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Criss Chronicles, Volume 6, Issue 1, Criss Library

Criss Chronicles Newsletter

This edition of Criss Chronicles features From the Dean's Desk, The Information Exchange, Conversation with Melinda Kozel, Focus on Resources: Women: Transnational Networks, From the Archives: The Fine Arts Press Collection at the Criss Library, Copyright Corner, and an Events Calendar.

Self-Publishing And Collection Development: Opportunities And Challenges For Libraries, Robert P. Holley

Purdue University Press Books

The current publishing environment has experienced a drastic change in the way content is created, delivered, and acquired, particularly for libraries. With the increasing importance of digital publishing, more than half the titles published in the United States are self-published. With this growth in self-published materials, librarians, publishers, and vendors have been forced to rethink channels of production, distribution, and access as it applies to the new content. Self-Publishing and Collection Development: Opportunities and Challenges for Libraries will address multiple aspects of how public and academic libraries can deal with the increase in self-published titles.

While both academic and public …

Criss Chronicles, Volume 5, Issue 1, Criss Library

Criss Chronicles Newsletter

This edition of Criss Chronicles features From the Dean's Desk, First Annual Pi Day, New Spaces in the Criss Library, Conversation with Amy Schindler, Conversation with Jackie Skarda, Focus on Resources: Historical Databases Replace and Displace Microfilm, From the Archives: Mary E. Williamson Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) Collection, Copyright Corner, Kaneko, and an Events Calendar.