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Self-Published Books: Should Libraries Buy Or Not?, Jennifer Culley May 2017

Self-Published Books: Should Libraries Buy Or Not?, Jennifer Culley

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Self-publishing has been around as long as books have existed. Before there were big publishing houses there were authors publishing their own works. Although there is now an abundance of publishers, a large number of self-published books are still being produced each year. There are currently publishers that only assist authors with self-publishing and the numbers are growing with the increase in formats of works, such as print books, e-books, audio books, zines (self-published magazines), etc. Self-published works can also be print-on-demand titles, and are sometimes referred to as vanity publications. There is some belief out there that self-published materials …


The Southeastern Librarian V 65, No. 1 (Spring 2017) Complete Issue May 2017

The Southeastern Librarian V 65, No. 1 (Spring 2017) Complete Issue

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No abstract provided.


Editorial Staff & State Representatives Feb 2017

Editorial Staff & State Representatives

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Listing of editorial board for The Southeastern Librarian and current SELA state representatives.


Guidelines For Submission And Author Instructions Feb 2017

Guidelines For Submission And Author Instructions

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Guidelines for article submission to The Southeastern Librarian.


Mark Twain At Home: How Family Shaped Twain's Fiction, Carol Walker Jordan Feb 2017

Mark Twain At Home: How Family Shaped Twain's Fiction, Carol Walker Jordan

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Mark Twain at Home How Family Shaped Twain’s Fiction by Michael J. Kiskis. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2016. ISBN 978-0-8173-1915-1 (cloth); 978-0-8173-8990-1 (ebook). $44.95. 128 p.


Creating Citizens: Liberal Arts, Civic Engagement, And The Land-Grant Tradition, Carol Walker Jordan Feb 2017

Creating Citizens: Liberal Arts, Civic Engagement, And The Land-Grant Tradition, Carol Walker Jordan

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Creating Citizens: Liberal Arts, Civic Engagement, and the Land-Grant Tradition, edited by Brigitta R. Brunner. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2016. ISBN: 978-0-8173-1907-6 (cloth); 978-0-8173-8960-4 (ebook). $49.95. 192 p.


From Revolution To Reunion: The Reintegration Of The South Carolina Loyalists, Rita Spisak Feb 2017

From Revolution To Reunion: The Reintegration Of The South Carolina Loyalists, Rita Spisak

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From Revolution to Reunion: The Reintegration of the South Carolina Loyalists by Rebecca Brannon. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2016. ISBN 978-1-61117-668-1 (hard); 978-1-61117-669-8 (epub). $49. 99. 232 p.


Southern Religion And Christian Diversity In The Twentieth Century, Carol Walker Jordan Feb 2017

Southern Religion And Christian Diversity In The Twentieth Century, Carol Walker Jordan

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Southern Religion and Christian Diversity in the Twentieth Century by Wayne Flynt. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2016. ISBN 978-0-8173-1908-3 (cloth); 978-0-1873-8971-0 (ebook). $39.95. 400 p.


Proud To Be A Librarian, Ying Chen Feb 2017

Proud To Be A Librarian, Ying Chen

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Years have passed since that day. I left the college and assumed a new position in a different city. Yet the memory of his visit and our conversation replays in my mind often. This experience granted me a better understanding of my job: I am not just an information keeper, I am a life transformer. And so are you. Be proud to be a librarian!


Field Guide To The Wildflowers Of Georgia And Surrounding States, Melinda F. Matthews Feb 2017

Field Guide To The Wildflowers Of Georgia And Surrounding States, Melinda F. Matthews

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Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia and Surrounding States by Chafin, Linda G. Hugh and Carol Nourse, Photographers. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2016. ISBN 978-0-8203-4868-1. $32.95 paperback. 488 p.


South Carolina In The Civil War And Reconstruction Eras: Essays From The Proceedings Of The South Carolina Historical Association, Tim Dodge Feb 2017

South Carolina In The Civil War And Reconstruction Eras: Essays From The Proceedings Of The South Carolina Historical Association, Tim Dodge

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South Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction Eras: Essays from the Proceedings of the South Carolina Historical Association by Michael Brem Bonner and Fritz Hamer, editors. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2016. ISBN: 978-61117-664-3 (cloth); 978-61117-665-0 (paperback); and 978-61117-666-7 (ebook). $49.99 (hard); $29.99 (pbk); $29.99 (ebook). 177p.


Family Of Earth: A Southern Mountain Childhood, Melanie J. Dunn Feb 2017

Family Of Earth: A Southern Mountain Childhood, Melanie J. Dunn

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Family of Earth: A Southern Mountain Childhood by Wilma Dykeman. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2016. ISBN: 978-1-46962-914-8. $75.00 (hard), $18.00 (pbk.). 177p.


The Ides Of War: George Washington And The Newburgh Crisis, Carol Walker Jordan Feb 2017

The Ides Of War: George Washington And The Newburgh Crisis, Carol Walker Jordan

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The Ides of War : George Washington and the Newburgh Crisis by Stephen Howard Brown Columbia: The University of South Carolina Press, 2016. ISBN 978-1-61117-659-9 (hard); 978-1-61117-660-5 (ebook). $44.99. 168 p.


The Egret's Plumes, Carol Walker Jordan Feb 2017

The Egret's Plumes, Carol Walker Jordan

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The Egret’s Plumes by Archibald Rutledge ; introduction by Jim Casada ; afterword by Jacob F. Rivers III and illustrations by Stephen Chesley. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2016. ISBN 978-1-61117-672-8 (hard); 978-1-61117-673-5 (ebook). $24.99. 56 p.


North Carolina's Roadside Eateries: A Traveler's Guide To Local Restaurants, Diners, And Barbecue Joints, Melinda F. Matthews Feb 2017

North Carolina's Roadside Eateries: A Traveler's Guide To Local Restaurants, Diners, And Barbecue Joints, Melinda F. Matthews

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North Carolina’s Roadside Eateries: A Traveler’s Guide to Local Restaurants, Diners, and Barbecue Joints by D.G. Martin. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 2016. ISBN: 9781469630144 (pbk.alk. paper) $11.85. 176 p.


Kentucky Rebel Town: The Civil War Battles Of Cynthiana And Harrison County, Carol Walker Jordan Feb 2017

Kentucky Rebel Town: The Civil War Battles Of Cynthiana And Harrison County, Carol Walker Jordan

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Kentucky Rebel Town: The Civil War Battles of Cynthiana and Harrison County by William A. Penn. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2016. ISBN 978-0-8131-6771-8 (cloth); 978-0-8131-6772-5 (epub). $45.00. 400 p.


Censorship: Filtering Content On The Web, Lizabeth Elaine Stem Feb 2017

Censorship: Filtering Content On The Web, Lizabeth Elaine Stem

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The World Wide Web has become a vehicle of free expression for millions of people around the world. It also represents a type of international library with no geographical or physical boundaries, bringing a vast array of information into private homes, schools and businesses. Because the Web allows anyone to post anything at any time, many believe some sort of censorship should be imposed. Censorship of the Web comes in the form of software which filters Web sites, blocking those which publish content deemed unsuitable by those administering the filtering software. Most content filtering software is used on computers in …


News Articles Feb 2017

News Articles

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Recent activities from the Southeastern Library Association, developments from SELA member institutions, and personnel news.


Customizations Of Web-Scale Discovery Tools In Alabama's Public & Independent College And University Libraries: A Longitudinal Study, Harry Nuttall, Hanrong Wang Feb 2017

Customizations Of Web-Scale Discovery Tools In Alabama's Public & Independent College And University Libraries: A Longitudinal Study, Harry Nuttall, Hanrong Wang

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As digital technology developed to a point that electronic searching for information became practical, librarians began a quest for the Holy Grail of a single-search option that had the potential to harvest search results from the entirety of a library’s holdings. Initially it was hoped that federated searching might be this option, but federated searching was found unequal to the task. Response time was slow and could skew relevance rankings (Thompson, 2013). Further, the first generation of federated search engines proved not nearly capable of searching the totality of a library’s holdings. Something more was needed. That something more was …


The Southeastern Librarian V 64, No. 4 (Winter 2017) Complete Issue Feb 2017

The Southeastern Librarian V 64, No. 4 (Winter 2017) Complete Issue

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No abstract provided.


Editorial Staff & State Representatives Nov 2016

Editorial Staff & State Representatives

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Listing of editorial board for The Southeastern Librarian and current SELA state representatives.


Guidelines For Submission And Author Instructions Nov 2016

Guidelines For Submission And Author Instructions

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Guidelines for article submission to The Southeastern Librarian.


Native American Landscapes, Carol Walker Jordan Nov 2016

Native American Landscapes, Carol Walker Jordan

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No abstract provided.


The Golden Band From Tigerland: A History Of Lsu's Marching Band, Kathelene Mccarty Smith Nov 2016

The Golden Band From Tigerland: A History Of Lsu's Marching Band, Kathelene Mccarty Smith

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No abstract provided.


The Travelers' Charleston: Accounts Of Charleston And Lowcountry, South Carolina, 1666-1861, Kathelene Mccarty Smith Nov 2016

The Travelers' Charleston: Accounts Of Charleston And Lowcountry, South Carolina, 1666-1861, Kathelene Mccarty Smith

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No abstract provided.


The Risen, Carol Walker Jordan Nov 2016

The Risen, Carol Walker Jordan

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No abstract provided.


Kentucky Bourbon Country: The Essential Travel Guide, Melida F. Matthews Nov 2016

Kentucky Bourbon Country: The Essential Travel Guide, Melida F. Matthews

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No abstract provided.


News Articles Nov 2016

News Articles

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Recent activities from the Southeastern Library Association, developments from SELA member institutions, and personnel news.


Using "Choice" To Measure The Availability And Use Of E-Books, Amanda L. Scott, Rickey D. Best Nov 2016

Using "Choice" To Measure The Availability And Use Of E-Books, Amanda L. Scott, Rickey D. Best

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As e-books have come to hold a major impact on library collection building activities, the influence of reviews of titles and the on-going conversion of titles to a digital format have significant potential impacts for libraries. Reviewing tools such as Choice and the lag-time between publication notice of the print edition of a work and its corresponding e-version asks the questions, “How many of the print titles that are reviewed in Choice have a corresponding e-version ready for purchase?” and “How used are those e-versions in comparison with print?”


A Risk Assessment Study At The University Of South Alabama Libraries, Richard J. Wood, Mary Duffy Nov 2016

A Risk Assessment Study At The University Of South Alabama Libraries, Richard J. Wood, Mary Duffy

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Prior to receiving a memorandum from the Director of Risk Management that the libraries would be included in a university-wide risk assessment study, the authors’ only contacts with the director had to do with art works housed in the library and the amount of money kept on-hand at the service desks. We believed that the Risk Assessment Office was primarily concerned with highly vulnerable programs such as the hospitals, pharmacies, athletics, the bookstore, and laboratories. The challenge for us now would be to develop a comprehensive assessment of risks in library facilities and operations from acquisitions and cataloging to circulation, …