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| | Rumors | 1 |
| | Deadlines | 6 |
| | From Your Editor | 6 |
| | Letters to the Editor | 7 |
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| | Circulation Statistics for Measuring Approval Plan Effectiveness
by Marcie Kingsley — | 1 |
| | Approval Plan Evaluation Studies: A Selected Annotated Bibliography, 1969-1996
Beau David Case — Before you can | 18 |
| | Approval Plans for College Libraries: Strategies for Smaller Collections
by R. Charles Wittenberg — The approval plan has
become the focal point of the service synergies which many library book vendors can offer to ease the crisis felt nearly universally by
libraries of all types. | 22 |
| | Approval Plans "Down Under"
When the Australian National University Library purchased an automated library system. Judy
Evans began to explore approval plan interfacing. Here is how she did it ... | 23 |
| | Op Ed
John Perry Smith shares A Voice of Disapproval, Albert Simmonds extols standards, and, hey, Tom Izbicki tells about
Faculty Liaisons in the Electronic Environment. | 25 |
| | On the Street
Neil Jaffee shares Results from An EMail Questionnaire on Paperback Prebinding. | 26 |
| | Back Talk
Are we beginning to hate Commercial E-Journals? Tony Ferguson offers 10 commandments for acquiring electronic
journals that he thinks all librarians should obey: | 86 |
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| | Mark Nelson
Founder and President -- Ovid Technologies | 29 |
| | Don Jaeger
President, Alfred Jaeger, Inc. | 32 |
| | Michael Markwith
by Dora Biblarz — His reminiscences On Working For Richard Abel & Co. | 34 |
Edited by Barbara Dean Bdean@co.arlington.va.us |
| | Chuck Hamaker
Head of Collection Development, LSU Libraries | 42 |
| | Anthony Ferguson
Associate University Librarian -- Columbia University | 78 |
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| | From the Reference Desk
Several subject encyclopedias and one updated directory are Tom Gilson's subjects this month. | 40 |
| | CD-ROM reviews
Norm Desmarais reviews ASCE Journals on CD-ROM, Microsoft Bookshelf, 1996-97 edition, Pro-CDs
Internet Directory, and The Columbia World of Quotations. | 43 |
| | Book Reviews
Bill Finley reviews the Art of Publishing. | 47 |
Edited by Bryan Carson, Bruce Strauch and Jack Montgomery |
| | Cases of Note
Victor Rubell gives us a Focus on Directory Publishers. | 50 |
| | Isabella Hinds of the CCC talks about Electronic Rights Management
Are answers to the copyright management questions in
a digital age within our grasp? | 52 |
| | Legally Speaking
This month Ron Chepesiuk and Linda P. Albright give us some background regarding the Telecommunications
Act of 1996. | 53 |
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| | Book Pricing Update
The Year in Book Pricing and Publishing -- 1995. Celia Wagner does her usual thorough report on the size
of the literature in monographic publishing for the academic market for 1995. | 56 |
| | Letter from Oklahoma
Learning to Read and reading are the subject of this one. | 58 |
| | Publisher Bestsellers
University of Pennsylvania Press | 60 |
| | Barcoding for Books
Sandy Paul says she can't tell us how many calls she receives each day from pub-lishers asking about barcode
standards for books. | 61 |
| | From the Other Side of the Street
Sandra Whisler shares one publisher's view of the Future and Electronic Publishing. | 62 |
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| | And They Were There
Reports of Meetings -- Outsourcing, the 11th annual NASIG conference, the Public Interest in Copyright,
and the New Mexico Library Association meetings were covered by your ATG team. | 64 |
| | Bet You Missed It
Are the new price wars going to be over hypertext links? And are you addicted to the Internet? These and
other issues have been uncovered In the News. | 71 |
| | For Readers Only
Even Famous Authors, have Not So Famous Books. | 73 |
| | Group Therapy
Do libraries really need all the copies of Invoices that we are demanding? | 73 |
| | Library Profile
Richard Jasper tells us about Emory University General Libraries. | 76 |
| | Issues in Vendor-Library Relations
Barry and Judy have an email dialog about Disclosing Discounts. | 77 |
Edited by Sandra K. Paul and Albert Simmonds (SKP Associates) |
| | Nouvelle Cuisine
This new column by Nancy Dennis will look at technological trends that we should know about. This one's on
the Intranet. | 80 |
| | International Dateline
The Art of Acquiring CD-ROM Technology. From the UK, Keith Renwick discusses the selection and
acquisitions, budgeting and finance, technical support, and licensing and networking of CD-ROM technology. | 81 |
| | Wandering the Web
Selected Internet Sites of Interest to Commercial Lawyers by Professor Robert M. Lawless. | 84 |
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| | Call for Annual Reports
The ** Sixth Issue** of ATG will be called the Annual Report Issue. | 37 |
| | Program and Registration
The 1996 Charleston Conference -- Issues in Book and Serial Acquisition: Money Talks, November
7-9, 1996, Charleston, SC. | 69 |
| | You Gotta Go To School for That?
After a hiatus, Jerry Seay returns with news of -- you guessed it -- The Titanic. | 85 |
