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| | Rumors | 1 |
| | From Your Editor | 6 |
| | Letters to the Editor | 6 |
| | Deadlines | 6 |
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| | This issue Guest Edited by Rosann Bazirjian (Penn State University) | |
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| | Print Versus Retention
Rosann Bazirjian — This issue of ATG will showcase five thoughtful and creative papers on the topic of whether or not we should discard print titles in favor of electronic titles. | 1 |
| | Collaborative Print Retention Pilot Projects
Thomas A. Peters — Why has print retention become one of the burning issues of our time? It reveals our current cultural schizophrenia. On the one hand, electronic publishing has caused some educated people to denounce digital content and reaffirm their love of print. On the other hand, certain types of printed publications, such as reference books and scholarly journals, have become problems for academic libraries. | 18 |
| | No One Uses Them So Why Should We Keep Them
John McDonald — Scenarios for Print Issue Retention : This piece outlines the considerations that each library should take into account when debating retention of print journal issues. | 22 |
| | The Hybrid Environment:
Mark Rowse — Electronic-only Versus Print Retention: As we all know, libraries are purchasing increasing amounts of electronic resources which puts ongoing pressure on acquisition budgets. What is the feasibility of sustaining duplicate print and electronic collections? | 24 |
| | The Future of the Hardcopy Journal
Don Jaeger — This is not the first time in the history of publishing that the printed journal has been challenged. | 30 |
| | Libraries in Transition:
Robert Alan and Nan Butkovich — Impact of Print and Electronic Journal Access The reality, therefore, is that many libraries are in a transitional period, having to allocate resources to manage both print and electronic journal collections. Penn State is one such library. | 32 |
| | Op Ed — Opinions and Editorials
Scott Plutchak — Vanishing Act: We are at a perilous moment in history. The technology, and our responses to it, are moving more rapidly than careful thought would allow. | 36 |
| | ATG SPECIAL REPORTS
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| | My First eBook
Angi Herold Faiks — Imagine being stuck on a camping trip with nothing to read. Would you read an eBook? | 40 |
| | A Librarian Among Sphagnologists
Heather Miller — A group of roughly 40 people were on a mega field trip, traveling by coach from Uppsala, Sweden, through Sweden and Norway, visiting sites where participants could see first hand the many species of Sphagnum and the different habitats in which they thrive. We think you’ll be interested. | 42 |
| | Libraries In The Cyberage Part III
Mark Herring — Electronic Publishing and the Future of Scholarship | 46 |
| | Back Talk — Article 23
Tony Ferguson — Tony admits that he typically turned a deaf ear/blind eye to the whole Freedom to Read thing when he lived in North America but recently over in Hong Kong the government officials have had an interesting time writing laws related to the freedom or lack of freedom to read materials that would challenge the right of the government to rule. | 94 |
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| | David Dekker
Chief Operating Officer, Marcel Dekker, Inc. | 54 |
| | Sara Randall and Harry Samuels
Rick Lugg and Ruth Fischer — Endeavor Information Systems — Topic: Open URL Linking for Collections and Technical Services | 58 |
| | Copyright Clearance Center
Bruce Strauch — Westwood Infringement Case | 62 |
Edited by Barbara Dean Bdean@co.arlington.va.us |
| | Nancy Butkovich
Head, Physical Sciences Library, Penn State University | 38 |
| | Angi Faiks
Electronic Resources Librarian, MINITEX | 44 |
| | Publisher Profile
Marcel Dekker, Inc. | 56 |
| | Roger Press
Executive Vice President, Classical.com | 61 |
| | Joe Lee
Author, On The Record | 74 |
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| | From the Reference Desk
Tom Gilson — Reviews of Reference Titles: Encyclopedia of American History; Guns in American Society: An Encyclopedia of History, Politics, Culture and the Law; and Literacy in America: An Encyclopedia of History, Theory and Practice are just some of the reference titles reviewed this month. | 64 |
| | Test Driving CD-ROMs
Norman Desmarais — Reviews of CD-ROM Products: In this issue Norman reviews The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade: A Database on CD-ROM | 66 |
| | Book Reviews
Debbie Vaughn — Monographic Musings: What do library communities, career exploration, ethics, and information all have to do with ALAction 2005? Continuing education. | 68 |
Edited by Bryan Carson, Bruce Strauch and Jack Montgomery |
| | Legally Speaking
Bryan Carson — “The Tie that Binds:” The Nuts and Bolts of Contract Formation - Contracts are the basic agreements that allow us to function as a society. | 75 |
| | Cases of Note
Bruce Strauch — Copyright — Term Extension Passes Supreme Court: Petitioners were not pleased with the Copyright Term Extension Act (CTEA) which in l998 tacked on twenty years to both existing and future copyrights. | 76 |
| | Questions and Answers
Laura Gasaway — Copyright Column: When shareware or freeware has been downloaded from the Internet, is it copyright infringement to “beam it” to a colleague’s Palm Pilot? This is just one of the questions Lolly answers for us this month. | 78 |
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| | Devil's Advocate
Publisher/Vendor Meeting at ALA — “It was an excellent session” says Robert Molyneux. Read his full report here. | 72 |
| | And They Were There
Reports of Meetings — How Smart Are Publishers? A Report on the PSP Meeting by Anthony Watkinson and Rosann Bazirjian reports on EBSCO’s Executive Seminar. | 81 |
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| | Inside Pandora’s Box
Ellen Tinker Massey — “Change” Through Adversity: An Organizational Triumph Over Tragedy | 79 |
| | Books Are Us
Anne Robichaux — This column covers fictitious accounts of people in our industry — librarians, publishers, vendors, booksellers, etc. — people like us. | 82 |
| | IMHBCO
Rick Anderson — In My Humble But Correct Opinion — Sexing The Academy: Or, The Seductive Art of The Misleading Monograph Title. | 84 |
| | Talk of the Trade
Barry Fast — Barry has more Book Trade gossip for us in this regular ATG column. | 85 |
| | Issues in Vendor/Library Relations - So You're Buying a New Integrated Library System: Have You Told Your Book Vendor Yet? (pdf)
Ann-Marie Breaux — | 87 |
| | Bet You Missed It
Pamela Rose — What do baseball cards and viruses have in common? Read about it in this issue. | 88 |
Edited by Sandra K. Paul and Albert Simmonds (SKP Associates) |
| | Group Therapy
Rosann Bazirjian — Barbara Porrett wants to know how libraries communicate with their users about use terms in licenses. Although this query was presented on liblicense back in July 1999, she wants an update. | 86 |
| | Biz of Acq
Miranda Howard Haddock — Acquiring Pictures in the Digital Age: Licensing Issues in the Acquisition of Slides, Digital Images, and Digital Reproduction Rights for Two Digital Image Projects at Western Michigan University | 89 |
| | Desperately Seeking Copyright
Edward Colleran — Paper vs. Digital: Paper Still Reigns in the Digital Decade | 92 |
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| | Call For Papers
Charleston Conference 2003 | 63 |
| | Adventures in Librarianship
Ned Kraft — Reality: Cable Television’s most iconoclastic station, the ATG Network, is planning to bombard its summer audience this year with reality shows that are sure to please. | 93 |
