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126 Kraus, Peter L.Boys from the Brooklyn Museum venture to ZionThe Brooklyn Museum is the second largest museum in New York City, and one of the largest in the United States. Although now known primarily as an art museum, prior to the Second World War, the Museum pursued an aggressive acquisition policy in the field of Natural History and Archeology. Various me...Naturalist; Engelhard, George P.; Entomology2008
127 Silverman, Randall H.Small, not insignificant: a specification for a conservation pamphlet binding structureThe pamphlet binding is often regarded as an insignificant or ephemeral book structure, which has received little attention over the years in the professional bookbinding literature. An attitude prevails that a bookbinder capable of executing sophisticated and detailed bookbindings need only apply ...1987
128 Ogburn, Joyce L.Acquiring minds want to know: cloth - paper-still, an issueAcquiring Minds Want to Know column: "In the last issue of Against the Grain, I presented some ideas about the possible assumptions about obligations that underlie the scholarly paperback market. This article gets a little more practical and presents some figures from Yale for your consideration."Books, paperback; Books, hardback; Acquisitions, libraries1994-11
129 Silverman, Randall H.Importance of permanenceColor, opacity, weight, texture, printability, and permanence - the choice of paper is critical to any successful printing job and can spell the difference between a satisfied customer and one you'll never see again. Paper is an organic material and as such begins breaking down from the moment of i...Paper; Acid free; Alkaline paper1992
130 Ogburn, Joyce L.Acquiring minds want to know: information policies and intellectual propertyAs librarians, vendors, and publishers, we deal with information every day, and we have developed policies to govern the acquisition and use of this information. Information policies on campuses have tended to focus on computing issues and information technology. Information policies give a lot of a...Information policies; Information access; Computing; Free speech; Academic freedom1998
131 Silverman, Randall H.Grain in the inkWhen the brothers Charles and Herbert Hatch coined the phrase, "Advertising without posters is like fishing without worms," they adopted the stance of "early birds." Co-founding Nashville's Hatch Show Print in 1879, their commercial poster art was a critical factor in success and failure of many 19t...Poster; Hatch Show Print; Country Music Foundation1995
132 Silverman, Randall H.Jackets recommended: the case for preserving dust jackets in research librariesThis paper will provide a historical overview of dust jackets and present a cost-effective mass approach to their treatment. Research libraries generally treat dust jackets as extraneous to the physical integrity of new acquisitions and consequently discard them as part of the shelf preparation p...2000
133 Silverman, RandyBernard C. Middleton, MBE (1924-2019):Bernard Chester Middleton was born in London in 1924 to Doris Hilda Webster, a secretary to a well-known barrister, and Regent Marcus Geoffrey Middleton, a talented bookbinder. At the age of thirteen in 1938, Bernard earned a trade scholarship to attend the Central School of Arts and Crafts in Londo...1995
134 Anderson, Richard BryanIMHBCO (In my humble but correct opinion): three kinds of research and two kinds of researcherOur libraries should be places (virtual and physical) where as little searching as possible has to take place. Making libraries easier to use doesn't undermine intellectual development -- on the contrary, it makes more intellectual development possible because it lets our patrons spend more time...Researchers; Libraries; Information2005
135 Ogburn, Joyce L.Business of acquisitions 1991The third ALCTS Business of Acquisitions Institute was held in Boston at Emmanuel College on June 6-7,1991. These institutes are meant to convey some basic understanding of the complex function of acquiring materials for libraries to beginning acquisitions librarians or professionals with other bac...Acquisitions; Vendors; Libraries1991
136 Silverman, Randall H.Legacy of a one-man book makerLate in 1983, Dr. Gregory Thompson, newly appointed head of Special Collections at the University of Utah's Marriott Library received a call from a local gentleman interested in selling off some books. In what would become a commonplace occurrence for Thompson over the next 27 years, he and Margaret...2010
137 Anderson, Richard BryanPrint on the margins2011-06-15
138 Morrison, David L.Utah digital newspapers: copyright and the webCopyright presentation given by David Morrison, July 14, 2005.2005-07-14
139 Anderson, Richard BryanAcquisitions in a wired world: where are we going?This is a frightening time to be a thirty-something acquisitions librarian. Convention dictates that I follow up that statement by saying that this is also a very exciting time to be a thirty-something acquisitions librarian, but I'll tell you what: it's mainly just scary. I worry a lot about wha...Libraries; Acquisitions; Librarians; Future; Electronic libraries2001
140 Ogburn, Joyce L.Library profile: Penn StateInstitution profile: Penn State is a land grant institution often described as the one university geographically dispersed. Penn State supports twenty-two campuses scattered across the commonwealth. Contrary to what one might infer from the name Penn State, the University is considered "state rel...Pattee Library; Penn State University; Profiles1990
141 Ogburn, Joyce L.Lifelong learning requires lifelong access: reflections on the ACRL plan for excellence2011-10
142 Paiva, Marie Clare P.Adventures in an Ethiopian libraryDuring my sabbatical time from mid-September 2007 to mid-March 2008, I worked as a volunteer librarian at Addis Ababa University (AAU) in the Institute of Ethiopian Studies Library (IESL) on a collection development project in Ethiopia.University libraries; Collection development; Ethiopian studies2008
143 Morrison, David L.Patent searching resources2013-10-09
144 Anderson, Richard BryanWhat will become of us? looking into the crystal ball of serials workIs it possible to predict the future of serials work? Not with perfect accuracy, of course - but to do so imperfectly is both possible and imperative.We need to be looking ahead and asking questions like these: What are the implications of the open access movement for serials staff? Will the informa...2006
145 Anderson, Richard BryanIMHBCO (In my humble but correct opinion) -- The book is dead and it's a good thing, tooAs a group, we librarians are certainly not unique in our ability to deny the obvious. But sometimes I think that we take that ability to a unique extreme. It is obvious, for example, that as a research tool for all but a very few academic disciplines, the print monograph is dead.Librarian; Academic; Libraries2002
146 Ogburn, Joyce L.Acquisitions, up, up and away: Yale University?s new acquisitions departmentAs of July 15, 1991 Yale University's Sterling Memorial Library began reconstituting an acquisition's department under Technical Services. In these days of bad news about closing departments, budget cuts and escalating serial prices, it's nice to be able to report some good news!Yale University; Sterling Memorial Library; Acquisitions1991
147 Morrison, David L.An introduction to patent searchingPresentation by David Morrison at the Marriott Library Spring Semester Training Workshop, 2013.2013-08
148 Ogburn, Joyce L.Acquiring minds want to know: CAUSEThis year I went to CAUSE in Orlando FL, December 3-5, for the first time to see how it differed from EDUCOM (at the CAUSE meeting the two organizations voted to merge next year). The content seemed similar and some of the same attendees and vendors were there. Typical topics covered campus informat...Education; Technology; CAUSE; Libraries1998
149 Ogburn, Joyce L.Acquiring minds want to know: acquisitions and new technologyAn Acquiring Minds Want to Know column: "Acquisitions as a function faces two major challenges. One is the general lack of an automated system that manages complicated acquisitions processes, provides interfaces to vendors, publishers, and institutional financial departments, and gathers significant...Automated library systems; Acquisitions1994-06
150 Anderson, Richard BryanOpen access: clear benefits, hidden costsOpen Access offers real benefits to society. However, the net value of those benefits cannot be determined unless its costs are computed as well. The purpose of this statement is not to call on participants in the scholarly information chain to fight against OA, but only to move forward while taki...Open Access; Research; Publishers; Information2007
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