Proceedings of a 2003 conference focusing on library collection management, held in Charleston, South Carolina, and bringing together leading figures in the library world and library-servicing businesses. Forty contributions are arranged in sections on scholarly communications, archiving, electronic publishing, collection development, the future of the book, technology, and users. A sampling of topics: pricing and open access, archiving with a trusted third party, journal linking and beyond, improving communication between publishers and librarians, traditional books and e-books, library acquisitions web sites made feasible, and patterns of journal use. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
The Charleston Conference is arguably the most influential and highly thought of conference in the U.S. library world. Always well attended and managed, the conference attracts the leading figures of both the library world and the businesses that service libraries, including publishers, both paper and electronic, jobbers and aggregators.
The Charleston Conference Proceedings 2003 is a record of what is arguably the most influential conference in the U.S. library world. Always well attended and managed, the conference attracts the leading figures of both the library world and the businesses that service libraries. Its focus is collection management, which has been expanded to include electronic publications of all sorts. This year's keynote speaker was Stephen Abram, a leading thinker in the library world, formerly of Micromedia ProQuest, and now Vice President of SIRSI Corporation.
