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| | Rumors | 1 |
| | From Your Editor | 6 |
| | Letters to the Editor | 6 |
| | Deadlines | 6 |
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| | Guest Editor, John McDonald (California Institute of Technology) | |
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| | Introduction
John McDonald — Although libraries have rarely relied solely on quantitative measures to inform their day-to-day actions, the increases in serials costs and the decreases in real budget dollars are forcing libraries to make tougher and tougher collections decisions each year. | 1 |
| | Making Haste Slowly: E-metrics — Where Are We Now and What Can We Expect?
Bob Molyneux — Bob says that we know a lot more than we think we know if it were all collected and assessed. | 18 |
| | Bradford’s Distribution, the 80/20 Rule, and Patterns of Full-Text Database Use
Steve Black & Amy Sisson — Unlike the pattern of use of print journals in specific disciplines found by Bradford, the heaviest use in interdisciplinary database packages is spread among dozens, rather than a handful, of titles. | 20 |
| | Why Usage Statistics Cannot Tell Us Everything, and Why We Shouldn’t Dare To Ask!
Phil Davis — While usage statistics can tell us so much about how much a journal or resource is being used, it cannot tell us why it was used, or by whom. The answer to these questions may have unintended consequences for library budgets. | 24 |
| | Evaluating Bibliographic Database Use: Beyond the Numbers
Steve Hiller — A number of libraries find that use of many bibliographic databases is on the decline. So how do we measure use? How accurate and reliable are the data? | 26 |
| | Usage Statistics at Yale University Library
Jennifer Weintraub — Yale’s collection of usage statistics, while perhaps not as comprehensive as would be liked, is a step in the direction of being able to tell what users want and need. | 32 |
| | Getting the Best Out of It! Usage Analysis from the Publishing Perspective
Marthyn Borghuis — Marthyn presents readers with a straightforward analysis of online journal usage developments worldwide to date and in the years to come. | 34 |
| | The Beginning of Value Assessment: Usage Information in the E-Journal Age
John Sack — The early days of e-journals were like the early days of space exploration: we didn’t know what observations would be useful because we didn’t know what new phenomena in user behavior would occur. Clearly, significant challenges and “interesting” times are ahead for us! | 36 |
| | Information Services and Use: Metrics & Statistics for Libraries and Information Providers: Update on NISO Committee AY
Denise Davis — NISO Committee AY is now making final edits to Z39.7-2002, Information Services and Use: Metrics & Statistics for Libraries and Information Providers—Data Dictionary, and expects to complete its work by the end of 2003. | 42 |
| | COUNTER: Progress though Cooperation
Peter Shepherd — It is in the interests of both librarians and vendors that online usage statistics should be credible, consistent, and compatible. It is the object of COUNTER to ensure that this is so, without imposing an expensive bureaucracy on the industry. | 44 |
| | Op Ed — Opinions and Editorials: To Thine Own Self Be Dispassionate
Bob Schatz — Matt Nauman’s thoughtful editorial in the September ATG raised many points worth considering. Exhibitions at major (and minor) conferences have real and substantial costs which can affect the finances of vendors. | 46 |
| | Back Talk — Profession Confusion (pdf)
Tony Ferguson — Tony thinks that we seem to be having another attack of profession confusion at just the wrong time. He was recently at an international meeting of librarians all of whom share an organizational affiliation that had the dreaded L word in it: Librarians. | 94 |
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| | Into the Twenty-first Century: Leadership and the Future of Libraries - A Conversation with Robert Wedgeworth
Victoria Beatty, MLIS — | 50 |
| | Daniel P. Halloran - President, Blackwells Book Services, Inc.
Katina Strauch — | 56 |
| | Bob Schatz - Director, Sales and Marketing, Franklin Book Company, Inc.
Jack G. Montgomery — | 58 |
Edited by Allison Mays |
| | Antje Mays - Head, Monograph & AV Acquisitions, Winthrop University
Michelle Flinchbaugh — | 68 |
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| | From the Reference Desk - Reviews of Reference Titles
Tom Gilson — The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History, and the Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance are just two of the titles reviewed in this issue. | 62 |
| | Book Reviews - Monographic Musings
Debbie Vaughn — This holiday season, celebrate your love of reading by checking out this exciting array of books. Newcomer Steven Profit joins veteran columnist Ellen Finnie Duranceau assessing a treasure of titles. | 64 |
| | Books That Matter
Ellen Finnie Duranceau — This column is the second in an irregular series of short reviews of books that matter: books that deserve to be devoured and discussed. | 66 |
Edited by Bryan Carson, Bruce Strauch and Jack Montgomery |
| | Legally Speaking - Dewey, Dastar, and the OCLC-Library Hotel Dispute: A Question of Trademark or Copyright
Bryan M. Carson — This article discusses the current legal dispute between the Library Hotel and OCLC over the phrase Dewey Decimal System. Bryan also gives us a brief primer on trademark law, which he has not covered in this column before. | 70 |
| | Questions and Answers - Copyright Column
Laura Gasaway — Questions and Answers galore! | 74 |
| | Cases of Note
Bruce Strauch — Copyright - Exhaustive Elvis Enjoined; Copyright - Substantial Similarity — In Which An Aspiring Beer Baron Learns About the Total Feel of a Six-pack. | 75 |
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| | Books Are Us
Anne Robichaux — This column covers fictitious accounts of people in our industry — librarians, publishers, vendors, booksellers, etc. — people like us. All contributions, comments, suggestions are welcome. | 78 |
| | Biz of Acq - New Programs and Accreditations: Meaningful Measurement and Assessment
Antje Mays — In her last act as the editor of Biz of Acq, Michelle Flinchbaugh is pleased to present this interesting and informative article. Audrey Fenner will be the new editor of Biz of Acq. | 79 |
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| | Lost in Austin
Thomas W. Leonhardt — Tom missed out on the Texas Book Festival while in Charleston but seems happy to reminisce about Conferences past. | 82 |
| | Talk of the Trade
Barry Fast — Don’t miss any Book Trade gossip in this regular ATG column. | 83 |
| | Bet You Missed It
Pamela Rose — What do poetry and money have in common? Read about it here! | 84 |
| | Book Pricing Update
Tom Loughran — Pricing of simultaneously published paper / cloth editions. | 86 |
| | Issues in Vendor/Library Relations - Law Librarians Take a Positive Step
Kay Todd — | 86 |
Edited by Pat Harris |
| | CHAOS - Standards Column
Pat Harris — This month Priscilla Caplan, a member of the NISO Standards Development Committee and the co-chair of the NISO/EDItEUR Joint Working Party, reports on the standards-in-the-making to improve how we share serials information. | 88 |
| | Wandering the Web - Appalachian Culture & Literature Online
Roxanne Myers Spencer — Some useful links about Appalachian culture and literature. | 90 |
| | Webworthy
Pamela Rose — Unique and interesting Websites organized by broad subject area. | 91 |
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| | Dana Alessi Obituary
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| | Rumours from Paddington
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| | Adventures in Librarianship - New Dumster Collegiate
Ned Kraft — | 60 |
| | Charleston Conference Future Dates
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| | ATG Special Report: Don’t Confuse Price With Value — In Academic Publishing, Electronic Is Better
John Cox — | 92 |
