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Purdue UP to Debut Three New Books at Charleston Library Conference

November 3rd, 2015

Purdue University Press will feature and celebrate three new library and information science titles at the Charleston Library Conference, November 3–6, in Charleston, South Carolina. The Press will have an exhibit table full of relevant books located near conference registration in the Francis Marion Hotel. Three books in particular are new for the conference and also will have book editors/contributors on-hand to sign and discuss copies at the Thursday evening reception at the South Carolina Aquarium beginning at 7:00 p.m. The three featured books are:

Self-Publishing and Collection Development: Opportunities and Challenges for Libraries , edited by Robert P. Holley [Sept. 2015, ISBN 978155753, paperback, 198pp, $29.95, e-book available].

The current publishing environment has experienced a drastic change in the way content is created, delivered, and acquired, particularly for libraries. With the increasing importance of digital publishing, more than half the titles published in the United States are self-published. With this growth in self-published materials, librarians, publishers, and vendors have been forced to rethink channels of production, distribution, and access as it applies to the new content. Self-Publishing and Collection Development: Opportunities and Challenges for Libraries will address multiple aspects of how public and academic libraries can deal with the increase in self-published titles.

“I recommend Self-Publishing and Collection Development not just for university and large public libraries. It belongs in every public library, every community college, every university, and any high school that still has a budget. This is where the revolution begins, and the lively profiles of key players and issues are a snapshot not just of library history, but of a transformative moment in the history of publishing.”
—Jamie LaRue, CEO, LaRue & Associates, author of the Library Journal column Self-Publishing and Libraries

Making Institutional Repositories Work, edited by Burton B. Callicott, David Scherer, and Andrew Wesolek [Nov. 2015, ISBN 9781557537263, paperback, 386pp, $29.95, e-book available].

Making Institutional Repositories Work, arranged in five thematic sections, is intended to take the pulse of institutional repositories—to see how they have matured and what can be expected from them, as well as introduce what may be the future role of the institutional repository. This collection of essays takes novices as well as seasoned practitioners through the practical and conceptual steps necessary to develop a functioning institutional repository, customized to the needs and culture of the home institution.

“This is a necessary book for anyone contemplating starting an IR or looking to resurrect a moribund one.” —Richard W. Clement, Dean, College of University Libraries & Learning Sciences, University of New Mexico

Academic E-Books: Publishers, Librarians, and Users, edited by Suzanne M. Ward, Robert S. Freeman, and Judith M. Nixon [Dec. 2015, ISBN 9781557537270, paperback, 372pp, $29.95, e-book available].

Academic E-Books: Publishers, Librarians, and Users provides readers with a view of the changing and emerging roles of electronic books in higher education. The three main sections contain contributions by experts in the publisher/vendor arena, as well as by librarians who report on both the challenges of offering and managing e-books and on the issues surrounding patron use of e-books. The case study section offers perspectives from seven different sizes and types of libraries whose librarians describe innovative and thought-provoking projects involving e-books.

“There is much more to be read between these covers. For its treatment of DDA alone, from various perspectives, this book is invaluable.”
—Michael Zeoli, Vice President, Content Development and Partner Relations, YBP Library Services

Purdue University Press will display a variety of books at the conference from the Charleston Insights in Library, Archival, and Information Sciences series; Purdue Information Literacy Handbooks series; The C-SPAN Archives series; and proceedings from the Charleston Conference , as well as select other titles. A full list may be found here. Special pricing is available for orders placed at the conference; however, a 20% discount is always available when ordering directly from Purdue University Press and using the discount code PURDUE20.