The Charleston Advisor

The Charleston Advisor[1] is a peer-reviewed publication that reviews proprietary and free Internet resources that libraries license and make available to their patrons.

The Charleston Advisor
DisciplineLibrary science
LanguageEnglish
Edited byGeorge Machovec
Publication details
History1999–present
Publisher
The Charleston Company (1999–2022)
Annual Reviews (publisher) (2022–present) (United States)
FrequencyQuarterly
Hybrid
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Charlest. Advis.
Indexing
ISSN1525-4011 (print)
1525-4003 (web)
LCCNsn99008755
OCLC no.41542348
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The journal's tag line is "Critical reviews of web products for informational professionals."[2] It is published quarterly. Inspiration for the publication came from Katina Strauch, then Head of Technical Services at the College of Charleston.[3]

The journal has a Readers' Choice Award.[4] It also provides the ccAdvisor online review facility with the magazine Choice.[5]

As of 2022 The Charleston Advisor was sold by The Charleston Company to science publisher Annual Reviews.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ "The Charleston Advisor". Ingenta Connect. Ingenta. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  2. ^ The Charleston advisor: critical reviews of web products for information professionals. WorldCat. OCLC 41542348.
  3. ^ a b "Annual Reviews Acquires The Charleston Advisor | NISO website". National Information Standards Organization. June 1, 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  4. ^ "JSTOR's ebook program wins Readers' Choice Award from The Charleston Advisor". JSTOR. 31 October 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Choice and The Charleston Company launch ccAdvisor". ALA member news. American Library Association. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2018.

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