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| | Rumors | 1 |
| | Deadlines | 6 |
| | From Your Editor | 6 |
| | Letters to the Editor | 7 |
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| | Only Connect: Community Networks, Libraries, and the Case of Charlotte's Web
by William Fietzer — What are community
networks and what is their importance for libraries? | 1 |
| | Remote Access through Consortial Agreement and Other Collection Initiatives: OhioLINK and the CIC
Ohio State
University Libraries participates in two major cooperative programs, a situation that is becoming more common as state, regional, and
national initiatives involve more libraries. Here's Gay Dannelly's discussion. | 24 |
| | Procuring an Online, Fulltext Journal Resource
by John A. (Tony) Wening — The State of Missouri, through the Missouri
Research and Education Network (MOREnet), recently completed a procurement action for a statewide license for an online, fulltext
journal database. | 28 |
| | Op-Ed--Approval Plans
A Response by Barry Fast and Rick Heldrich has a Nightmare. | 79 |
| | Annual Report Questionnaire
Fill This Out! | 83 |
| | Back Talk
Tony Ferguson accentuates the positive in this one when he talks about the good things happening in libraries and
business. | 94 |
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| | Eckart Scheffler
Vice President, Walter de Gruyter, Inc., NY | 34 |
| | Farfuri Xhaja
Director, Training, national Library of Albania | 39 |
Edited by Barbara Dean Bdean@co.arlington.va.us |
| | Gay Dannelly
Collection Development Officer, Ohio State University Libraries. | 26 |
| | Katina Strauch
Editor, Against the Grain | 56 |
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| | From the Reference Desk
More subject encyclopedias are on Tom Gilson's Agenda. | 54 |
| | Letter from Oklahoma
What makes a good book review? | 56 |
| | Book Reviews
HIV/AIDS-Related Terminology reviewed by Cecelia Brown | 58 |
Edited by Bryan Carson, Bruce Strauch and Jack Montgomery |
| | Cases of Note
The Newsletter Revisited | 44 |
| | Biz of Acq
The Center for Electronic Text in the Law (CETL) is located at the University of Cincinnati College of Law Library. | 45 |
| | Juris Libris
For as long as prisons have existed in the United States, the need for prisoners to read and the importance of their doing
so has been recognized. In this article Susan J. Hemp tells us more. | 46 |
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| | Book Pricing Update
Ten Years of Monograph Price Increases | 60 |
| | Publisher Bestsellers
Vanderbilt University Press. | 62 |
| | Publisher Profile
Ashgate | 63 |
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| | And They Were There
Reports of Meetings--SALALM, ASIS, Midwinter, IATUL '96, PSP/AAP, CLA, ABA. | 64 |
| | Bet You Missed It
Do you know about electronic shrinkwrap? Or the "preprint wars?" These and other issues have been uncovered
in the News. | 70 |
| | Group Therapy
Do you handle your standing orders direct or through a vendor? Norm Desmarais wants to know. | 74 |
| | Not Fit for Print
Tony Leisner wants us to Stop Promoting Libraries! and promote librarians. | 76 |
| | Papa Lyman Remembers
Ornithologists | 77 |
Edited by Sandra K. Paul and Albert Simmonds (SKP Associates) |
| | Fran Wilkinson
has surveyed some companies to find about Electronic Products Access for Libraries: What Some Companies are
Doing to help With Site Licenses. | 20 |
| | DOC AQUIS
Mary McLaren and Barbara Hale share some news about Ameritech, Chemical Abstracts Service, Institute for
Scientific Information and there's more... | 85 |
| | Chaos
Sandy Paul has asked David Martin to tell us about EDIFACT: Developing International Standards for Electronic Trading in
Books and Serials. | 87 |
| | Drinking form the Firehose
Eleanor Cook is concerned about the Internet collapsing under its own weight... | 88 |
| | Nouvelle Cuisine
by Nancy K. Dennis — The Promise of PDF | 90 |
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| | You Gotta Go To School For That?
Okay, this month Jerry Seay is turning hours into minutes. | 91 |
| | On the Road
Don Jaeger go Forrest Link to tell us about the day he found a body in the parking deck. | 93 |
