An in-depth guide to the library
and book trade industry: The Bowker Annual Library
and Book Trade Almanac 2003
May 13, 2003, Medford, New Jersey—Information
Today, Inc. (ITI) announces the publication of the Bowker Annual Library
and Book Trade Almanac 2003—48th Edition. The Bowker Annual gives
users more than 800 pages of the facts, figures, names, numbers, lists, and
reports that affect librarians and publishers. This guide details the latest
industry trends and developments within the library and book trade fields;
reports the latest statistics on book pricing and category growth; and provides
overall industry information on events, careers, organizations, and more.
As global events, economic fluxes, and legislation continue to affect the
publishing and library and information science communities year after year,
the Bowker Annual will help readers identify the changes that will
affect the way they conduct business, market their product, and/or serve the
needs of the public. The Bowker Annual’s Special Reports section
enumerates some of the most immediate concerns affecting the industry. In this
edition, the Special Reports focus on the following:
• Will U.S. citizens settle for “Information lite?” Harold
Relyea and Elaine Halchin discuss restrictive changes—enacted in the
name of “homeland security”—in the way government information
is disseminated.
• Looking at the development of “electronic government,” Relyea
and Henry B. Hogue examine how choices have been made and will continue to
be made about what information should be available to the general public
and in what form.
• Library portals: Are they “the updated embodiment of how a
library delivers on its mission or a faddish manifestation of a library’s
will to survive?” Brian E. C. Schottlaender and Mary E. Jackson provide
an overview.
• The complex question of digital rights management and its implications
for scholars, libraries, and publishers is explored by Grace Agnew and Mairéad
Martin.
The Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac—48th Edition
(May 2003/$199/hardbound/c. 825 pp/ISBN 1-57387-165-6) is published by Information
Today, Inc. To order, call the publisher at (800) 300-9868—outside
the U.S. call (609) 654-6266]; e-mail custserv@infotoday.com;
or go to www.infotoday.com.
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