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Library Journal, 2010
The self-service industry is thriving in the economic downturn. It is meeting increased acceptance by librarians and the public alike, and a new wave of innovations is close behind, according to an informal survey of some leading vendors. Whether the technology creates new points of service outside of the library--like a kiosk--or enhances what…
Descriptors: Economic Climate, Library Services, Vendors, Librarians
Kuzyk, Raya – Library Journal, 2008
On May 10, 1968, the Cannes Film Festival shuddered to a stop when filmmakers including Jean-Luc Godard and Francois Truffaut rushed the stage at the Palais des Festivals to protest French New Waver Henri Langlois's removal from his post as president of the National Cinematheque Francaise. Also that month, in that same spirit of film lovers'…
Descriptors: Films, Documentaries, Libraries, Vendors
Fialkoff, Francine – Library Journal, 2008
This article presents an interview with Patrick Sommers, president of reference/information publisher "Gale" (part of Cengage Learning). Sommers took the helm in October 2007, after running system vendor Sirsi beginning in 2001 and engineering both the 2005 merger with Dynix and the 2007 sale of the newly created SirsiDynix to Vista Equity…
Descriptors: Publishing Industry, Administrators, Vendors, Libraries
Breaux, Ann-Marie; Dawson, Laura – Library Journal, 2006
The most elemental identifier of a book is the international standard book number (ISBN). It allows publishers, booksellers, and libraries to label works in a consistent way and to distinguish not only among different titles but also among different versions of the same title, such as newer editions, various bindings, audio products, and…
Descriptors: Vendors, Libraries, Publishing Industry, Books
Turner, Anne M. – Library Journal, 2004
The author of this article shares her opinions and feelings on attending the American Library Association (ALA) Conference. She admits that she hates going to the exhibits. In this article, the author shares a list of hints to make exhibit time more productive.
Descriptors: Vendors, Librarians, Library Materials, Exhibits
Fialkoff, Francine; Hoffert, Barbara; McCormack, Heather; Miller, Rebecca; Ward, Nathan; Williams, Wilda – Library Journal, 2004
BookExpo America (BEA) had some extra zing this year, especially for librarians. A record 1800 library professionals preregistered for the book fair in Chicago, June 3-6, a leap beyond the 750 last year in Los Angeles. They found an industry that has shaken off post-9/11 doldrums. Bill Clinton's keynote to kick off the show and promote My Life…
Descriptors: Libraries, Library Materials, Books, Conferences
Tenopir, Carol – Library Journal, 2005
This article discusses how Phil Davis, Life Sciences Bibliographer at Cornell University, found duplicate articles in Emerald/MCB University Press journals. According to Davis, he has found hundreds of examples of the same article published in more than one journal in at least 73 Emerald/MCB journals over 30 years. This article gives the details…
Descriptors: Libraries, Periodicals, Online Vendors, Publishing Industry
Tenopir, Carol – Library Journal, 2005
Do vendor reps provide librarians with the information they need in the way they need it? Do vendors feel they are communicating effectively with their librarian clients? A recent survey of North American and European academic librarians commissioned by Jim McGinty, vice chair of Cambridge Information Group, and carried out by consultants David…
Descriptors: Vendors, Information Services, Consortia, Audiences
Cullen, Kevin – Library Journal, 2005
Corporations employ data mining to analyze operations, find trends in recorded information, and look for new opportunities. Libraries are no different. Librarians manage large stores of data--about collections and usage, for example--and they also want to analyze this data to serve their users better. Analysts use data mining to query a data…
Descriptors: Libraries, Databases, Library Automation, Library Networks
Dietz, Roland; Grant, Carl – Library Journal, 2005
Innovations from Google[TM] and Amazon[R] are clear wake-up calls that as a profession and an industry things need to be done differently. Automation vendors and librarians must work together to ensure that the profession is positioned to take advantage of changing culture and technology to assume a rightful place at the table where rich and…
Descriptors: Vendors, Library Role, Library Automation, Libraries
Annichiarico, Mark – Library Journal, 1994
Describes Books on Tape, an unabridged audiobook publisher, and its appeal to the library market. Discussion covers reading styles used on the tapes, the lack of celebrity readers, the story of the company's founding and development, its use of computerized customer tracking and networking, the availability of replacement tapes, and cassette cover…
Descriptors: Art, Audiotape Cassettes, Audiotape Recordings, Competition