[Genealib] ALA History Section: Fate of History Bibliographies in the Online Environment

[Mary K. Mannix]

Fate of History Bibliographies in the Online Environment
2006 ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans
Monday June 26, 10:30 am - 12 noon
Morial Convention Center Room 294

In today's era of online indexes and electronic bibliographic resources,
is the traditional subject bibliography in print going the way of the
dinosaur? These guides to the literature have been a mainstay in Reference
Collections, covering subjects from the arcane to current topics. Many
librarians have found them to be lifesavers in assisting students in a
busy reference environment. But are libraries still purchasing these
sources and are librarians still using them? It may be that subject
bibliographies, typically limited to 240-500 print runs, are no longer
profitable in today's world of electronic information. Are publishers
still interested in acquiring and selling these tools, even in electronic
format?

Come hear representatives from major history publishers chat about their
acquisition policies regarding subject bibliographies in print and/or in
electronic format. A representative from H-Net will offer perspectives
regarding other possible venues for these resources.

Join in the discussion on the current and future fate of bibliographic
resources.

Speakers
Wayne Smith, President, Greenwood Publishing
Ron Boehm, CEO and Academic Publisher, ABC-CLIO
Jim Niessen, Vice President for Research & Publications, H-Net
Jennalyn Tellman, Moderator, RUSA History Bibliography & Indexes Committee

Co-Sponsors

RUSA History Section, Bibliography & Indexes Committee
RUSA Codes
RUSA Marss
WESS SSH Discussion Group
http://www.ala.org/HISTORYmainTemplate.cfm?Section=historysection

Eric Novotny                            Phone: 814-865-1014
Arts and Humanities Library             Fax: 814-863-7502
University Libraries                    E-mail: ecn1 at psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802-1803
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/artshumanities/history/index.htm
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