And They Were There -- Reports of Meetings -- 27th Annual Charleston Conference

Against the Grain, Nov 2013

By Ramune K. Kubilius, Published on 11/04/13

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And They Were There -- Reports of Meetings -- 27th Annual Charleston Conference

And The y Were The re -- Reports of Meetings -- 27th Annual Charleston Conference Ramune K . Kubilius 0 0 Northwestern University - Reports of Meetings — 27th Annual Charleston Conference Issues in Book and Serial Acquisition, “What Tangled Webs We Weave,” Francis Marion Hotel, Embassy Suites Historic District, and College of Charleston (Addlestone Library and Arnold Hall, Jewish Studies Center), Charleston, SC, November 7-10, 2007 Charleston Conference Reports compiled by: Ramune K. Kubilius (Collection Development / Special Projects Librarian, Northwestern University, Galter Health Sciences Library) <> Column Editor’s Note: Thank you to all of the conference attendees who volunteered to become reporters, providing highlights of so many conference sessions. Check for more reports in upcoming ATG issues. Also, visit the Charleston Conference Website for session handouts and discussions. The entire 2007 Charleston Conference Proceedings will be published by Libraries Unlimited / Greenwood PublishingGroup , available in fall 2008. — RKK Preconferences — Wednesday, November 7th, 2007 NavigatingtheeBookLandscape(Part1) — Presented by Audrey Powers (Librarian/Research Services & Collections, University of South Florida), Linda Gagnon (Sr. Vice President of eContent Integration & Business, Yankee Book Publishing), Jay Henry (Manager of Online Products & Director of Business Development, Blackwell / ECHO), James Gray (CEO & President of Ingram Digital Group, MyiLibrary), Danny Overstreet (Library Services Consultant, Southeast Region, NetLibrary), Kari Paulson (President, EBL, Ebook Library, EBL) Reported by: J. Michael Lindsay (Biomedical Library, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL) <> Given the multitude of pricing models, access models, and sources for electronic books, there are many variables that librarians must consider in selecting these resources. The morning session of this pre-conference focused on providing fact based comparisons and demonstrations from a variety of vendors of electronic books. New trends discussed included From the University Presses from page 52 ments on the report’s detailed recommendations, I don’t hold out great hope for much progress to ensue from this initiative. (There are so far on the wiki site accompanying the report just two pro forma comments, which doesn’t augur well for a true engagement of many other parties in this effort.) There has got to be a better way to move forward in a truly collaborative way. I keep thinking myself of how fruitful the two meetings co-sponsored in the late 1990s by the ACLS, ARL, and AAUP were in promoting discussion of the future of scholarly communication: “The Specialized Scholarly Monograph in Crisis, Or How Can I Get Tenure If You Won’t Publish My Book” (September 11-12, 1997) and “New Challenges for Scholarly Communication in the Digital Era: Changing Roles and Expectations in the Academic Community” (March 26-27, 1999). The latter conference was also co-sponsored by the other AAUP (University Professors) and CNI as well. The effort was made in planning both these events to ensure that librarians alone, or publishers alone, or administrators alone were not setting the agenda with the faculty as silent partner on the sidelines. All of these groups were well represented at these meetings. We need to revive that approach if we are to have any chance of forging a consensus that will enable the academic community to make real progress in meeting the challenges that lie ahead. perpetual access models. While these allow libraries to avoid annual subscriptions to books, there is generally a maintenance fee involved. File format is another important issue; some eBooks require reader programs to function correctly. Other important considerations include the inclusion of MARC records for electronic books and restrictions on use of content: can users copy and paste content or download it? User access can vary from username/password access, to access limited by number of simultaneous users to full IP authentication. After providing a basic map of the current eBook terrain, this session provided a glimpse into the future. eBooks of the future can provide not only text and images, but audio and video content, with interactive capabilities. Print on demand features will allow users to request books be printed when needed. Controversially, collection development in the future will be pushed down to the user level; allowing library users to select materials as needed. SerialsResourceManagement — Presented by Buzzy Basch (President, Basch Subscriptions) Reported by: J. Michael Lindsay (Biomedical Library, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL) <> Managing serials in the modern environment is complicated by numerous factors. This afternoon session focused on describing this environment from many perspectives, and detailing approaches for managing serials in an environment of constant change. A problem that libraries face is demand fr (...truncated)


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Ramune K. Kubilius. And They Were There -- Reports of Meetings -- 27th Annual Charleston Conference, Against the Grain, 2013, Volume 19, Issue 6,