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2005

Dacus Library Faculty Publications

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Giving Thanks, Mark Y. Herring Dec 2005

Giving Thanks, Mark Y. Herring

Dacus Library Faculty Publications

Indulge me for a few moments, will you? I write this column just as we approach the Thanksgiving. You will read it having spent the last few weeks recovering from the Christmas Holidays. It seems appropriate at this time, even conventional, to spend a few moments looking at what we all have to be thankful for, even joyous about. All too often the quotidian cares of life weigh us down unceremoniously, and we forget that we have much to be thankful for.

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A Pascal Primer, Mark Y. Herring Nov 2005

A Pascal Primer, Mark Y. Herring

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PASCAL is the Palmetto State's new academic consortium. But can it survive in a state committed to exiguous state funding for higher ed?

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Vestiges, Mark Y. Herring Nov 2005

Vestiges, Mark Y. Herring

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Can intelligent design be found?

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Training New Acquisitions And Collection Development Librarians: Some Technical And Philosophical Guideposts, Antje Mays Jun 2005

Training New Acquisitions And Collection Development Librarians: Some Technical And Philosophical Guideposts, Antje Mays

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This article covers key competencies for success as acquisitions and collection development librarians, delineates between collection development's intellectual facets of curricular support and acquisitions' business functions and shows how the two interrelated. Also provided are best practices for training and mentoring and professional development information for new librarians entering acquisitions and collection development.

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"Well, There It Is", Mark Y. Herring Apr 2005

"Well, There It Is", Mark Y. Herring

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While PASCAL meet all the requirements of a collaborative funding source, the Palmetto state still starved it of funds.

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Don't Get Goggle-Eyed Over Google's Plan To Digitize, Mark Y. Herring Mar 2005

Don't Get Goggle-Eyed Over Google's Plan To Digitize, Mark Y. Herring

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Digitization is big news; it's a good idea; and it's inevitable. But let's not get all goggle-eyed over Google right away. Here are five reasons not to tear up your library card quite yet.

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Free Speech And Filtering Myths, Mark Y. Herring Feb 2005

Free Speech And Filtering Myths, Mark Y. Herring

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