Charleston Conference Proceedings 2006

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Pub. Date: 2007-10-30
Publisher(s): Libraries Unltd Inc
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Summary

The Charleston Conference Proceedings document one of the most highly regarded and influential conferences in the U.S. library world. This volume marks and celebrates the 26th Charleston Conference. The 2006 Conference focused on topics and trends in collection development, journals and serials management, new trends in technology and product development, collaboration between and among libraries and their communities, and managing ebook and monograph collections.

Table of Contents

Collection Development
Searching for Clarity Among Many Voices: Collection Development as a Collaborative Endeavorp. 3
Weeding a Periodical Collection in The Academic Environment: A Case Studyp. 9
Collecting Comic Books at the University of Memphis: An Ending?p. 11
Weeding 101 2nd Edp. 16
Reconfiguring Collection Development for the Futurep. 24
Essential Elements of a Fund Tree Design: Logical Transaction Records and Enabled Reportingp. 34
The End of Books and the Death of Librariesp. 44
Open Access
Enriching GoldRush With Core Subject Open Access Journals: Motives and Methodsp. 55
Open Access and Accuracyp. 60
Open Access - Beyond Declarations: What Steps Towards What Future?p. 74
Digitization and Technology
How Digital Library Services Contribute to Undergraduate Learning: An Evaluation of the "Understanding Library Impacts" Protocolp. 87
Google Book Search and The University of Michiganp. 103
Electronic Resources
Surprising Subscriptions: How Electronic Journal Publishing Has Affected the Partnership Among Subscription Agents, Publishers, and Librariansp. 111
Dancing in Tandem With E-Resources Life-Cycle "Acquiring-Processing- Maintaining" and Interdepartmental Process: Your Checklistp. 124
Are You Taking Baby Steps Towards Your New Electronic Resources Management System (ERMS)? Learn About Current Scenario, Software Tools, Challenges, and Practical Steps for a Confident Stridep. 130
Journal and Article Locator (JAL): Federated Access to Electronic/Print Journals and Article Full-Textp. 141
Federated Searching with a Simple Search Boxp. 154
Usage Statistics
How Usage-Based Pricing Can Level the Playing Fieldp. 161
Usage Statistics and Scholarly Communicationsp. 164
Miscellaneous
A Recycling Case Study, Odum Library, Valdosta State Universityp. 169
Is Purchase on Demand a Worthy Model? Do Patrons Really Know What They Want?p. 171
Succeeding in the Face of Changep. 180
Moving a Library Collection to New Quarters: Lessons Learnedp. 182
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