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People Profile: Steven Bell, Editor Sep 2009

People Profile: Steven Bell, Editor

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


People Profile: Adam Corson-Finnerty, Editor Sep 2009

People Profile: Adam Corson-Finnerty, Editor

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Acquisitions Archaeology -- Back To The Beginning (Vol. 1, No. 1, March 1989), Jesse Holden Sep 2009

Acquisitions Archaeology -- Back To The Beginning (Vol. 1, No. 1, March 1989), Jesse Holden

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


From You (Doodling) Editor, Katina Strauch Sep 2009

From You (Doodling) Editor, Katina Strauch

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Cases Of Note -- Copyright: If You're In The Slammer, Are You In Service?, Bruce Strauch Sep 2009

Cases Of Note -- Copyright: If You're In The Slammer, Are You In Service?, Bruce Strauch

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Something To Think About -- Screens And Savers, Mary E. (Tinker) Massey Sep 2009

Something To Think About -- Screens And Savers, Mary E. (Tinker) Massey

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Under The Hood -- The Library Ecosystem, Xan Arch Sep 2009

Under The Hood -- The Library Ecosystem, Xan Arch

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


"Going Green In The Library: It's Not Just For Contractors", Michael A. Crumpton Sep 2009

"Going Green In The Library: It's Not Just For Contractors", Michael A. Crumpton

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Lost In Austin -- The Golden Age Of Librarianship, Thomas W. Leonhardt Sep 2009

Lost In Austin -- The Golden Age Of Librarianship, Thomas W. Leonhardt

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Toc, Editor Sep 2009

Toc, Editor

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Questions & Answers -- Copyright Column, Laura N. Gasaway Sep 2009

Questions & Answers -- Copyright Column, Laura N. Gasaway

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Oliver Theodor Sitea Obituary, Editor Sep 2009

Oliver Theodor Sitea Obituary, Editor

Against the Grain

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What's In A Name?, Steven Shapiro Sep 2009

What's In A Name?, Steven Shapiro

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


As I See It! -- Howling In The Wind For Standard Ebook Business Models, John Cox Sep 2009

As I See It! -- Howling In The Wind For Standard Ebook Business Models, John Cox

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Booklover -- Dreams, Donna Jacobs Sep 2009

Booklover -- Dreams, Donna Jacobs

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Book Reviews -- Monographic Musings, Debbie Vaughn Sep 2009

Book Reviews -- Monographic Musings, Debbie Vaughn

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Hoops And Horses: Innovative Approaches To Oral History In A Digital Environment, Doug Boyd Sep 2009

Hoops And Horses: Innovative Approaches To Oral History In A Digital Environment, Doug Boyd

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Little Red Herrings -- Of Facebook, Twitter And Social Networking Sites, Mark Y. Herring Sep 2009

Little Red Herrings -- Of Facebook, Twitter And Social Networking Sites, Mark Y. Herring

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


And They Were There: Reports Of Meetings -- Entrepreneurial Conference For Librarians, Rosann Bazirjian Sep 2009

And They Were There: Reports Of Meetings -- Entrepreneurial Conference For Librarians, Rosann Bazirjian

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Publisher's Profile -- Mps, Editor Sep 2009

Publisher's Profile -- Mps, Editor

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Letters To The Editor, Katina Strauch Sep 2009

Letters To The Editor, Katina Strauch

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


A Reprise, Or Round Three: Using A Database Management Program As A Decision-Support System For The Cancellation Of Serials, Judith M. Nixon Jul 2009

A Reprise, Or Round Three: Using A Database Management Program As A Decision-Support System For The Cancellation Of Serials, Judith M. Nixon

Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research

Annual journal inflation rates of eight percent or higher have compelled libraries to cancel journals. Since 1992 Purdue Libraries have had three major cancellation projects. This article reviews how the Humanities, Social Science and Education Library approached this task in 2009 and developed a database management program to identify titles based on two criteria: low use and the availability of the title in full text in one of three aggregator databases. The education and humanities departments reached the cancellation goal, but several social science departments had to transfer funds from the book budget to accommodate their journal subscription costs. This …


The Right Book On The Right Shelf: Missing And Misshelved Books-- How Barcode Scanning Inventories Can Solve The Patrons' Dilemma, Judith M. Nixon Jul 2009

The Right Book On The Right Shelf: Missing And Misshelved Books-- How Barcode Scanning Inventories Can Solve The Patrons' Dilemma, Judith M. Nixon

Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research

After over thirty years of failing to conduct a comprehensive inventory of the book collection at a large liberal arts library, our patrons complained that they could not find one in five books. Study of the problem indicated that in fact 20% of our books were either missing or miss-shelved. This article discusses the investigation of the problem and the impact after five years of conducting an annual inventory by using hand-held devices to gather barcodes and interface these with our catalog records to find the missing and miss-shelved books. The missing book rate dropped from 5.6% to less than …


L'Accès À L'Information Scientifique À L'Ère Numérique: L'Approche De La Commission Européenne, Jean-François Dechamp Jun 2009

L'Accès À L'Information Scientifique À L'Ère Numérique: L'Approche De La Commission Européenne, Jean-François Dechamp

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.


Scholarly Information Repository Services At Monash University, Suzanne Clarke Jun 2009

Scholarly Information Repository Services At Monash University, Suzanne Clarke

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.


Use Of Web2.0 Tools By Libraries: A Reconnaissance Of The International Landscape, Manorama Tripathi Jun 2009

Use Of Web2.0 Tools By Libraries: A Reconnaissance Of The International Landscape, Manorama Tripathi

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.


A Quality Assurance And Benchmarking Framework In An Academic Library, Imogen Garner, Karen Tang Jun 2009

A Quality Assurance And Benchmarking Framework In An Academic Library, Imogen Garner, Karen Tang

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.


Exploring Knowledge Innovation Culture: Role Of Library And Information Centres, Munusamy Natarajan Jun 2009

Exploring Knowledge Innovation Culture: Role Of Library And Information Centres, Munusamy Natarajan

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.


Science/Engineering Bibliographic Databases' Future: Collection Development Issues At The University Of Maryland, Nevenka Zdravkovska, Bob Kackley Jun 2009

Science/Engineering Bibliographic Databases' Future: Collection Development Issues At The University Of Maryland, Nevenka Zdravkovska, Bob Kackley

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.


Innovation And Copyright: Not Friends Any More?, Derek Whitehead Jun 2009

Innovation And Copyright: Not Friends Any More?, Derek Whitehead

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.