... to argue in favor of user‐centered changes to academic libraries. Findings The article suggests the decreased emphasis and number of physical books in libraries should not be seen as a death knell to libraries or librarians. Originality/value The article offers encouragement to librarians who...

...Norm Medeiros Purpose This paper aims to discuss the challenge of projecting physical book collection space in light of the emerging e‐book market. Design/methodology/approach Two recent papers from the Chronicle of Higher Education were contrasted to illustrate the tenuous balance...

...Norm Medeiros The Online Information Exchange (ONIX) international standard is a collaborative project aimed at developing descriptive and administrative metadata for books. ONIX was first published in January 2000, and was a result of funding from the Association of American Publishers...

...Emily Badertscher Describes in detail the editing procedures for producing double‐high letters for spine labels individually from the computer keyboard, and still typing charge cards on an older electric typewriter. © MCB UP Limited 1992 Books Cataloguing Computer technology Labelling...