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The article presents summaries of various books, articles and Web sites including the book "Protecting Intellectual Freedom in Your Academic Library," by Barbara Jones, the book "Who Owns Knowledge? Knowledge and the Law," edited by Nico Stehr and Bernd Weiler, and the article "Deconstructing Plagiarism: International Students and Textual Borrowing Practices," by Dawn Amsberry in the January-March 2010 issue of the journal "The Reference Librarian."

The table of contents for the "JAL Guide to the Professional Literature," is presented.

This bibliography provides brief reviews, abstracts, and summaries of books, online publications and Internet resources available for the use of academic librarians. Works including the position paper "Preservation in the Age of Large-Scale Digitization: A White Paper" by Oya Y. Rieger, Culturally Conscious Organizations: A Conceptual Framework" by Paula M. Smith, and "International Newspaper Librarianship for the 21st Century" edited by Hartmut Walravens are presented.

This section offers a summary of articles, notes and reviews relating to academic librarianship in the U.S. These include "Documenting Liberal Arts Education From a Faculty's Perspective: The Rollins College Oral History Archive," "Machines in the Archives: Technology and the Coming Transformation of Archival Reference," "Providing Access to European Television Heritage," "Moving Image Cataloging: How to Create and How to Use a Moving Image Catalog," and "Subject Access to a Multilingual Museum Database: A Step-By-Step Approach to the Digitization Process."

A list of books as guide to the professional literature is presented. The books include "Alumni Outreach by University Libraries," by Richard W. Meyer and Mary Jane Mayo, "A Challenge for the Library Acquisition Budget," by Arthur Sale, and Cultural Record Keepers: The National Archives of the United States," by Sarah Quigley.

A guide for academic librarians is provided that offers information on various important articles, books, Web sites, and reviews that the journal considers noteworthy including the book "LibriVox" by Hugh Maguire; the site for the Electronic Frontier Foundation; and the article "Library Leaders Press Colleges to Archive Online Journals to Avoid Loss of Data" by Andrea L. Foster.

The article presents information about various literary publications for academic librarians. The article "The Joy of Stacks," focuses on the enormous planned expansion of the University of Chicago's Regenstein Library: eight million volumes under one roof. "Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR): Hype or Cure-All?," edited by Patrick Le Boeuf is an extensive collection of essays on the development and uses of the new conceptual model promoted by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. The article "Professors Give Mixed Reviews of Internet's Educational Impact," by Jeffrey R. Young describes the results of a nationwide survey of 2,300 academics by two Illinois professors. "Perspectives, Insights & Priorities, 17 Leaders Speak Freely of Librarianship," edited by Norman Horrocks is a collection of unguided short personal essays by recognized leaders of the field. The book "The Virtual Reference Experience: Integrating Theory Into Practice," edited by R. David Lankes, Joseph Janes, Linda C. Smith and Christian M. Finneran is a compilation of articles written by the presenters of notable sessions at the 2003 Fifth Virtual Reference Desk conference held in San Antonio.

Presents the "Journal of Academic Librarians" Guide to the Professional Literature. The purpose of this guide is to bring to the attention of academic librarians the important articles, books, Web sites, and reviews that come to the attention of the editors. The articles, notes, and reviews summarized are from within and without the library profession, and although international in scope, are limited to English language publications, excluding ERIC reports, dissertations, and books reviewed by the Journal. The retroactively-published volume of "The New Review of Academic Librarianship" focuses on "The Research Support Libraries Group: Final Report," that calls for the creation of a Research Libraries Network to coordinate the provision of research information, ensure funding and implementation, and serve as an advocate for research information within the government. While the article "Knowledge Organization in Research: A Conceptual Model for Organizing Data," by Lisa M. Given and Hope A. Olson," proposes that concepts of knowledge organization relating to relevance, precision, recall, coextensiveness, exhaustivity, specificity, and consistency offer a ready-made model that can be applied to research data."

Provides an overview of books and articles related to the operation of academic libraries. 'Encoded Archival Description on the Internet,' edited by Daniel V. Pitti and Wendy M. Duff; 'Outcomes Assessment in Academic Libraries: Library Literature in the 1990's,' by Valeri E. Wallace, published in the 2001 issue of the 'College & Undergraduate Libraries' journal; 'Copyright in Cyberspace: Questions and Answers for Librarians,' by Gretchen McCord Hoffman.

Presents books, reports, software and articles on academic libraries. `Future Teaching Roles for Academic Librarians,' edited by Alice Harrison Bahr; Glassbook Reader 2.0 from Adobe Systems; `Introduction to Indexing and Abstracting,' 3rd edition, by Donald Cleveland and Ana D. Cleveland; `Should Scientific Journals Be Printed? A Personal View,' by David Goodman which appeared in the 2000 issue of `Online Information Review.'

The presents abstracts of "Finding Information on the World Wide Web: A Specialty Meta-Search Engine for the Academic Community" and "Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities."

The article presents an abstract ""E-Journals: A How-to-Do-It Manual for Building, Managing, and Supporting Electronic Journal Collections," by Donnelyn Curtis.

The article presents abstracts of academic librarianship. They include "Endnote Training for Academic Staff and Students: The Experience of the Manchester Metropolitan University Library," "The Lasting Impact of a Library Credit Course," and "Stimulated Recall and Mental Models: Tools for Teaching and Learning Computer Information Literacy."

The article presents abstracts of academic librarianship. They include "Copyright Issues Relevant to Digital Preservation and Dissemination of Pre-1972 Commercial Sound by Libraries and Archives," "Law and Borders: The Rise of Law in Cyberspace, Ten Years Later," "World Intellectual Property Organization."

Presents books on reference sources. 'The Librarian's Internet Survival Guide: Strategies for the High-Tech Reference Desk,' by Irene E. McDermott; 'The Oxford World English Dictionary Shelf on CD-ROM.'

Presents reference sources on World Wide Web. 'The DOI Is Coming: Tracking Digital Information,' by David Scharf, from the September 2002 issue of 'Information Outlook'; 'Dot-Bombs: Lessons Fom the Dot-Com Debacle,' by Nakato Hirakubo and Hershey H. Friedman, from a 2002 issue of the 'Journal of Internet Commerce'; 'How Does XML Help Libraries,' by Kyle Banerjee, from the September 2002 issue of 'Computers in Libraries.'

Presents reference sources on library instruction. 'Information Literacy in a Biology Laboratory Session: An Example of Librarian--Faculty Collaboration,' by Teresa S. Bowden and Angela DiBenedetto, from a 2001 issue of 'Research Strategies'; 'Learning to Learn: A Guide to Becoming Information Literate,' by Ann Marlow Riedling; 'My Librarian: Personalized Research Clinics and the Academic Library,' by Catherine Cardwell, Katherine Furlong and Julie O'Keeffe, from a 2001 issue of 'Research Strategies.'

Presents abstracts of studies on government information. 'Locating United States Government Information: A Guide to Sources. Internet Supplement,' by Edward Herman; 'Symposium Issue: Issues in Homeland Security and Information,' edited by Harold C. Relyea, from a 2002 issue of 'Government Information Quarterly.'

Presents an abstract of the article `The Evolution of the Encyclopaedia Britannica: From the Macropaedia to Britannica Online,' by Dorothy Auchter, which appeared in the 1999 issue of Reference Services Review.

The article present abstracts of academic librarianship. They include "Interview: U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings," "The Trouble With Ed Schools," and "Workforce Development and Higher Education: A Strategic Role for Institutional Research."

The article presents abstracts of academic librarianship. They include "A Global Perspective on Library Association Codes of Ethics," and "International Journal for Educational Integrity."

The article presents an abstract "Narrowcasting to Faculty and Students: Creating an Efficient 'Research by Subject' Page," by Rob Withers.

The article presents abstracts of academic librarianship. They include "Before and After Disasters: Federal Funding for Cultural Institutions," "Guarding Against Today's Threats," and "Loss Prevention Strategies for the 21st Century Library."

The article presents an abstract of "The Access Principle," by Scott Jaschik.

The article presents an abstract of "Is Web Conferencing Software Ready for the Big Time?," by Tom Peters and Lori Bell.

The article presents abstracts of "The Library and the Faculty Senate: Legitimizing the Serials Evaluation Process Using the Department of Biology Subscriptions," and "Analyzing Current Serials in Virginia: An Application of the Ulrich's Serials Analysis System."

The article presents abstracts of academic librarianship. They include "Industry Research Using the Economic Census: How to Find It, How to Use It," by Jennifer C. Boettcher and "The U.S. Congress Votes Database," by Adrian Holovaty and Derek Willis.

The article presents an abstract of "The Research and Development Imperative in the Academic Library: Path to the Future," by James G. Neal.

The article presents abstracts of academic librarianship. They include "Business News Web Sites," "Can You Trust Wikipedia?," "The Changing Format of Reference Collections: Are Research Libraries Favoring Electronic Access Over Print?," "Evolving Internet Reference Resources."

The article presents abstracts of "Is Your Printer Spying on You?," and "University Undergraduate Students and Library-Related Privacy Issues."

The article presents an abstract of "Different Approaches: Common Conclusions. The Skills Debate of the Twenty-First Century," by Biddy Fisher, Gillian Hallam and Helen Partridge.

The article presents an abstract "E-Books in Academics Libraries: An International Overview," by Lucy A. Tedd.

The article presents an abstract "Challenges Facing High-Volume Interlibrary Loan Operations: Baseline Data and Trends in the CIC Consortium," by Anne K. Beaubien, Jennifer Kuehn and Barbara Smolow.

The article presents abstracts of academic librarianship. They include "Folksonomies: Tidying up Tags," and "Metadata and Its Applications: New Directions and Updates."

The article presents an abstract "International Workshop on e-Theses," by Neil Jacobs.

The article presents abstracts of academic librarianship. They include "Don't Leave the Data in the Dark: Issues in Digitizing Print Statistical Publications," and "Research Libraries Engage the Digital World: A US–UK Comparative Examination of Recent History and Future Prospects."

The article presents abstracts of academic librarianship. They include "Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) Launches Series That Features DPC Projects," and "Digital Preservation: Finding Balance."

The article presents abstracts of academic librarianship. They include "The Correlation of Archival Education and Job Requirements Since the Advent of Encoded Archival Description," and "Using Information Visualization to Support Access to Archival Records."

The article presents abstracts of academic librarianship. They include "Debunking the Computer Science Digital Library: Lessons Learned in Collection Development at Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology," and "Managing the Mystery Collection: From Creation to Consumption."

The article presents abstracts of academic librarianship. They include "Collaborative Dialogue: Repositioning the Academic Library," and "What Users Want: An Academic Hybrid Library Perspective."

Presents an abstract of the article 'A Speaking Electronic Librarian,' by Markos Dendrinos, from the September-October 2002 issue of 'Ariadne.'

Presents reference sources on serial publications. 'Comparing Library and User Related Costs of Print and Electronic Journal Collections: A First Step Towards a Comprehensive Analysis,' by Carol Hansen Montgomery and Donald W. King, from the October 2002 issue of 'D-Lib Magazine'; 'Journals of the Century,' edited by Tony Stankus.