ACRL Sets 2021 Legislative Agenda The ACRL Insider reports that "The 2021 ACRL Legislative Agenda focuses on eight issues that the U.S. Congress has recently taken, or will most likely take, action on in the year ahead: Federal Funding for LibrariesNet...
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ATG Quirkies: Sold: Sylvia Plath’s Rolling Pin and Recipes
Sold: Sylvia Plath’s Rolling Pin and Recipes is by Rebecca Rego Barry, author of "Rare Books Uncovered: True Stories of Fantastic Finds in Unlikely Places." Her post appears in Gastro Obscura Browned and splattered, a set of recipe cards owned by the Pulitzer...
ARL and Six Universities Awarded National Science Foundation Grant to Study Public Access to Research Data – Plus more ATG News & Announcements
ARL and Six Universities Awarded National Science Foundation Grant to Study Discipline-Specific Models and Costs for Public Access to Research Data According to ARL News "The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the Association of Research Libraries (ARL)...
Brewster Kahle Shares “Reflections as the Internet Archive Turns 25”- Plus More ATG News & Announcements
In a New Blog Post, Brewster Kahle Shares “Reflections as the Internet Archive Turns 25” infoDOCKET shares these reflections from Brewster Kahle' s blog,"As a young man, I wanted to help make a new medium that would be a step forward from Gutenberg’s invention...
Caught my Eye by Katina: Making Streaming Media Sustainable for Academic Libraries
Danielle Cooper, Manager, Collaborations and Research Making Streaming Media Sustainable for Academic Libraries introduces a new project being undertaken by Ithaka S+R this fall in collaboration with a cohort of libraries. It is by Danielle Cooper, Manager,...
ARL/CARL Joint Task Force on Research Data Services Releases Final Report – Plus More ATG News & Announcements
ARL/CARL Joint Task Force on Research Data Services Releases Final Report ARL News reports that "The Association of Research Libraries (ARL)/Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) Joint Task Force on Research Data Services has released its final...
Reminder- Charleston In Between Virtual Event, July 28, 2021
WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 10:30 AM – 3:00 PM EASTERN Please don't forget to Register! The Charleston Conference is planning a very special “In Between” half-day virtual mini-conference event to explore important late-breaking developments that can’t wait til November for...
Forty-four new or updated datasets from the National Library of Medicine, Digital Earth Africa, Amazon, and others are available – Plus More ATG News & Announcements
44 New or Updated Datasets Available on the Registry of Open Data from the National Library of Medicine, Digital Earth Africa, Amazon, and Others According to infoDOCKET "Forty-four new or updated datasets from the National Library of Medicine, Digital Earth...
“Call For Papers” Deadline Extended To July 21, 2021
The deadline for the "Call for Papers" for the 2021 Charleston Conference has been extended to Wednesday, July 21, 2021. Have an original idea or a topic related to the the Conference theme? We want to hear about your proposal! SUBMIT YOUR PROPOSAL Questions should be...
Springer Nature Completes Pilot for Streamlined ISSN Workflow – Plus More ATG News & Announcements
Springer Nature Completes Pilot for Streamlined ISSN Workflow According to Information Today "The ISSN International Centre has finished a pilot project with Springer Nature that developed a new, centralized process for assigning International Standard Serial Numbers...
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ATG Quirkies: Bog Butter, Ancient Beef, and Other Remarkably Old Foods on Display in Museums
Bog Butter, Ancient Beef, and Other Remarkably Old Foods on Display in Museums is by Sam O'Brien, a senior editor at Gastro Obscura, covering the intersection of food, history, and culture. "Some of these foods are centuries past their expiration dates. "The National...
New Framework for Information Literacy Companion Documents – Plus More ATG News & Announcements
New Framework for Information Literacy Companion Documents ACRL Insider reports that " The ACRL Board of Directors approved three new Companion Documents to the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education its June 2021 virtual meeting... The new...
Internet Archive Joins IDS Project for Interlibrary Loan – Plus More ATG News & Announcements
Internet Archive Joins IDS Project for Interlibrary Loan Library Technology Guides reports that "The Internet Archive announced it has joined the The Information Delivery Services Project, a mutually supportive resource-sharing cooperative whose 120 members include...
Exact Editions Aggregates Articles on Climate Change for Free Resource – Plus More ATG News & Announcements
Exact Editions Aggregates Articles on Climate Change for Free Resource According to Information Today "In collaboration with more than 50 of its publisher partners, Exact Editions introduced a freely accessible Climate Crisis resource page that features nearly...
ATG Book of the Week: The Filing Cabinet: A Vertical History of Information
Title: The Filing Cabinet: A Vertical History of InformationAuthor: Craig RobertsonHardcover: ISBN: 978-1517909451, $109.48; Paperback: ISBN: 978-1517909468; $17.43Imprint: Minneapolis: Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2020 "The history of how a deceptively ordinary piece of...
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