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| | Rumors | 1 |
| | Deadlines | 6 |
| | From Your Editor | 6 |
| | Letters to the Editor | 7 |
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| | Higher Education and Libraries: Views from the Networked Environment | |
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| | The Information Technology Imperative for Higher Education
by William Snyder (Chancellor, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville) — Comments made at 16th Annual Charleston Conference, Charleston, South Carolina, November 7, 1996 Information technologies have enhanced access to information without regard to physical location. The evolution of libraries on university
campuses has been a continuous struggle of acquiring adequate financial and physical resources. What do these truisms mean for our
future? | 1 |
| | Winning the Accreditation Game: The Library as Key Player and Hidden Gold Mine
Anjie Mays — So the library is the | 22 |
| | The Evolution from Functional to Virtual Library
by Norman Demarais and Judy Luther — Through the years, a library was
defined as a collection of written materials containing information. With the advent of electronic networking, users can connect to remote
databases which effectively function as the library used to, offering information for retrieval and sometimes delivering it directly to end
users. This raises the question: "What's happening to the collections that are identified as part of the library and how does that impact the
role of librarians?" | 24 |
| | Op-Ed--Who Has Kept the Tempest in the Teapot?
Albert Henderson takes issue with many of the points in the collection of
essays titled The Research University in a Time of Discontent( Edited by Johnathan R. Cole et al. John Hopkins, 1994), and Albert
Simmonds talks about standards. | 26 |
| | On the Street--Budget Allocation Changes: A Survey of ATG Subscribers
by Barbara C. Dean, Linda Albright, Eamon T. — | 28 |
| | Back Talk
Tony Ferguson — | 82 |
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| | Arthur Brody
Founder and President, Brodart | 29 |
| | Rao Aluri
Founder and President, Parkway Publishers | 32 |
Edited by Barbara Dean Bdean@co.arlington.va.us |
| | Tom Gilson
Head of Reference Services, College of Charleston Libraries | 38 |
| | Deana Astle
Assistant Dean of Libraries, Clemson | 70 |
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| | From the Reference Desk
Reference Reviews | 34 |
| | Letter from Oklahoma
Catalogs from Publishers | 36 |
Edited by Bryan Carson, Bruce Strauch and Jack Montgomery |
| | Cases of note
Anne Jennings is always on the alert for the right cases we should know about. This month, she talks about some
recent West Publishing decisions along with a few other important cases. | 40 |
| | Go West, Young Thomson!
by William Hannay — This is about the purchase of West by Thomson, the U.S. Department of justice
and the FTC. | 42 |
| | Legally Speaking
Norm Desmarais is Understanding Software License Agreements. | 44 |
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| | Publisher Bestsellers
LSU Press | 47 |
| | Publisher Profile
Westview Press | 48 |
| | From the Other Side of the Street
AAUP Marketing to Libraries | 49 |
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| | And They Were There--Reports of Meetings
This month, we have covered, Shopping in the Serials Supermarket, The
Interconnected Information Environment: Perspectives for Resources and Technical Services, and SLA's Southwest Regional
Conference. | 54 |
| | Bet You Missed It
Who was the man who taught us how to talk? And how about the DVC? Read about it all in this month's
compilation from the news. | 60 |
| | Library Profile
This month, Roger Williams talked to Ann McHugo, acquisitions services librarian for Baker Library at Dartmouth
College. | 64 |
| | Group Therapy
Do you use the "flyleaf" in the books that you buy? Dottie Marcinko is interested. | 66 |
| | Not Fit For Print
Tony Leisner--Out of Africa | 67 |
| | Issues in Vendor-Librarian Relations
This one's about Shipping Books on Time. | 68 |
Edited by Sandra K. Paul and Albert Simmonds (SKP Associates) |
| | Acquiring Minds Want to Know
70 Acquiring Minds Want to Know-- | 70 |
| | The Book Industry Systems Advisory Committee Looks at the Standards Future
courtesy of D. Jeffrey Blumenthal ( — | 71 |
| | SISAC (Serials Industry Systems Advisory Committee)
SISAC was established in 1982 to "provide a forum for the serials
industry to discuss and resolve mutual concerns and to develop standardized formats for the electronic transmittal of serials information."
Tina Feick tells us more of SISAC and its role as a forum for the serials industry to develop standardized formats for the electronic
transmittal of serials information. | 72 |
| | Chaos--How the SAN Helps Pave the Way for Successful Electronic Commerce in the Christian Marketplace
by Sheri — The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) recently announced the electronic data interchange (EDI) network for
the Christian publishing and retail communities, called X^net and Sheri Toomb tells us all about it. | 74 |
| | International Dateline
Gita Gunatilleke tells us about Electronic Resources and the Web in New Zealand. | 75 |
| | Nouvelle Cuisine
Web Whacker to the Rescue. | 76 |
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| | Call for Papers
1997 Charleston Conference--Nov. 6-8th , 1997 | 58 |
| | You Gotta Go to School for That?
Spousal Obligations | 80 |
| | Back to the Issue
What do you do with your duplicate journals. | 81 |
