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| | Rumors | 1 |
| | Letters to the Editor | 6 |
| | Deadlines | 6 |
| | From Your Editor | 6 |
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| | Guest Editor, Chris Ferguson (Furman University) | |
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| | Reconstrucing Collection Development
Michael Keller — Mike’s keynote speech at the 2004 Charleston Conference exhorted all of us to rethink our approaches to collection development. | 1 |
| | Whither The Book?
Milton T. Wolf — While there is no doubt that the topic of significant concern to most librarians during the last decade has been the cost, management, and growth of serial subscriptions, especially in electronic format, the plight of the book, its continuous and gradual decline in academic collections, has largely been a matter of secondary importance. Not so at the 2004 Charleston Conference. | 20 |
| | Collection Analysis Using Circulation, Ill, and Collection Data
Jennifer Knievel, Heather Wicht, and Lynn Silipigni Connaway — This study was initiated to compile statistics for collection development decision making at the University of Colorado at Boulder. | 24 |
| | Something Ventured, Something Gained: Acquiring Resources for a New Doctoral Program
Lynn Johnson-Corcoran and Charles S.L. Marlor — A Lively Lunch program at the 2004 Charleston Conference dealt with the trials and tribulations experienced by the Library at Central Connecticut State University. Here is a brief history of the school and the ensuing saga. | 26 |
| | The Iceberg Problem — Is the Investment in Our Collections Visible to Patrons?
Ezra Schwartz — This article follows Ezra’s presentation at the 2004 Charleston Conference. It represents his developing ideas as well as an attempt to open and expand the discourse on user interface, which has been traditionally marginalized and approached from a narrow technical perspective. | 28 |
| | Books and The Internet: Buying, Selling and Libraries
Heather Miller — The advent of the Internet has brought numerous opportunities and challenges to all involved in the creation and maintenance of library collections. A Charleston Conference discussion focused on this topic. | 32 |
| | Plagiary, Googling, and the Mouse: Is The Internet Killing Our Ability To Do Research?
by William M. Hannay — A Presentation to the 24th Annual Charleston Conference. It is undeniable that the Internet has become the single greatest tool for academic dishonesty ever made available to high school and college students. Cheating and plagiarism often arise in a vacuum created by routine, lack of interest and overwork. | 34 |
| | Op Ed — Opinions and Editorials: Putting Email In Its Place
Ellen Finnie Duranceau — We all know email is unsurpassed as a communication tool for things like sending out an agenda or a document to review prior to a meeting. So why, then, has Ellen come to think of email as a burden as much as it is a gift? | 40 |
| | Back Talk: Library Heroes, Patience, Stories with Happy Endings, and Problems Yet Unsolved (pdf)
Tony Ferguson — A summary of Tony’s impressions of the ten or so libraries he visited over a long weekend as part of the Hong Kong Library Association group’s delegation to the Ninth Academic Conference of the Zhejiang Provincial Society for Library Science. | 94 |
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| | Focus on the Scopus Design Process
Judy Luther — An interview with Amy Knapp, Harriet Bell, Warren Holder, and Spencer de Groot about Scopus. | 42 |
Edited by Allison Mays |
| | John Fenner, Consultant, Greensboro, NC
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| | From the Reference Desk: Reviews of Reference Titles
Tom Gilson — Encyclopedia of the Arctic; and Berkshire Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction are just two of the titles reviewed in this issue. | 48 |
| | Book Reviews: Monographic Musings
Debbie Vaughn — In this issue, take a look at books on the natural environment and your library Web environment. | 50 |
Edited by Bryan Carson, Bruce Strauch and Jack Montgomery |
| | Legally Speaking: Independent Contractors, Work For Hire Agreements, and The Way To Avoid A Sticky Mess
Bryan M. Carson — Many of us are familiar with the copyright concept of "Work for Hire." But who really owns what we write? Bryan tells us what the copyright law states. | 52 |
| | Questions and Answers: Copyright Column
Laura Gasaway — Questions and Answers galore! | 56 |
| | Cases of Note: Lanham Act Preempts State Claims — Ultra Sheen Model Falls Off the Legal Runway
Bruce Strauch — | 57 |
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| | Acquiring Minds Want to Know: Insitutional Repositories
Ann Lally — The interest in insitutional and digital repositories is heating up. Ann Lally, Head of the Digital Initiatives Program at the University of Washington Libraries, has crafted a great up-to-date summary of the definitions, origins, software, content, and metadata support. | 58 |
| | Biz of Acq: Human Resources Management in Libraries: Issues and Trends
John Fenner and Audrey Fenner — The personnel function in libraries is often undervalued for its impact on effectiveness and productivity. | 60 |
| | Books Are Us
Anne Robichaux — This column covers fictitious accounts of people in our industry— librarians, publishers, vendors, booksellers, etc. — people like us. | 66 |
| | And They Were There: Reports of Meetings
The 2004 Charleston Conference was fabulous. If you missed it, we’ve got you covered. Many thanks to all the ATG reporters who attended and submitted reports. The remaining reports will appear in the February issue. | 66 |
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| | Little Red Herrings: Part Two — Oh! The Tangled Web
Mark Herring — Mark is trying to make everyone aware of what he objects to when talking about Web pornography. | 80 |
| | Leaving the Books Behind: The Fate of Librarians, Especially Those in Technical Services: A Library Science Student’s Perspective
Abigail S. Rush — One of the major questions confronting our profession today is the impending retirement of numerous librarians from various positions throughout the United States and the world. | 81 |
| | Lost in Austin
Thomas W. Leonhardt — As he recalls Charleston Conferences past and present Tom wonders — Are reminiscences history? | 82 |
| | I User: Just Say No: Eliminating Low-Value Tasks
Ruth Fischer and Rick Lugg — On many days it seems not possible for libraries to absorb more. But has the time come for librarians to say no to some of the old stuff? | 84 |
| | Issues in Vendor/Library Relations: Acquisitions in an ISBN-13 World — Was Y2K Just a Dry Run?
Eric Throndson — The entire book industry needs to get ready for ISBN-13. It may appear to be a rather simple thing at first blush, but its ramifications are very real and far-reaching. | 84 |
| | Bet You Missed It
Pamela Rose — What do digital cameras and global positioning systems have in common? Read about it in this issue. | 86 |
Edited by Pat Harris |
| | Wandering the Web: What’s Cooking on the Web
Dan Forrest — | 12 |
| | Something Blogging This Way Comes
Roxanne Myers Spencer — | 12 |
| | Webworthy
Pamela Rose — Unique and interesting Websites organized by broad subject area. | 38 |
| | CHAOS: The SICI Emerges, Cicada-Like, After Eight Years of Dormancy
Ted Koppel — Sometimes standards take time to come into their own. As Ted explains the SICI is enjoying a renaissance. | 88 |
| | IMHBCO - Vendors: How To Get Past My Spam Filters
Rick Anderson — Rick says that over the last couple of years, we who are constant users of email have developed hair-trigger reflexes when it comes to spam. And his advice: watch the subject headers. | 91 |
| | Conquering Compliancy: The Society Perspective
Dean Smith — We librarians have trouble with use statistics. So do society publishers, it turns out. | 91 |
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| | Charleston Conf. Future Dates
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| | Adventures in Librarianship: A Passion for Public Television
Ned Kraft — | 57 |
| | Words...They’re Just Words
John Riley — How about a little fiction from a bookseller to perk you up? | 92 |
