Unsub: Part 1: From Big Deals to Real Deals for Academic Publishing & Libraries
By: Nancy K. Herther, writer, consultant and former librarian with the University of Minnesota Libraries Back in 2001, University of Wisconsin Librarian Ken Frasier explained the new “Big Deal” this way: “an online aggregation of journals that publishers offer as a...[email protected]: Part 4: Wikipedia for Altmetric Research
By: Nancy K. Herther, writer, consultant and former librarian with the University of Minnesota Libraries Altmetrics began as more of a trivia factoid resource that might be used as fodder for an academic mixer. However, with so much influence now easily derived...[email protected]: Part 3- Librarians Explain their Involvement
By: Nancy K. Herther, writer, consultant and former librarian with the University of Minnesota Libraries “As the largest source of free knowledge on the Internet, Wikipedia is at the crossroads of diverse cultural and national groups largely characterized by...[email protected]: Part 2 – The Role of Academics
By: Nancy K. Herther, writer, consultant and former librarian with the University of Minnesota Libraries In an article titled “Wikipedia as Public Scholarship: Communicating Our Impact Online,” Elizabeth K. Rush & Sarah J. Tracy studied the current options for...[email protected]: Part 1 – Global Information Network Celebrated A Major Anniversary
By: Nancy K. Herther, writer, consultant and former librarian with the University of Minnesota Libraries While studying at the University of Arizona Graduate Library School in 1992, Rick Gates conducted monthly Internet Hunts as a way for people (largely students) to...The Future of Reading, Writing and Written Communication: Part 3 – The Future of Writing In Digital Cultures-An ATG Original
By: Nancy K. Herther, writer, consultant and former librarian with the University of Minnesota Libraries Vincent Van Gogh Letter To anyone who remembers being criticized for illegible writing, the disappearance of cursive is perhaps less of an issue. For...THE FUTURE OF READING, WRITING AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATION: PART 2: CAN SCIENCE RESCUE CURSIVE? An atg original
By: Nancy K. Herther, writer, consultant and former librarian with the University of Minnesota Libraries Writing has been with us for thousands of years in some form – and today with technologies giving us more venues for formal communication – the written word is...The Future of Reading, Writing and Written Communication: Part 1: The Evolving Role of Cursive in World Culture-An ATG Original
By: Nancy K. Herther, writer, consultant and former librarian with the University of Minnesota Libraries “It’s never been a better time to be a writer –or aspire to become one,” Glenn Leibowitz wrote in a 2017 Inc...Visualizing Data Part 2: Data, Data Everywhere
By: Nancy K. Herther, writer, consultant and former librarian with the University of Minnesota Libraries “The opportunities for mapping are as endless as the creativity of the researcher(s) and participant(s) who embrace the method,” Adrienne Colborne and...Subscribe to our Podcast:
