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| | From Your Editor | 6 |
| | Letters to the Editor | 6 |
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| | Reference eBooks: Does an eBook On The Screen Beat One On The Shelf?
Frances C. Wilkinsona and Linda K. Lewis — This article explores the rapidly changing world of reference books - the ways that electronic reference books are being selected, purchased, and budgeted. | 1 |
| | From Your Guest Editor: Introduction to the Reference Issue
Tom Gilson — For the ninth consecutive year ATG dedicates our September issue to the vagary and variety of reference publishing.
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| | Reference Classics: Ahead of Their Time
David Tyckoson — What is necessary to create a classic reference work? | 22 |
| | Making Reference: The Business Behind the Books
by Karen Christensen — Publishing is a business but most publishers are not commercial in their thinking.
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| | Index Appreciation: A Publisher's Brief Guide (pdf)
Sylvia K. Miller — If the indexer is incompatible with the book, and the problem is not caught early on, disaster awaits. | 34 |
| | ATG Special Report: Collection Assessment at Eastern Michigan University
by Rachel Cheng and Mary Meernik — Regular sharing of usage information with our constituencies will ultimately make it much easier for the library to select resources that most benefit the teaching, learning, and research needs of the university.
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| | Back Talk: Aphorisms, Patriotism, and Treating Others with Respect (pdf)
Tony Ferguson — Three things have recently taken place to cause Tony to revisit the Patriot Act and the rights to publish and read all points of view. | 94 |
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| | Diane Kovacs
President, Kovacs Consulting Internet & Web Training
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| | Erin McKean
Editor in Chief, U.S. Dictionaries, Oxford University Press
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| | Library Marketplace Interview
"Shakespeare-upon-iPod - Edward de Vere and the Shakespeare Question Updated by John Riley" An interview with Mark Anderson, author of Shakespeare by Another Name: The Biography of Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, the Man Who Was Shakespeare.
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Edited by Allison Mays |
| | Diane Kovacs
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| | Erin McKean
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| | From the Reference Desk
by Tom Gilson — Encyclopedia of World War II: A Political, Social, and Military History; and Encyclopedia of Politics: The Left and the Right are just two of the titles Tom reviews this month.
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| | Book Reviews
by Debbie Vaughn — This month, beef up on your linguistic trivia and learn how to maintain positive library staff relations.
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Edited by Bryan Carson, Bruce Strauch, and Jack Montgomery |
| | Legally Speaking: What's Coming Down the Pike: Trademark and Patent Bills Pending in Congress
by Bryan M. Carson — Just as you thought your intellectual property knowledge was complete, along comes Congress to change the laws.
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| | Cases of Note: Supremes Vacate 9th Cir on Grokster- Vicarious Liability Is Alive And Well
Bruce Strauch — | 62 |
| | Questions and Answers: Copyright Column
by Laura Gasaway — Questions and Answers galore! Fair use for an individual is often quite different from what a library can do. Read about it here.
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| | Biz of Acq 64: Collaborative Partnerships: Expanding the Vendor/Librarian Relationship
by Ann Branton — From a technical services perspective, one librarian's collaborative partnerships with library book vendors can be applied to all areas of doing business with vendors.
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| | And They Were There: Reports of Meetings
by Sever Bordeianu — This completes our reports from the 2004 Charleston Conference. The entire Charleston Conference Proceedings has just been published by Greenwood/Libraries Unlimited.
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| | Little Red HerringsStop the Presses: Feet No Longer Needed; Hands Next to Go
Mark Herring — Mark finds the spate of articles about the digital tsunami puzzling. Keep this up and weÕll all be working for Microsoft, or not at all. | 68 |
| | Leaving the Books Behind: Job Mania
Mary Tinker Massey — As a recent graduate who is recently employed, Tinker comments on job descriptions, the job application process and the interview. | 69 |
| | Lost in Austin
by Thomas W. Leonhardt — Tom continues to discuss his reading and review of independently-published books for ForeWord magazine. This time he discusses religious fiction. Which leads him to say: "There are a lot of good books being published outside of New York, just as there are a few not so good books coming from Gotham City."
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| | Issues in Vendor/Library Relations: So What's Wrong with Opt-Out?
by Peter Givler — When publishers objected, Google publicly announced an expansion of the "opt-out" option. Publishers can now opt-out their entire list if they wish to, although in order to do so they still have to notify Google title-by-title. Now, opted-out titles will not be digitized, will not be included in the Google database, and copies will not be given to the libraries. And there's more ...
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| | Group Therapy
by Beth Bernhardt — The per title fee by subscription agents is a serious budgetary issue.
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| | Bet You Missed It
by Pamela Rose — What do Wal-Mart and Blockbuster have in common? Read about it in this issue.
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| | International Dateline
by Claire-Lise Bénaud — Claire-Lise did a four month sabbatical internship at Aux Amateurs this past year. Hear all about it!
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Edited by Sandra K. Paul and Albert Simmonds (SKP Associates) |
| | Webworthy
by Pamela Rose — Unique and interesting Websites organized by broad subject area. Did you know that constrictors do not kill by suffocation?
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| | I Hear the Train A Comin - PubMed Central
by Greg Tananbaum — This month's new column focused on PubMed Central's recent efforts to capture publicly funded research in an openly accessible archive.
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| | Technology Left Behind: Google Scholar and the OpenURL
Cris Ferguson — Last November, Google released Google Scholar, a new search tool focused on finding scholarly information on the Web. | 83 |
| | COUNTER Code of Practice: Comments sought on the draft COUNTER Code of Practice for Books and Reference Works
by Peter T Shepherd — The full text of Release 1 of the COUNTER Code of Practice for Books and Reference Works is freely accessible on the COUNTER Website. It is available for comment until December 2005.
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| | IMHBCO: Four Mantras for the Patron-Centered Technical Services Librarian (pdf)
Rick Anderson — In the interest of promoting a more patron-centered approach to technical services work, Rick offers four mantras that we can all chant every morning as we prepare for the day. | 86 |
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| | Adventures in Librarianship: Noorg the Absurd
by Ned Kraft — | 93 |
