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| | Rumors | 1 |
| | From Your Editor | 6 |
| | Letters to the Editor | 6 |
| | Deadlines | 6 |
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| | Guest Editor, Ramune Kubilius | |
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Annual Report Issue— eBooks: State of the Art Guest Editors, Cris Ferguson, Betty Kelly and Julie Carter (Furman) |
| | Trends: Health Sciences and Biomedical Sciences Content
Ramune K. Kubilius — Journals have been and continue to be a traditionally dominant communication vehicle in the constantly changing biomedical and health sciences fields. | 1 |
| | Trends in Consumers’ Health Information Needs and Expectations
Patricia Pinkowski — The paper highlights some current issues and challenges that affect any library whose mission includes serving consumer collections. | 22 |
| | eBooks in Health Sciences circa 2008
Meg White — What Have We Got For Our Journey Now? - After years of promise and some false starts, health sciences books in electronic format have finally begun to gain some traction as an information resource. | 26 |
| | eBooks in Academic Health Sciences Libraries
Nicole Mitchell — While eBooks are certainly a good investment, they definitely can not yet be seen as equivalent alternatives to print books. | 30 |
| | VIVO: Simplifying Research Discovery in the Life Sciences
Jaron Porciello, Medha Devare and Jon Corson-Rikert — VIVO has introduced a new approach for individuals interested in medical and life sciences research to discover grant information, facilities, and more, in one virtual space. | 34 |
| | Preparing to Honor the Past in the Future
Melisssa M. Nasea and Ruth M.W. Moskop — Collection Development in the History of the Health Sciences - With serious concerns about the best use of precious library space, how do we justify retaining historically significant materials | 40 |
| | Op Ed – IMHBCO (pdf)
Rick Anderson — Preservation, Yes – But What Shall We Preserve? - How do we decide what information is not worth the trouble of preserving? | 52 |
| | Back Talk (pdf)
Tony Ferguson — Academic Libraries in China - After attending a meeting of 50 university library directors in China, Tony delineates some of the many issues discussed | 94 |
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| | A Showcase of Specialty Reference Books: Orders of Battles, Graphic Indexes, and Other Lesser-Known Types of Works
Brett Spencer — A closer look at some of the lesser-known members of the reference world. | 44 |
| | WorldCat Selection: A Shorter, Smoother Path from Selection to User Access
Kay Covert and Brad Gauder — Several years ago, staff at the Cornell University Library undertook a software development project to help streamline the labor-intensive selection and ordering process — and reduce the inefficiency inherent in learning and using multiple online systems. The result was “ITSO CUL.” | 54 |
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| | Kingsley Greene
Director, The Sage Colleges Libraries | 58 |
| | Bill Cohen
Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, The Haworth Press | 60 |
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| | Nicole Mitchell
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| | Patricia Pinkowski
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| | Meg White
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| | Elizabeth Lorbeer
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| | Jaron-Alena Porciello
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| | Medha Devare
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| | Melissa Nasea
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| | Kingsley Greene
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| | From the Reference Desk
Tom Gilson — Reviews of Reference Titles - This month one of Tom’s reviews includes Sage’s Encyclopedia of Stem Cell Research. | 62 |
| | Book Reviews
Deb Vaughn — Monographic Musings - This month, read about the iconic Princess Diana in Elaine Robbins’ review. | 66 |
Edited by Bryan Carson, Bruce Strauch, and Jack Montgomery |
| | Cases of Note (pdf)
Bruce Strauch — Copyright: Termination Rights - Penguin Group et al v. Thomas Steinbeck et al, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. | 68 |
| | Questions and Answers (indd)
Laura Gasaway — Copyright Column - How long are libraries required to keep interlibrary loan paperwork? This and other important questions are answered by Lolly. | 70 |
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| | Biz of Acq – Quick Tips for
Matt Bailey — Media Selection and Acquisitions, Part II - In February 2008, Matt discussed the selection of media materials. This one’s about foreign DVDs, Blu-ray discs, and what to do with all of these DVDs once they get to your library. | 72 |
| | Biz of Acq – Budget 101 or
Joe Badics — Here We Go Again - Anyone can spend money; only the creative can manage it successfully and keep your clientele happy. | 74 |
| | And They Were There
Reports of Meetings — The 8th Annual Mid-South E-Resource Symposium. | 76 |
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| | Something To Think About
Mary Tinker Massey — Losing the Past - Do you have some resources of your own that are so precious you would grieve at their loss? | 66 |
| | As I See It
John Cox — Abstracting and Indexing Services — The Ostriches of Information - It seems, John says, that A&I services face a difficult and uncertain future. | 78 |
| | Media Minder
Philip Hallman — Building a Video Game Collection: Resources to Help You Get Started - Some academic institutions are teaching the skills needed to create, program, and design video games. Where do libraries fit into the equation? | 80 |
| | Lost in Austin
Tom Leonhardt — The Golden Age of Librarianship - This one’s about the ALA Committee on Accreditation, LIS Programs, and new library school graduates. | 83 |
| | Bet You Missed It
What do social networking and legal research have in common? Read it here. | 84 |
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| | International Dateline (pdf)
Peter Shepherd — PEER: A European Project to Gather Evidence on the Effects of Widespread Open Access Publishing - The key problem is that there is no clear evidence of what the impact of archiving research outputs in the open access repositories will be if implemented on a broad and systematic scale. | 86 |
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| | Wandering the Web
Lesley L. R. Montgomery — Hobby Sites: Purls of Beauty – The Art of Knitting - The traditional fabric art of knitting is experiencing a renaissance with yarn shops and knitting classes springing up everywhere. | 16 |
| | Technology Left Behind
Cris Ferguson — The Kindle Fire Still Burns - As the Kindle gets ready to celebrate its first birthday, Cris takes a second look at how libraries are lending them. | 88 |
| | Standards Column (pdf)
Todd Carpenter — The Future of End User Services - The barriers to discovery are rapidly diminishing. The barriers to delivering that content remain and desperately need to be overcome. | 90 |
| | I Hear the Train A Comin’
Greg Tananbaum — Center for Science Diplomacy - This month Greg talks with Vaughan Turekian about how science can build bridges across nations and ideologies, and what role academia can play in that process. | 91 |
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| | Charleston Conference Future Dates
Need dates for future Charleston Conferences? Well, you can find them here through 2015. | 12 |
