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Briefly Noted
- portal: Libraries and the Academy
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 5, Number 1, January 2005
- pp. 141-142
- 10.1353/pla.2005.0007
- Review
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portal: Libraries and the Academy 5.1 (2005) 141-142
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Briefly Noted
This spiral bound volume by one of ALA's copyright experts is at once strangely whimsical and hands-on helpful for librarians who are considering the practical implications of copyright law and policy. Organized into sections with a personal narrative (i.e., "Maggie Discovers Copyright"; "Professor Kahn Exercises Fair Use"; and "Ben's Interlibrary Loan Request is Denied") the rules, steps, regulations, and intentions of copyright are discussed in very accessible detail. The volume is oriented around these characters who show the way to understanding copyright, and it is filled with comic-book style illustrations and numerous sidebars and boxes that discuss prominent court cases, provide tips for various tasks, and list relevant "Q&As." The ALA Office of Information Technology Policy runs a companion Web site, http://www.ala.org/ala/washoff/WOissues/copyrightb/completecopyright. (T.J.)
From "abbreviation" to "Z39.50", this is a thorough dictionary of library terms and jargon. Initially compiled online as Hypertext Library Lingo, the collection of terms grew and now totals roughly 4,000. The full dictionary is also freely available online at http://lu.com/odlis/ (T.J.)
Along with blogs and e-zines, zines—personal magazines, to oversimplify—are the ground floor for self-publishing output. The author argues that zine collections are valuable resources, especially for making a connection with high school and college-age students, and provides a primer on zines and zine culture as well as tips for building, maintaining, and publicizing a zine collection. (T.J.) [End Page 141]
This fifth installment of the proceedings of the international "Libraries Without Walls" conference maintains the conference's focus on delivery of library services outside of the physical library. The contributions, most from U.K. librarians, are varied and address topics such as the integration of remote library services with distance learning services, systems and software, and the usability of digital libraries. While the jargon and acronyms of the primarily European contributions may be different, the issues addressed and, in some cases, the specific software and examples will be familiar to any academic librarian. (T.J.)
This very practical volume is designed to illustrate the various types of performance appraisal and provide detailed guidance in conducting these appraisals in all types of libraries. With hopes that he might help move libraries to "reassess, redesign and restructure" their current assessment systems, the author outlines several broad approaches and methods that might be considered. Dozens of sample assessment forms are provided. (T.J.)
This is the proceedings of the 18th annual North American Serials Interest Group conference in Portland, OR, and the papers in this volume leave hardly a single park metaphor unturned. The topics range widely but are primarily divided between personnel and management issues and issues specific to electronic journals. Many serials librarians swear by NASIG as their most valuable gathering, and the papers presented should be of interest to serialists anywhere. (T.J.)
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