No. 8: Summer, 1999 http://hdl.handle.net/2142/78143 Tue, 26 May 2020 10:24:52 GMT 2020-05-26T10:24:52Z The crisis in scholarly publishing and the role of the academic library http://hdl.handle.net/2142/78810 The crisis in scholarly publishing and the role of the academic library Tinerella, Vincent P. Spiraling costs and stagnant library budgets have made the acquisition of scholarly publications unsustainable for most academic institutions. Costs for subscription journals, in particular, have risen dramatically over the past thirty years. With the advent of a networked system of communications, however, many academic librarians have heralded the electronic journal as the salvation of scholarly publishing. An increasing number of librarians have proposed the idea that libraries, in cooperation with their academic departments and university presses, should assume the role of publisher as one solution to the deepening crisis. This article documents the serial crisis in-depth, explores whether librarians-as-publishers is indeed a good idea, and examines the state of the electronic journal in academe, particularly the extent to which digital serials have been accepted as legitimate research vehicles among scholars. In addition, the author suggests a number of methods individual academic librarians can employ to improve the acceptability of electronic journals so that they can eventually serve as low cost alternatives of scholarly information, and examines steps libraries can take collectively to deal with commercial publishers. Scholarly publishing; Academic libraries; Publishers and publishing Fri, 01 Jan 1999 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/78810 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z Tinerella, Vincent P. Dealing with death: A close look at Margaret Wise Brown and Remy Charlip's picture book classic, The Dead Bird http://hdl.handle.net/2142/78809 Dealing with death: A close look at Margaret Wise Brown and Remy Charlip's picture book classic, The Dead Bird Platzner, Rebecca This article provides a close examination of Margaret Wise Brown and Remy Charlip's The Dead Bird, a picture book intended for young children which addresses the subject of death in a straightforward manner. Detailed visual and textual analyses explore the ways in which the author and illustrator's work complement one another to create a response in the reader, a response that has kept the book in print since it was published in 1958. Picture books for children; Death in literature Fri, 01 Jan 1999 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/78809 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z Platzner, Rebecca The predicament of anthropology: Providing reference support in a fragmented discipline http://hdl.handle.net/2142/78266 The predicament of anthropology: Providing reference support in a fragmented discipline Michalski, David The discipline of anthropology presents librarians with a unique set of problems because of its ambiguous position within the intellectual structure of the university. Although anthropology has traditionally been categorized as a social science, this dynamic field of inquiry draws on diverse and disparate sources, referencing and contributing to both the humanities and the physical sciences. Anthropologists' conceptions about the identity and boundaries of their discipline have fluctuated dramatically since its inception in the Eighteenth Century. This article traces the shifting conceptions of anthropology and investigates how librarians have historically responded to the needs of scholars conducting research in this discipline. The response of librarians to recent intellectual movements and developments, including the emergence of cultural studies, and advanced communication technology are also reviewed. Current and future trends for providing reference services in this broad field of human inquiry are discussed, including the call for a renewed partnership between anthropologists and information specialists. Libraries; Reference services; Anthropology; Faculty; Universities and colleges Fri, 01 Jan 1999 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/78266 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z Michalski, David "Making a sound" in chemical information: The importance of a structure editor in information retrieval http://hdl.handle.net/2142/78265 "Making a sound" in chemical information: The importance of a structure editor in information retrieval Currano, Judith The importance of chemical structure in information retrieval, and conventions for representing three-dimensional structures on a flat surface form the background for this study of methods of retrieving structures in electronic databases. Storage is a particular problem. Fragmentation codes are ambiguous, (incapable of specifying the order of functional groups in a molecule), inflexible, and require a large amount of user training. Linear notation, while being unambiguous and more flexible, still involves a fair amount of user training. Connection tables, the easiest method to use, accurately specify the order and connectivity of atoms but omit the important feature of stereochemistry. Thus far, object-oriented programming offers the only method of specifying stereochemistry, although a recommendation is made for a text-based system that combines connection tables with the Cahn-Ingold-Prelog rules for assigning stereochemistry, creating a more specific and universal system. This article discusses the problem of using chemical structure for information retrieval and the difficulty of representing chemical structure in a machine-readable form. Information retrieval Fri, 01 Jan 1999 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/78265 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z Currano, Judith
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