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| | Rumors | 1 |
| | Deadlines | 6 |
| | From Your Editor | 6 |
| | Letters to the Editor | 6 |
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| | Who Does the Selecting at Your Library?
Audrey Fenner — The answer to the question is seldom as easy as giving one or two names. Selection for academic library collections may be done by librarians, by teaching faculty, or by representatives of both groups. | 1 |
| | Reinventing the Wheel: The Microsoft Access Alternative
Sandhya D. Srivastava and Paolina Taglienti — Sandy and Paolina have spent two years developing a monograph database and this article details some of their trials and tribulations. | 20 |
| | My Summer at Amazon.com
Kate C. Mcdill — Who says library skills are not needed? Last summer Kate worked as an intern at Amazon.com assigning browse nodes to nodeless ASINs in the toy & baby stores. | 26 |
| | The Paper-Cloth Conundrum
Dana Courtney — Economics of Simultaneous Publication: The Wholesaler's Point of View - We have discussed this issue more than once in these pages. | 28 |
| | Op Ed - Opinions and Editorials
John Riley — A Cup of Joe, a Krispy Kreme & Thou: Visits to Coffeehouses in Libraries | 34 |
| | Against the Grain Annual Survey Report
Michael Litchfield — | 52 |
| | Back Talk (html)
Tony Ferguson — Cataloging: Integrating Web Resources into OPACs | 86 |
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| | Vitek Tracz
Daryl Rayner — Chairman of The Current Science Group | 36 |
| | Barbara Haber
John Riley — Curator, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University | 40 |
Edited by Barbara Dean Bdean@co.arlington.va.us |
| | Publisher Profile
HDCN On-Line (Hypertension, Dialysis & Clinical Nephrology) | 48 |
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| | From the Reference Desk
Tom Gilson — Reviews of Reference Titles - The Papacy: An Encyclopedia; Boyhood in America: an Encyclopedia; and Historical Dictionary of Terrorism are just a few of the titles reviewed this month. | 43 |
| | Book Reviews
Debbie Vaughn — Monographic Musings - All About Libraries-take a peek into the worlds of online academic research and off-campus library services. | 50 |
Edited by Bryan Carson, Bruce Strauch and Jack Montgomery |
| | Legally Speaking
Bryan Carson — The Copyright Status of Unpublished Works | 54 |
| | Cases of Note
Bruce Strauch — Trade Dress - Abercrombie Takes a Dressing Down or Eroticism Rules the Case | 58 |
| | Questions and Answers
Laura Gasaway — Copyright Column - Can you send hyperlinks through email? This is just one of the questions Laura answers this month | 62 |
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| | Biz of Acq - A Database By Any Other Name (pdf)
Sue Wiegand — When evaluating and selecting electronic resources we struggle to understand the differences and similarities between products. | 62 |
| | And They Were There
Frances C. Wilkinson and Linda K. Lewis — Reports of Meetings - This report is from NASIG 2001, A Serials Odyssey: The 16th Annual Conference of the North American Serials Interest Group. | 66 |
| | Books Are Us
Anne Robichaux — | 70 |
| | Bestsellers in Ethics
Françoise Crowell — | 70 |
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| | I, User
Ruth Fischer and Rick Lugg — Down by the Ol' Mainstream - Backlogs and BottlenecksIt can almost go without saying that technical services have a profound and immediate impact on the patron experience. | 72 |
| | Oregon Trails
Tom Leonhardt — The Value of Paper | 75 |
| | Issues in Vendor/Library Relations - Encompassing Cornell (pdf)
Bob Nardini — This column is based upon an interview with participants in one of today's most interesting library-vendor enterprises, members of the Cornell University Library ENCompass Team. | 76 |
| | Issues in Vendor Library Relations - Hype (pdf)
Bob Nardini — The library community was surprised a few years ago to find itself the target of a serious and custom-made operation in hype. | 78 |
| | Bet You Missed It
Pamela Rose — What do Chippewa Indians and Wireless Networks have in common? Read all about it in this issue. | 80 |
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| | International Dateline
Hu Ming Rong — Age of Knowledge Calls for More Qualified Librarians in Chinese Academic Libraries, The Need for Upgrading Chinese Librarians | 82 |
Edited by Sandra K. Paul and Albert Simmonds (SKP Associates) |
| | Webworthy
Pamela Rose — Unique and interesting Websites organized by broad subject area. | 84 |
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| | Rumours from Paddington
Daryl Rayner — | 12 |
| | Charleston Conference
Call for Papers | 42 |
