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| | Rumors | 1 |
| | Deadlines | 6 |
| | Letters to the Editor | 6 |
| | From Your Editor | 6 |
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Annual Report Issue— eBooks: State of the Art Guest Editors, Cris Ferguson, Betty Kelly and Julie Carter (Furman) |
| | Beyond Boundaries: Knowledge Innovation and Generation
Karen Christensen — What really counts are new perspectives and a willingness to try new things and break down boundaries. Still we must blend the best of the past and present knowledge. | 1 |
| | A Healthy Information Economy
Howard Burrows — (In Memoriam Milton Friedman) - Open access in the absence of an open market may not be a good thing for scientists and scholars — or for learners. | 18 |
| | Looking Back, Looking Forward
Richard Charkin — Q&A with Richard Charkin - Richard Charkin is known for his willingness to take risks. Here are some comments aout innovaton in publishing, book supply chain, and electronic publishing. | 22 |
| | Thinking Globally: The Benefits of Interdisciplinary Publishing
David Levinson — The single discipline approach is typical of today’s knowledge production industry | 24 |
| | From Collection to Connection
David Pollard — No one in the modern organization is as underutilized and underappreciated as the information professional. | 28 |
| | Social Media Simplified
Karen Christensen — Social media are types of social networking, software or interfaces that enable people to share ideas — the long tail and the ubiquitous Web 2.0. | 32 |
| | Reference Universe: Unlocking Libraries’ Reference Collections
Eric M. Calaluca — It doesn’t matter whether an item is print or online. It’s whether it is authoritative or not. | 36 |
| | The Good Library Campaign and the Future of U.K. Libraries
Tim Coates — In the Harry Potter decade, book borrowing from British libraries has fallen. By 2020 will British lending libraries be a thing of the past? | 38 |
| | Top Ten Innovations in Library History
David Tyckoson — Libraries have been innovating for centuries. | 42 |
| | Op Ed (pdf)
Rick Anderson — IMHBCO (In My Humble But Correct Opinion) — On Knowing the Value of Everything and the Price of - Nothing that we do in any department in the library has any meaning except to the degree that it ultimately brings patrons together with the information they need. | 44 |
| | Back Talk (pdf)
Tony Ferguson — Charleston Wrap Up: Top Ten Things I Learned at the Charleston Conference - Tony is sharing his doodles and circles with us. A genius at work! | 86 |
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| | Funds and Accounting Trees: Acq’s Goblin Market
Cathy Moore-Jansen, John Williams and Mary Walker — Monograph ledger trees should look like this | 65 |
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| | Richard Charkin
Chief Executive, Macmillan | 22 |
| | Hazel Woodward
University Librarian & Director, Cranfield University Press | 46 |
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| | George Howard Burrows
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| | Richard Charkin
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| | David Levinson
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| | Dave Pollard
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| | Karen Christensen
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| | Eric Calaluca
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| | Tim Coates
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| | David Tyckoson
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| | Antje Mays
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| | From the Reference Desk
Tom Gilson — Reviews of Reference Titles - The Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties and the Encyclopedia of Human Geography are just two of the titles reviewed this month. | 48 |
| | Book Reviews
Debbie Vaughn — Monographic Musings - In this issue, reviewer Stacy Etheredge explores documents in international law and politics | 65 |
Edited by Bryan Carson, Bruce Strauch, and Jack Montgomery |
| | Legally Speaking
Bryan Carson and Kara Phillips — Intellectual Property Roundup by Bryan Carson and Crafting Licensing Provisions by Kara Phillips - We have a double whammy this time. Enjoy! | 57 |
| | Cases of Note — Copyright
Bruce Strauch — Estopped in the Name of Love - Newsome v. James Brown Dynatone Publishing Company and Warner/Chappell Music, Inc | 62 |
| | Questions and Answers
Laura Gasaway — Copyright Column - Questions and Answers galore! One of the questions Lolly addresses in this issue is “As a library in a for-profit educational institution, what rights does the library have concerning reproduction and other exceptions to the Copyright Act?” | 63 |
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| | Biz of Acq
Antje Mays — Acquisitions: The Next Generation - Antje Mays reviews a range of trends and concerns regarding the recruitment and training of new acquisitions librarians. | 66 |
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| | An Alphabetical Fable (pdf | text)
Margaret Landesman — Article and Book Meet the Google - Wherein an apprehensive article (doubtless from a scholarly journal) and a rather bolder book (of the sort that may be monetizing your click stream any day now) discuss current affairs. | 52 |
| | Library Marketplace
John Riley — Now Starring on Center Stage in the Library: The Book!! - Is there a book renaissance going on? We hope so. | 54 |
| | Little Red Herrings
Mark Herring — Youidiot.com - We’re not even knee-deep into the digital everything and already the Web is less educational than television, says Mark. | 70 |
| | As I See It!
John Cox — Fewer And Larger: The Process Of Consolidation Continues - John Cox has joined us as a new columnist. I am looking forward to this! | 72 |
| | Something To Think About
Mary Tinker Massey — Is the Print Journal Dying? - But there will always be some titles we will have to purchase in print form. | 72 |
| | Lost in Austin
Thomas W. Leonhardt — Football and Books - has been raking leaves, thinking about football, drinking rum, and reading book catalogs | 73 |
| | Issues in Vendor/Library Relations
Bob Nardini — The 2006 Charleston Conference - This one’s about ... guess what? | 75 |
| | Bet You Missed It
Bruce Strauch — Press Clippings — In the News - What do Facebook and YouTube have in common? Read about it here. | 80 |
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| | International Dateline
Frederick Lynden — “Librarians of the World Unite We Have Nothing to Lose but Our Card Catalogues.” - Fred and his wife, Irina, thought it would be fascinating to attend a library conference in Central Asia. So they did! | 78 |
Edited by Pat Harris |
| | Standards Column (pdf)
Todd Carpenter — Toward a Terminology of Journal Article Versions - An update of the Work of the Joint NISO/ALPSP Journal Article Version Working Group. | 79 |
| | Technology Left Behind
Cris Ferguson — GIS and the Library: Part I - This column will be the first installment in a two part discussion of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) services. | 80 |
| | I Hear the Train A Comin’
Greg Tananbaum — Hairspray - Greg says that the Charleston Conference is about Close Encounters of the Hallway Kind. Hairspray fits in there somewhere. | 82 |
| | Wandering the Web
Dan Forrest — Laissez Les Bons Souris Roulez - A Guide To Louisiana Websites | 84 |
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| | Adventures in Librarianship
Ned Kraft — Shall I Sit? - This is about theater. | 64 |
