Vol 68, No 6 (2007)

November

Table of Contents

Articles

Undergraduate Use of Federated Searching: A Survey of Preferences and Perceptions of Value-added Functionality
C. Jeffrey Belliston, Jared L. Howland, Brian C. Roberts
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472-487
Assessment of Student Learning from Reference Service
Gillian S. Gremmels, Karen Shostrom Lehmann
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488-502
Librarians’ Attitudes Toward Conferences: A Study
Robert D. Vega, Ruth S. Connell
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503-516
Feast AND Famine: A Statewide Science Serial Collection Assessment in Illinois
Tina E. Chrzastowski, Chew Chiat Naun, Michael Norman, Karen Schmidt
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517-532
Recruiting a Diverse Workforce for Academic/Research Librarianship: Career Decisions of Subject Specialists and Librarians of Color
Kyung-Sun Kim, Ming-Hsin Chiu, Sei-Ching Joanna Sin, Louise Robbins
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533-553

Book Reviews

Briscoe, Peter. The Best Read Man in France: A Cautionary Tale. Rockville, Md.: Borgo Press (an imprint of Wild-side Press), 2007. 119p. $12.95 (ISBN 1434400808).
Thomas Dousa
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554-556
Clark, William. Academic Charisma and the Origins of the Research University. Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, 2006. 662p. alk. paper, $45 (ISBN 0226109216). LC 2005-15152.
Lee Shiflett
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556-559
Wershler-Henry, Darren. The Iron Whim: A Fragmented History of Typewriting. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2007. First published in Canada by McClelland & Stewart, 2005. 331p. alk. paper, $29.95 (ISBN 0801445868). LC 2007-002217.
Jeffrey Garrett
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559-561
Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Knowledge Management. Ed. David J. Pauleen, Westport, Conn. and London: Libraries Unlimited (Libraries Unlimited Knowledge Management Series), 2007. 259p. alk. paper, $45 (ISBN 1591583314). LC 2006-28274.
Gregory Finnegan
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561-563
The Role of the Library in the First College Year. Ed. Larry Hardesty. Columbia, S.C.: National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, University of South Carolina (The First-Year Experience Monograph Series, no. 45), 2007. 296p. $40 (ISBN 1889271543). LC 2006-100837.
Scott Walter
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563-564
Youth Information-Seeking Behavior II: Context, Theories, Models and Issues. Eds. Mary K. Chelton and Colleen Cool. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow, 2007. 382p. alk. paper, $45 (ISBN 081056549). LC 2006-32922.
Leila Kocen, John Collins
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564-565