by Nancy K. Herther (writer, consultant and Sociology/Anthropology Librarian, University of Minnesota Libraries) A woman looks at magazines displayed at a kiosk in Zurich March 16 , 2015. One of Switzerland's two big supermarkets, Coop, is to stop selling titles...
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ATG News You Need to Start the Week 9/28/20
Educational Publishers Obtain Preliminary Injunction Against 63 Illegal eBook Websites that Use Online Ads to Sell Pirated Content According to PR Newswire "The Educational Publishers Enforcement Group (EPEG) publishers, consisting of Cengage, Elsevier, Macmillan...
ATG News & Announcements 9/24/20
OCLC and LIBER announce joint discussion series on Open Science "OCLC and LIBER announced today the launch of a discussion series on Open Science through webinars and discussion groups from 24 September-5 November. The series, based on the LIBER Open Science Roadmap,...
ATG News You Need to Start the Week: 9/21/20
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 1933-2020; A Selection of Video Interviews and Lectures This link provided by infoDOCKET provides access to selected videos featuring Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg stretching 33 years from 1986 through 2019. The post also has a link to more...
ATG Conferences, Meetings and Webinars 9/19/20
2020 Library of Congress National Book Festival: Celebrating American Ingenuity The 2020 Library of Congress National Book Festival will celebrate its 20th birthday this year! And, for the first time in its history, the event will be completely virtual. Join us next...
ATG News & Announcements 9/17/20
Budget Reduction Announcement From University of Miami Libraries Citing the University of Miami, infoDOCKET notes that their overall collections funding "remains strong, however a university-mandated budget reduction requires the Libraries to strategically reduce and...
ATG Conferences, Meetings & Webinars 9/17/20
Increasing transparency and trust in preprints: Steps journals can take [Free Webinar] Date: Thursday the 24th of September at 2:30 PM GMT / 10:30 AM EDT "What steps can academic journals take to help scholars and the general public (especially the mainstream media)...
Cynthia Graham Hurd Memorial Scholarship 2020
Springer Nature is proud to honor the legacy of Cynthia Graham Hurd by sponsoring an annual scholarship for library employees to attend the virtual Charleston Conference. Cynthia Graham Hurd was a librarian for over 31 years in Charleston public...
ATG News You Need to Start the Week 9/14/20
Ontario College Libraries release RFP for a collaborative Library Services Platform Library Technology Guides reports that "College Libraries Ontario (CLO) and the Ontario Colleges Library Service (OCLS) are pleased to announce the release of a Request for Proposal...
ATG Conferences, Meeting, and Webinars 9/12/20
September 14 Open Teleconference: KBART (Knowledge Bases And Related Tools) Our first fall NISO open teleconference session will be this coming Monday, September 14th at 3:00 PM Eastern time. The call is open to everyone! and our topic will be will be KBART...
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ATG Conferences, Meetings, & Webinars 10/22/20
Don’t Forget! Apply for ACRL 2021 Virtual Conference Scholarships by October 23 The deadline to apply for a scholarship to attend the ACRL 2021 Virtual Conference is coming up this Friday, October 23. REGISTER The ACRL 2021 Scholarship program provides...
ATG News & Announcements 10/16/20
OCLC signs agreements with publishers and other content providers worldwide OCLC reports that thy have "signed agreements with leading publishers and other content providers around the world to add metadata for high-quality electronic and print books,...
How to Get the Most Out of Your Online Conference Experience
By: Leah Hinds, Executive Director, Charleston Conference Online conferences bring opportunities to attend events you may never have been able to before, to network with and learn from a more diverse range of people. But unlike in-person conferences, online events...
ATG News You Need to Start the Week 10/13/20
Association of American Publishers (AAP) Releases August 2020 StatShot Report: “Publishing Industry Flat For Month; Down 4.6% Year To Date Trade (Consumer Book) Sales Up Nearly 7% in August” According to infoDOCKET "The Association of American Publishers (AAP) today...
ATG News & Announcements 10/8/20
Two New Filings Posted in the Publisher/Internet Archive Lawsuit Including Supplemental Discovery Deadlines infoDOCKET reports that "two new court filings were posted today in the publishers/Internet Archive lawsuit. Both documents are available online via the RECAP...
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