Transformative agreement signed between the Microbiology Society and the Joint University Librarians Advisory Committee Quoting the original press release KnowledgeSpeak reports that "The Microbiology Society and the Joint University Librarians Advisory Committee...
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National Archives Awards $6.5 Million in Grants for Historical Records Projects – Plus More ATG News & Announcements for 5/25/23
National Archives Awards $6.5 Million in Grants for Historical Records Projects Citing the NARA Announcement, infoDOCKET notes that "Acting Archivist of the United States Debra Steidel Wall has awarded 47 grants totaling $6,510,701 for projects in 27 states and the...
Coherent Digital launches world’s largest collection of municipal reports – Plus More ATG News & Announcements for 5/24/23
Coherent Digital launches world’s largest collection of municipal reports According to this press release, Coherent Digital today released a new collection on the Policy Commons platform. World Cities curates and preserves hundreds of thousands of publications from...
UTSA Libraries shares user satisfaction survey results – Plus More ATG News & Announcements for 5/23/23
UTSA Libraries shares user satisfaction survey results According to this press release "The UTSA Libraries recently administered LibQUAL+, a user satisfaction survey from the Association of Research Libraries to solicit, track, understand and act upon users' opinions...
Research Libraries Advance Open Scholarship and Community Engagement – Plus More ATG News & Announcements for 5/22/23
Research Libraries Advance Open Scholarship and Community Engagement The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published brief profiles of the eight institutions that participated in the 2021–2022 pilot program Accelerating the Social Impact of Research (ASIR)....
ATG Job Bank for 5/21/23
NORTH Instructional Services Librarian, Mortola Library, Pace University, (Pleasantville, NY) Cataloger/Technical Services Librarian, Regina Library (Rivier University), Nashua, NH Head of Collection Strategies - Smith College - Northampton, MA Reference/Scholarly...
Bookstore Sales Rose 11.9% in First Quarter – Plus More ATG News & Announcements for 5/19/23
Bookstore Sales Rose 11.9% in First Quarter According to Publishers Weekly "Three months of double-digit increases resulted in bookstore sales rising to $2.07 billion in the first quarter of 2023, from $1.83 billion in the first period of 2022. ..." MORE LIBRARY AND...
Southern African Films and Documentaries launches on Africa Commons – Plus More ATG News & Announcements for 5/18/23
Southern African Films and Documentaries launches on Africa Commons Citing their press release, Library Technology Guides notes that "Coherent Digital today announced the launch of Southern African Films and Documentaries, with more than 100 films dating from the...
CRL and East View Release Two New In-Copyright Open Access Collections – Plus More ATG News & Announcements for 5/17/23
CRL and East View Release Two New In-Copyright Open Access Collections According to this press release "The Center for Research Libraries and East View Information Services are pleased to announce two new archives to be released through CRL’s alliance with the East...
The MIT Press to launch open access journal Imaging Neuroscience – Plus More ATG News & Announcements for 5/16/23
The MIT Press to launch open access journal Imaging Neuroscience According to their website The MIT Press "will launch Imaging Neuroscience in summer 2023. Intended to become the premier journal in the field of neuroimaging, the journal’s Editor-in-Chief will be Dr....
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APA Report: US Sees Double-Digit Audiobook Sales Growth for 11th Year – Plus More ATG News & Announcements for 6/5/23
APA Report: US Sees Double-Digit Audiobook Sales Growth for 11th Year According to Publishing Perspectives "... the United States-based Audio Publishers Association says that audiobook revenue in the American market grew by 10 percent in 2022 to US$1.8 billion—the...
Ex Ordo Secures $3 Million Investment to Enhance its Scholarly Conference Platform – Plus More ATG News & Announcements for 6/1/23
Ex Ordo Secures $3 Million Investment to Enhance its Scholarly Conference Platform According to this press release Ex Ordo is "thrilled to announce an investment of more than $3 million, coming from a committed group of investors, including prominent figures within...
FOLIO Launches Orchid Release – Plus More ATG News & Announcements for 5/31/23
FOLIO Launches Orchid Release Quoting a FOLIO press release, Library Technology Guides reports that "The FOLIO Open Source Community has launched the fifteenth named release as the platform continues to add features and functionality to the library services platform...
Illinois sets precedent in becoming the first state to ban book bans – PLus More ATG News and Announcements for 5/30/23
Illinois sets precedent in becoming the first state to ban book bans According Good eReader "In a landmark move, the Illinois Senate has passed House Bill 2789, a bill that aims to protect the freedom to read by withholding state funding from libraries that remove...
ATG NEWS FLASH: Free Webinar “Why and How to Staff for Privacy in Academic Libraries.”
Title: Why and How to Staff for Privacy in Academic LibrariesDate: June 6, 2023Time: 12:00-1:00 PM Central Time / 1:00-2:00 PM Eastern Time Presenters: Eliza Bettinger, Meryl Bursic, and Adam Chandler, Cornell UniversityFacilitator: Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, University...