• Duke University: Dracine Hodges Appointed Interim University Librarian

Citing Duke Today infoDOCKET reports that Dracine Hodges, associate university librarian for technical services, will serve as interim university librarian beginning May 15, when Deborah Jakubs will retire after nearly four decades of service to Duke...
“A member of Duke University Libraries’ senior leadership team, Hodges provides administrative leadership for technical services, which supports the collections lifecycle and includes oversight of conservation services, continuing resource acquisitions, metadata and discovery strategy, monograph acquisitions, and resource description...”

MORE LIBRARY AND PUBLISHING NEWS FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES

• IGI Global Partners with Guangdong Pharmaceutical University (China) to Launch New Platinum Open Access Medical Journal

• María R. Estorino Named Interim University Librarian at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• PALNI awarded ARPA grant to launch initiative in open bibliographic data management

• Knowledge Unlatched: A New Funding Round and Work with FID Benelux

• Portico explores emerging preservation challenges in the Journal of Electronic Publishing

CONFERENCES, MEETINGS, & WEBINARS

Charleston In Between – Virtual Conference, May 11-12, 2022

NEW: Program Updates!
“The Charleston Conference is planning a very special “In Between” 2-day virtual conference event to explore important late-breaking developments that can’t wait until November for discussion. Sessions will be held in Zoom, and will be recorded and sent to registered attendees after the event to watch on demand…”
Please click here to see the complete program as well as the registration information.