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VOLUME 34, NUMBER 2
APRIL 2022 TM
ISSN: 1043-2094
“Linking Publishers, Vendors and Librarians”
WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN THIS ISSUE:
eBooks: More Than A Book Guest Edited by Daniel L. Huang
(Resource Acquisitions Manager, Lehigh University Libraries) Begins on Page 12
If Rumors Were Horses
H
appy Spring! Lots of rumors and news and updates to keep up with these days. We’ve been posting them online at https:// www.charleston-hub.com/category/rumors/ in order to keep up and not have to wait until the next journal issue. Take a look and keep up with all the latest there!
Making Big Moves Carol and Tom Gilson are moving away from Charleston after many years. Carol has lived in Charleston since she was a child and Tom came here in the early 1980s. They have lived here since they were married more than 25 years ago. A lot of people are moving out of Charleston these days because of traffic and expenses, not to mention increased flooding and the threat of hurricanes. Not me! I love Charleston. Carol and Tom have just moved to Newberry, SC, which is known for its small-town history and charm. It is much smaller than Charleston (10,245 in 2019) and has a college and an opera house. Just outside downtown on a lonely stretch of road is one of the premier producers of orchids. By any chance, do you know the Nero Wolfe mysteries? Written in the thirties and set in a New York Brownstone, these are some of my favorite mysteries. Rex Stout, the author, was a librarian. He raised orchids in his spare time. Stout was also a gourmand and produced a few recipe books. But back to Tom and Carol! Tom is not leaving ATG continued on page 8
The Stalemate........................... 12 The Public Knowledge Project’s Open Monograph Press .......... 14 Pressbooks Reflects on a Growing Movement and How Librarians Can Move OER Forward.............................. 18 Fulcrum Presents the Next Big Thing in Scholarly Communications ... The Book! .................................. 23 Where’s my stuff? A First Attempt at a Multi-supplier “My Account” Area..................... 25
REGULAR COLUMNS Bet You Missed It....................... 10 Reader’s Roundup..................... 29 Booklover.................................... 34 Legally Speaking....................... 35 Questions and Answers............ 37 Don’s Conference Notes........... 39 And They Were There............... 46 Learning Belongs...................... 53 Scholarly Publishing Scene..... 55 Let’s Get Technical..................... 57 The Digital Toolbox.................. 59 Optimizing Library Services.... 61 Biz of Digital............................... 64 Back Talk..................................... 74
INTERVIEWS Michele Avissar-Whiting.......... 66 Ann Kardos and Gretchen Neidhardt.................................... 68
PROFILES ENCOURAGED People, Library and Company Profiles........................................ 71 Plus more...................... See inside
