| Chinese Academic Libraries Serving International Students and Scholars: A Three-case Assessment |
2011 |
328 |
The authors of this study assess the attitudes and perceptions of academic librarians at three university libraries in China regarding library services for international students and scholars. The study directs particular focus on librarians at Shaan... |
| Columns and Blogs: Making Sense of Merging Worlds |
2008 |
296 |
The newspaper and magazine column, key sources for news comment and analysis prior to the Internet, is being challenged by a powerful new contender—the blog. Has the column’s importance diminished, even been rendered obsolete, by new e-venues such as... |
| Courage of Our Convictions: Making Difficult Decisions about Serial Collections |
2004 |
236 |
Three academic librarians, a library administrator, a serials librarian, and a collection development librarian, discuss pressing serials issues as they plan for a move to a new library building. Professional perspectives on serials are juxtaposed as... |
| Everything is Not on the Web, Doggone it: Remembering the Library in Your Research Process |
2000 |
146 |
Abstract unavailable... |
| Institutional Respositories: A Good Idea for North Carolina |
2007 |
240 |
Librarians at universities in North Carolina are beginning to consider whether to establish electronic repositories where faculty and students can deposit copies of their scholarship for preservation and world-wide access. This article addresses a nu... |
| Latin Americanists and Librarians: Their Nexus through Technology and Interdisciplinarity |
2001 |
266 |
In recent years we have seen a rapid emergence of a wide variety of Latin American studies resources related to “globalization.” This body of new literature often transcends boundaries of traditional social science disciplines. The social science l... |
| Latin American Studies Online: A Review of Free Peer-Reviewed Journals |
2004 |
243 |
Public services librarians seeking to assist researchers in Latin American studies are increasingly augmenting their searches to include online publications not generally indexed in typical library journal and newspaper databases. Allan Scherlen intr... |
| Local to Global: The Importance of State-Level Journals to Library Literature |
2008 |
504 |
While the publishing needs of many state library associations are comfortably served by newsletters and Web sites, a number of state library associations produce major library journals that serve readers beyond their state membership. The author inte... |
| Looking at Journals from Both Sides |
2005 |
206 |
The author describes his contrasting experiences with publishing an open access society journal and advising a regional association in regards to turning over publication of its journal to a major commercial publishing firm. Using his experience of p... |
| The One-Box Challenge: Providing a Federated Search That Benefits the Research Process |
2006 |
230 |
The one-box federated search of databases brings as many challenges as promises to database searching, especially in terms of adapting these systems to user needs and the effects this new mode of searching will have on users' research behaviors. This... |
| Open Access to Criminal Justice Scholarship: A Matter of Social Justice |
2008 |
414 |
The paper argues that criminal justice scholarship disseminated through the traditional journal subscription model is not consistent with social justice. Adoption of "open access" principles in publishing benefits both authors and readers through bro... |
| Perceptions of Open Access Publishing among Academic Journal Editors in China |
2007 |
421 |
Open access publishing is examined from the perspective of academic journal editors in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. In addition to providing background information on academic publishing in China, the author incorporates interviews with two... |
| Publishing in Criminal Justice and Criminology: Assessing Journal Editors’ Awareness and Acceptance of Open Access |
2009 |
165 |
The authors, building upon a previous article that challenged the subscription-based journal publishing model, assess the awareness and attitudes of editors of journals in criminal justice and criminology toward open access, author rights, and relate... |
| Responsible Internet Use |
1997 |
443 |
Steps to follow and advice to consider for protecting students from inappropriate material on the Web and helping them to be responsible Internet users.... |
| A Review of Buncombe Bob; The Life and Times of Robert Rice Reynolds |
2001 |
117 |
Book Review - recommended... |
| Review of Developing Library and Information Center Collections by G. Edward Evans and Margaret Zarnosky Saponaro |
2007 |
404 |
Book review - recommended with reservations... |
| A Review of the Documentary, "The World Stopped Watching" |
2005 |
130 |
Video Documentary Review... |
| Review of “Evaluation of Library Collections, Access and Electronic Resources: A Literature Guide and Annotated Bibliography by Thomas E. Nisonger. |
2004 |
142 |
Book Review - Recommended... |
| Review of John Gibler's Mexico Unconquered: chronicles of power and revolt |
2010 |
223 |
Book Review - recommended... |
| Review of Library Collection Development Policies: Academic, Public, and Special Libraries by Frank W. Hoffman and Richard J. Wood |
2006 |
276 |
Book review - not recommended... |
| Review of The “Sixth Division”: Military-Paramilitary Ties and U.S. Policy in Colombia |
2002 |
156 |
Book Review - recommended... |
| What In The World Is Watauga? |
2000 |
830 |
Newspaper feature explores the history and mythology of the word, Watauga, a common name for places and businesses in western North Carolina but also found to be a name for places in the Dakotas and Texas as well.... |