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Optimizing Library Services: Academic Libraries In The 21st Century: Adapting Services To Fit Digital Resources, Jennifer Joe, Lindsay Johnston, Kristen Stauffer

Against the Grain

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Update On The Welch Medical Library, Sue Woodson, Blair Anton

Against the Grain

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Collecting To The Core: Classic Ethnographies, Anne Doherty, Janet L. Steins

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Real Arrow-Securities For All: Just And Efficient Insurance Through Macro-Hedging, Robert C. Hockett

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

As a new hurricane season opened in June of 2006, it emerged that a number of online gaming sites were offering bettors the opportunity to wager on whether New Orleans might suffer another Katrina calamity. Commentators condemned the announced practice with howls of disgust, labeling it both tasteless and heartless. Perhaps they were right. All I could think about as one who grew up in New Orleans, however, was how risk pools might hereby be broadened to include all the world’s bettors. We shouldn’t condemn these people; we should use them—while requiring that they maintain margin accounts at their betting …

Atg Interviews: Heather Joseph, Executive Director, Sparc, Bob Schatz, Tom Gilson

Against the Grain

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University Of The Future Colombia-Purdue Workshop Report, Suresh V. Garimella, David B. Janes, Liliana Gómez Díaz

PPRI Digital Library

The University of the Future Workshop, a joint Colombia-Purdue event, was held at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, October 28-29, 2014. Participants included rectors and board members from six top universities in Colombia, along with executive directors of NGOs, government representatives from the U.S. and Colombia, and Purdue faculty and administrators. The workshop was focused on a dialog among participants on key programs and focuses that will allow universities to be responsive to the 21st century needs of the Americas.

This report is a summary of the workshop and is based on the contributions of all the participants. Key …

A Concept Paper On Networks Of Excellence For Research And Education, Suresh V. Garimella, David B. Janes, Anne Slaughter Andrew

PPRI Digital Library

Research and education ecosystems, foundational components of knowledge-based economies, are relatively underdeveloped in Latin America. The entire ecosystem of a research university — including resources, corporate partnerships, and research — must capitalize on a symbiosis between the research, education and commercialization missions. A university cannot transform unilaterally nor can universities sustain the required transformation without government and industry participation. Initiatives to accelerate the development of research university ecosystems are critical for the realization of knowledge-based economies and resilient civil societies.

To accelerate the development of research and education ecosystems across the Americas, the authors propose to establish “Networks of Excellence” …

Atg Interviews: Jody Plank, Product Manager, Research Square, Katina Strauch, Tom Gilson

Against the Grain

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If Rumors Were Horses, Katina Strauch

Against the Grain

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The Joe And Rika Mansueto Library At The University Of Chicago, Andrea Twiss-Brooks

Against the Grain

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From The Reference Desk: Reviews Of Reference Titles, Tom Gilson

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Remote Storage And Pritzker Legal Research Center -- Figuring Out How To Do More With Less, Eric C. Parker, Maribel Hilo Nash

Against the Grain

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Letters To The Editor, Katina Strauch

Against the Grain

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Disappearing Stacks: No Books But Everything Else, Audrey Powers

Against the Grain

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Book Reviews: Monographic Musings, Deb Vaughn

Against the Grain

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Full Page Ads

Against the Grain

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Bet You Missed It: What Do Coloring Books And Ghastly Tales Have In Common?, Bruce Strauch

Against the Grain

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A Case For The Use Of Collection Analysis Tools In Deselection, Cris Ferguson

Against the Grain

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Atg Special Report: Establishing A State-Level Open-Access Journal: The Case Of South Carolina Libraries, Rachel Elrod, Brent Appling

Against the Grain

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Deadlines

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Being Earnest With Collections: A Look Back At The First Charleston Seminar, Michael A. Arthur

Against the Grain

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Decoder Ring: A Look At John Allison's Bobbins, Jerry Spiller

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Little Red Herrings: The Moving Finger…Blinks And Having Blinked, Blinks On, Mark Y. Herring

Against the Grain

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Notes From Mosier: Now On To Bridgeton, Scott Alan Smith, Steven Chase

Against the Grain

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At Brunning: People And Technology: At The Only Edge That Means Anything/How We Understand What We Do, Dennis Brunning

Against the Grain

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Let's Get Technical: Working Together To Move Titles To Off-Site Storage, Stacey Marien, Alayne Mundt

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Table Of Contents

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And They Were There: Reports Of Meetings, Ramune Kubilius

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Questions And Answers: Copyright Column, Laura N. Gassaway

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Disappearing Stacks: What Is Appropriate Is Still The Issue, Jack Montgomery

Against the Grain

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