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CONTENTS of recent BLAB issues

67.1 JAMA Journal Review and JCR Survey
67.2 BookPricer Web Site
67.3 No Archives for Medscape?
67.4 DANIEL T. RICHARDS PRIZE
67.5 MLA and MD Consult
67.6 Publishers Announcement: Liebert Online Preview

66.1 Louise Darling Medal
66.2 New Review Source
66.3 Group Purchasing Arrangements
66.4 NASIG Report
66.5 Blackwell¹s and Swets to combine subscriptions and information services divisions

65.1 Travell & Simons' Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction - Mary J. Holt
65.2 Question : policies for CD versions of biomedical Journals?- Don Lanier
65.3 Question: Comments on Free journals that begin charging? - Anne C. Bunting
65.4 Question: Mosby discount change? - Dena Fracolli Hanson
65.5 CD-roms in textbooks - Paul Wrynn
65.6 MLA Collection Dev. Sect. news: Daniel T. Richards Prize and meeting information
65.7 Cell Press usage spreadsheet - David Morse
65.8 WANTED: JAMA JOURNAL REVIEW EDITOR
65.9 Majors medical book prices prediction - Van E. Vick (Majors)
65.10 Electronic Journals - Mary Ann Liebert

64.1 DANIEL T. RICHARDS PRIZE
64.2 Collection Development Section Listserv
64.3 Impact of Euro
64.4 Warning
64.5 Year End Musings
64.6 Position open - COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT LIBRARIAN

63.1 John Wiley and Sons
63.2 Princeton Cancellations

62.1 F&G revisited - Kathy Tacke
62.2 Practicum Information - Don Lanier
62.3 Online Medical Dictionary - David Morse
62.4 Multi-Campus Licensing - Ramune Kubilius
62.5 Alphabet Soup or All Your Ducks in a Row - Summary
62.6 Gordon and Breach and Harwood Academic Definitive Pricing - Marisa Westcott (GB representative)
62.7 Wolters Kluwer Will Acquire Ovid Technologies For Approximately $200 Million (Press Release)

61.1 Not a Good Sign...
61.2 David Morse's piece in the Major report
61.3 Notice: Elsevier allows limited ILLS for Online Journals
61.4 Query: What to do about Publisher limits on TOC services?
61.5 Query: MLA meeting comments?
61.6 Response: MLA Meeting Comments
61.7 Query: Publisher seeking input regarding online journals
61.8 Response
61.9 QUERY: HOW OUT-OF-DATE ARE NEW BOOKS? (60.11)
61.10 Electronic Journal Article
61.11 Personnel Notices:
61.12 Collection Development Officers roster available
61.13 Editors Note

60.1 Response: Handling of unsolicited material - B. Schader
60.2 Response: Coping with e-journals - L. Hulbert
60.3 Response: Coping with e-journals - J. Wilkerson
60.4 News: EBSCO Preliminary 1999 Price Projections - T. Mitchell
60.5 News: B.C. Decker books supplied with CD-ROMS - M. Funk
60.6 MLA News: Coll. Dev. Section Program for Philadelphia meeting
60.7 MLA News: Coll. Dev. Section call for volunteers
60.8 News: 1998 Index Medicus Price Study - L. Fortney
60.9 News: Web site with good medical links and ejournals - J. Buenker
60.10 Query: Peer review as criterion for journal selection - J. Eldredge
60.11 Query: How out-of-date are 'new' books? - J. Lawrence
60.12 A Final Note from the Editor - D. Morse

59.1 Response: Unsolicited Review Copies
59.2 Response: Unsolicited Review Copies
59.3 Response: 1998 Subscription Price Increases
59.4 Response: 1998 Subscription Price Increases
59.5 Query: Guidelines for Acquiring Online Journals
59.6 Response: Guidelines for Acquiring Online Journals
59.7 Query: ISI Web of Science
59.8 Response: ISI Web of Science
59.9 Response: ISI Web of Science
59.10 Query: Processing and Storage of CDs
59.11 Response: Processing and Storage of CDs
59.12 Query: Handling of International Congress Series on CD
59.13 News: Book Price Increases
59.14 Caveat: AT&T 800 Directory
59.15 News: American Hospital Directory Available Online

  • 57.1 From the Editor
  • 57.2 Forms for Tracking Electronic Product Information & Evaluation
  • 57.3 Now Let Us Praise the Endocrine Society
  • 57.4 Sending Spring-Verlag a Message
  • 57.5 Nursing 97 Missing Pages
  • 57.6 Gordon & Breach Lose Lawsuit
  • 57.7 Inquiry: Free Journal CDs
  • 57.8 Inquiry: Problems of Electronic Journals
  • 56.1 Section Business - Call for volunteers
  • 56.2 Section Business - Seattle MLA program
  • 56.3 Section Business - Web site
  • 56.4 MLA Business - Call for JAMA reviewers
  • 56.5 Responses - Web journals
  • 56.6 Caveat Emptor - Dictionary of Visual Science
  • 56.7 Caveat Emptor - CINAHL annual cumulation binding
  • 56.8 Notice - Microsoft and Reed-Elsevier deal
  • 56.9 Notice and Query - USMLE reviews on CD-ROM
  • 56.10 Notice - Dealer for discounted books