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| | Rumors | 2 |
| | Deadlines | 6 |
| | From Your Editor | 6 |
| | Letters to the Editor | 7 |
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| | Who's Buying, Who's Selling, And What Does The Future Hold: CEOs Speak Out
by Frances C. Wilkinson and Barbara C. Dean — The book and serial industry has recently witnessed several take-overs, buy-outs, and mergers. What impact is it having on the industry, and where will the phenomena all lead? Several CEOs shared their opinions with us. | 1 |
| | The Centuries-Old Book Community is No More
by Nat Bodian — Three Eminent Book Professionals Lament Its Changing Nature in the Computer Age | 24 |
| | On the Street
We surveyed some of you to find out what you think of mergers, acquisitions, and buyouts. | 25 |
| | John Secor Outsourcing
An Opportunity to Move Beyond Just Another Managment Technique to Intended Change. The President and CEO of Yankee Book Peddler encourages library leaders to strike a balance between hard strategies and soft values when exploring strategic tools such as outsourcing. | 26 |
| | Op Ed
Beau David Case — Seeking Your Approval: Your Approval Plan Vendor Evaluation - Beau David Case writes that evaluations of approval plans are rare. | 30 |
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| | Becky Lenzini
President, CARL Corporation and Chairman of the Board, The UnCover Company | 22 |
| | Cathy Gordon
Vice President, Knight-Ridder Information, Inc. SourceOne | 23 |
| | John Cox
President, Carfax Publishing Company | 31 |
| | Norman Stevens
Director, The Molesworth Institute & Director of University Libraries Emeritus, University of Connecticut | 38 |
Edited by Barbara Dean Bdean@co.arlington.va.us |
| | Anna Belle Leiserson
(Vanderbilt University Law Library) | 88 |
| | Norman Desmarais
(Providence College) | 96 |
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| | From the Reference Desk
Tom Gilson has reviewed several sources for us. | 42 |
| | Book Reviews
Ellen Duranceau reviews Fifty Russian Winters and Gift Children and Ian Montagnes reviews Copyright and Development. | 44 |
| | Publisher Bestsellers
Bestselling titles from the University of Oklahoma Press. | 49 |
| | Book Pricing Update
Celia Wagner talks about the year 1995 in Book Pricing and Publishing | 54 |
| | Cases of Note
by Anne Jennings — Legal opinions of interest to ATG readers QJ | 56 |
| | Publisher Profile
Hatherleigh Press | 58 |
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| | And They Were There
Reports of Meetings - The Feather River Institute and SLA in Montreal. | 60 |
| | Bet You Missed It
A compilation of recent articles for ATG readers. | 64 |
| | Biz of Acq
by Carol L. Moody — A perspective on recent changes in the Federal Depository System | 68 |
| | International Dateline
Gita Gunatilleke keeps us up to date about happenings in New Zealand. | 70 |
| | Papa Lyman Remembers
Kroch's and Brentano's bookstore, Part II. | 72 |
| | Group Therapy
What's a library to do with all those year end duplicates of serial issues? | 74 |
| | Library Profile
Glenda M. Alvin profiles the Roscoe L. West Library, Trenton State College. | 76 |
Edited by Sandra K. Paul and Albert Simmonds (SKP Associates) |
| | Innovations Affecting Us
OMNI, UMI, and Ovid. | 78 |
| | Doc Aquis
This month, we learn about NLM's Loansome Doc Document Ordering System. | 82 |
| | Not Fit For Print
What is service anyway? | 86 |
| | Drinking From the Firehose
Anna Belle Leiserson tells us about surfing, weaving and homepages. | 87 |
| | Legally Speaking
Is copyright realistic in the electronic age? | 90 |
| | Media Minder
Why would a library want to use a book jobber to purchase all of their videotapes/non-print materials rather than order direct from the distributor/producer? Philip Hallman takes a stab at this question. | 92 |
| | Issues in Vendor/Library Relations
Barry Fast writes of the potential conflict between government investigations and the right to privacy. | 94 |
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| | Charleston Conference 1995 Program
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| | On the Road
Don Jaeger gets us another funny travel story. | 95 |
