Report on the Charleston Conference

To report on the annual Charleston Conference, held November 3‐6, 2004 in Charleston, South Carolina.

A summary of the main points of the conference.

Addresses questions and topics such as: how useful core book lists can be in 2004; new publishing models; a study of circulation data, ILL requests and WorldCat holdings of University of Colorado monographs; whether there is still funding for electronic full‐text resources in the humanities and fine arts; the usage of print journals in the electronic age; citation data in the sciences regarding books; and the e‐journal project at Drexel.

This report is of interest to library and information management professionals.