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| | Rumors | 1 |
| | Deadlines | 6 |
| | From Your Editor | 6 |
| | Letters to the Editor | 7 |
| | New Products and Services | 24 |
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| | The Year 2000 is Coming ... Are Your Data Coming With It?
Bruce Heterich and David Fritsch — ANY library that depends on | 1 |
| | Standards -- An Editorial
by Sandy Paul — | 16 |
| | Adventures in ISBN Land
by Heather Miller — Thirty years ago the ISBN did not exit, yet today librarians, publishers, and
booksellers find the ISBN as familiar as an old sofa. What good is it? And what is its future? | 20 |
| | ISSN: It's Still Some Number!
by Regina Reynolds — You might think this will be a boring article about something you know all about
... Guess again ... | 26 |
| | You May Have More Than You Think: Journal Holdings At the Article Level
by C. Michael Phillips and James Williams — | 26 |
| | Op Ed
Walking the Tightrope by Julie Pringle. The subject of collections, and what they should contain, has always been
controversial. This has been a major issue inthe Fairfax County Public Library for the past several years. | 30 |
| | On the Street
Barbara Dean and her crew continue their look at CD- ROM products this month in an effort to more clearly
understand how access is provided to patrons. | 32 |
| | For Readers Only
This one's about book titles containing numbers. | 90 |
| | Back Talk
Are publishers willing to exchange higher increases for stable revenues? | 94 |
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| | Eugene Garfield
Founder and Chairman Emeritus -- Institute for Scientific Information | 34 |
| | Charles Willett
Editor, Counterpoise -- COMING | 36 |
Edited by Barbara Dean Bdean@co.arlington.va.us |
| | Regina Reynolds
Head, National Serials Data Program, Library of Congress | 28 |
| | Albert Simmonds
Director, Standards/Development, Bowker. | 32 |
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| | From the Reference Desk
Tom Gilson is back at it again, giving us some views of subject encyclopedias recently received at the
reference desk | 39 |
| | Book Reviews
A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books. Legal Information Buyer's Guide
and Reference Manual; and The American Forecaster Almanac. | 40 |
| | New Books
Katina Strauch — | 45 |
Edited by Bryan Carson, Bruce Strauch and Jack Montgomery |
| | Cases of Note
Murray vs. BBC, et al. | 46 |
| | Juris Libris
Work is one of the defining characteristics of most peoples' lives and labor law, as the law of the workplace, presents
a complex combination of statutes, rules, regulations, and agency and judicial decisions. Lawrence D. MacLachlan deals with resources
for research in the area of labor law. | 47 |
| | Legal Considerations of the Electronic Environment
Bill Hannay discusses with us the legality of college "course packets"; the
copyrightability of electronic databases; and the impact of the new Telecommunications Act on electronic publishing. | 48 |
| | Legally Speaking -- Contract Wars-- The Heated Battle Over Electronic Publishing Rights
by Ron Chepesiuk and Linda P. Albright — | 52 |
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| | Book Pricing Update
Celia Wagner shares someStatistics for the Academic Book Trade . | 56 |
| | Letter from Oklahoma
It's that time of year again. As ALA's Annual Conference approaches, Tom Leonhardt tells us why we
should go to the big apple. | 58 |
| | Publisher Bestsellers
University of Texas Press | 59 |
| | Publisher Profile
Walter de Gruyter is celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary this year. | 60 |
| | From the Other Side of the Street
Peter C. Grenquist discusses with us the business of the diffusion of knowledge through
scholarly publishing. It is precisely in connection with this business that references to copyright payments as incentives to scholars give rise
to misunderstanding. | 61 |
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| | And They Were There
Reports of Meetings -- The 1995 Charleston Conference, The Oklahoma Conference, and
Networld+Interop are some of the meetings that ATG has attended. | 64 |
| | Bet You Missed It
Our wonderful reading sleuths are still hard at work. | 68 |
| | Papa Lyman Remembers
Women in Publishing II. | 71 |
| | Group Therapy
Do we need an ISVN? | 73 |
| | Library Profile
Scott Wicks talks to Roger WIlliams about Cornell University Library. | 75 |
| | Not Fit For Print
The Information Game and The Electronic Librarian. | 76 |
| | International Dateline
The National Acquisitions Group. | 77 |
| | Issues in Vendor-Library Relations
Barry and Judy have an email dialog about Disclosing Discounts. | 79 |
| | Biz of Acq
Information about the Initial Development of an Archival Program is shared with us by Keith Housewright. | 81 |
Edited by Sandra K. Paul and Albert Simmonds (SKP Associates) |
| | Drinking from the Firehose
Eleanor Cook shares a very personal view of Death and Taxes... | 84 |
| | DOC AQUIS
On June 8, 1993 the GPO Electronic Information Access Enhancement Act of 1993 (GPO Access) was signed into
law (P.L. 103-40) by President Clinton. P.L.Daniel C. Barkley shares his perspective. And Barbara Hale and Mary McLaren tell us
what they have heard ... | 86 |
| | Wandering the Web
Gina Sorensen has been investigating Women's Law -Related Resources. | 89 |
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| | Call for Articles
ATG will have a sixth issue in 1996 reporting on trends for the year and into the future. You have ** all year ** to
work on something! Wow! | 6 |
| | Call for Ideas/Papers/Speakers/Etc.
The 1996 Charleston Conference: Money Talks | 60 |
| | On the Road
Don Jaeger's adventure this issue was with A Case of Mistaken Identity. | 93 |
