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| | Rumors | 1 |
| | From Your Editor | 6 |
| | Letters to the Editor | 6 |
| | Deadlines | 6 |
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| | Guest Editors, Michelle Flinchbaugh and Robin Moskal (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) | |
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| | Acquisitions and ILL
Michelle Flinchbaugh and Robin Moskal — An introduction to this issues’ feature articles. | 1 |
| | Truth about Faculty Perception and Use of Collection Development Opportunities:One Library’s Case Study
Madeleine Bombeld and Arlene Hanerfeld — During the summer of 2002, professionals at UNC Wilmington met to discuss how collaboration between Interlibrary Loan and Collection Development activities could enhance library services. | 18 |
| | Using Interlibrary Loan Data as a Selection Tool: ILL Trails Provide Collection Clues
Camille Livingston and Antje Mays — By providing additional insights into library needs, ILL data can enable library acquisitions to provide greater customization of curricular support. | 22 |
| | The Intersection — Where Collection Development and Acquisitions Meet Interlibrary Loan
Maria Silva Kuhn — Now that the growth of library consortia and advances in technology have made resource sharing a more attractive and plausible alternative, recommending its use to patrons has become more acceptable than before. | 28 |
| | Buyer Beware: Using Interlibrary Loan Requests in Purchasing Decisions
Jane L. Ingold — It is not an uncommon practice for libraries to use interlibrary loan requests as a tool for collection development. | 30 |
| | Consortial Circulation via Patron Placed Holds - In the USMAI’s Shared Catalog and its Impact on Collection Development and ILL
Jessame Ferguson, Michelle Flinchbaugh and Robin Moskal — In the consortial setting, patrons are able to search the group’s combined catalogs and request books online. | 34 |
| | Op Ed — Opinions and Editorials: IMHBCO (In My Humble But Correct Opinion) — Database Legislation — Separating Myth From Fact
Rick Anderson — If the library profession fails to mount an effective opposition to H.R. 3261, it will be in part because we have managed to waste most of our energy getting all worked up over all the wrong things. | 40 |
| | ATG Annual Survey Report
David Lyle — The results are in and the number crunching allows us to reflect on what’s happening in libraries. | 42 |
| | Resource Sharing Data:Mining for Selection & Meaning in Collection Development
Cyril Oberlander and Mary Oberlander — Great strides have been made in transforming the process of extracting and analyzing data from Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery (ILL/DD) transactions for collection development decisions. | 77 |
| | ATG Special Report - How Not To Write An Architecture Book (pdf)
Gene Waddell — Based on a lecture given at the Charleston County Library, 18 February 2004. | 86 |
| | Back Talk - Library Patrons: Continuity and 'Hello, I Think This Is A New World' (pdf)
Tony Ferguson — University of Hong Kong did an online patron needs survey. They got 2,000 responses! | 94 |
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| | Albert Majors McClendon and John Albert Majors, III - J. A. Majors Company
Bruce Strauch — | 44 |
| | Georgios Papadopoulos - Atypon Systems, Inc.
Katina Strauch — | 50 |
Edited by Allison Mays |
| | Madeleine Bombeld
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| | Arlene Hanerfeld
| 20 |
| | Camille Livingston
| 24 |
| | Antje Mays
| 26 |
| | Maria Silva Kuhn
| 28 |
| | Jessame E. Ferguson
| 34 |
| | Michelle Flinchbaugh
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| | Robin Barnard Moskal
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| | Carla Beasley
| 42 |
| | Albert McClendon & John Majors
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| | From the Reference Desk - Reviews of Reference Titles
Tom Gilson — Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia; United States Government Internet Manual; and The United States Executive Branch: A Biographical Directory of Heads of State and Cabinet Officials are just a few of the titles reviewed this month. | 52 |
| | Book Reviews - Monographic Musings
Debbie Vaughn — Q: What do Shakespeare and dogs have in common? A: They are both featured in this issue’s Monographic Musings! | 55 |
| | Books That Matter
Ellen Finnie Duranceau — This column reviews recent books about dogs. | 56 |
Edited by Bryan Carson, Bruce Strauch and Jack Montgomery |
| | Legally Speaking - The Other "L" Word: A Primer for Creating Library Lobbying and Marketing Campaigns While Staying Within the Law
Bryan Carson and Robin McGinnis — This is the best of times if you are a librarian looking for a job. | 60 |
| | Questions and Answers - Copyright Column
Laura Gasaway — Questions and Answers galore! | 64 |
| | Cases of Note - Barbie Bashing Finds a Safe Harbor in Fair Use
Bruce Strauch — Mattel, Inc. v. Walking Mountain Productions | 65 |
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| | Biz of Acq - Changes In Workflow Caused By Changes In Technology
Carla Beasley — Migrating to a new integrated library system makes it necessary to reorganize technical services work processes. | 67 |
| | 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. | 69 |
| | And They Were There - Reports of Meetings
Judy Luther, MLS, MBA — This issue covers the Annual Conference of the Professional/Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Division of the American Association of Publishers (AAP). | 70 |
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| | Leaving the Books Behind
Mary Tinker Massey — No, this isn’t about book books. It’s about learning books and getting library school students involved with Against the Grain. | 71 |
| | Issues in Vendor/Library Relations - PP
Bob Nardini — Is bulleting nonsense? You decide. | 72 |
| | Book Pricing Update
Jamie Vandenberg — Trends in Book Pricing for the half-year ending December 31, 2003. | 74 |
| | Bet You Missed It
Pamela Rose — What do spam and former presidential candidates have in common? Read about it here! | 74 |
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| | International Dateline - Which is Right? Florence or Firenze? Issues in International Authority Control
Claire-Lise Bčnaud & Sever Bordeianu — How to name people, places, organizations, and concepts when dealing with multiple languages, cultures, and scripts is no small feat. | 81 |
Edited by Pat Harris |
| | CHAOS — Standards Column: Revision of the ISSN Standard: the Challenge of Change
Regina Romano Reynolds — In May 2003, the Working Group 5 was established to revise the ISSN standard. | 84 |
| | Wandering the Web - Silent Film Resources
Sean Kinder — Silent films provide insight into the history of film, literature, art and culture of the societies that created them. | 90 |
| | Webworthy
Pamela Rose — Unique and interesting Websites organized by broad subject area. | 91 |
| | Desperately Seeking Copyright - Bridging the Gap Between Respect and Compliance
Edward Colleran — Recent research commissioned by Copyright Clearance Center found that “knowledge workers” have a fundamental respect for copyright law. | 92 |
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| | Rumo(u)rs from Paddington
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| | Charleston Conf. Future Dates
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| | Charleston Conference 2004
| 66 |
| | Adventures in Librarianship - Best of Breed
Ned Kraft — | 76 |
| | ATG Familiar Faces
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