense and Sensibility
Margaret Landesman — Multi-volume Reference Sets: Have They a Future? | 82 |
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| | Multi-volume Reference Sets: Have They a Future?
Rick Lugg and Ruth Fischer — An Open Letter on the Academic Library Market | 83 |
| | Books Are Us
Column Editor Anne Robichaux — This is a NEW COLUMN about fiction dealing with libraries, bookselling, publishers, etc. Send in YOUR suggestions! | 86 |
| | Bet You Missed It
Pamela M. Rose — What do DNA and spaghetti have in common? Read about it in this issue. | 87 |
| | Pandora's Box
Jack Montgomery — A review of the 2001 Legal Information Buyers Guide. | 87 |
| | Issues in Vendor/Library Relations
Bob Nardini — Hamburgers, Minivans, and Databases: A Case Study | 89 |
| | Public Prayers:
Rodger Smith — The Reverent Wishes and Desires of A Public Library Collection Development Librarian | 90 |
| | Bremertown Postcard
Tom Leonhardt — Tom is - guess what - Buying books ... | 91 |
| | Group Therapy
Rosann Bazirjian — Buddy Pennington is having trouble getting several popular titles on microfilm - Tina Creguer and Julia Gammon respond. | 92 |
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| | International Dateline
Anthony Watkinson — | 93 |
Edited by Sandra K. Paul and Albert Simmonds (SKP Associates) |
| | Why Don't We Do It On the Web?:
Mary Mallery — Online Book Request Forms | 84 |
| | Drinking from the Firehose
Eleanor Cook — On the Nature of Keeping Things - In this world, there are the Keepers and the ThrowAwayers. | 88 |
| | Webworthy
Pamela Rose — Unique and interesting Websites organized by broad subject area. Entomology and Physics are two subjects in this issue. | 92 |
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| | Adventures in Librarianship
Ned Kraft — The Weakest Librarian | 86 |
