Collection Development in College Libraries (Book Review)

Book Review: Paperbacks in public libraries, The impact of non-fiction lending from public libraries

Book Review

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College and Research Libraries

L B R A R I A N S f r e q u e n t l y d e m o n s t r a t e e x 4 t r e m e i r r i t a t i o n w h e n a n o n p r o f e s s i o n a l e n t e r s t h e f i e l d o f l i b r a r y a d m i n i s t r a t i o n , a n d y e t , o d d l y e n o u g h , s o m e p r o f e s s i o n a l s h a v e a d m i n i s t e r e d t h e i r l i b r a r i e s a s t h o u g h e n t i r e l y u n a w a r e o f t h...

College and Research Libraries

R i c h a r d H a r w e l l , a s s i s t an t l i b r a r i a n and l e c t u r e r in h i s to ry a t E m o r y Un ive r s i t y , is t he a u t h o r of Confederate Music. T h i s book is a s to ry of s o u t h e r n mus i c pub l i she r s and of the songs t h a t w e r e the f a v o r i t e t u n e s w i t h the so ld iers and belles of the C o n f e d e r a c y . I n c luded in the v o l ...

E-Book Technology in Libraries: An Overview

The shift towards electronically mediated texts entails major structural issues for libraries and the publishers and aggregators who supply them. Stakeholders within the digital supply chain are struggling to re-conceptualise the book as artefact (Esposito 2003). Academic and scholarly libraries are at the forefront of these changes and many are preparing for a significant shift from physical t...