Column Editor: Steve Rosato (Director and Business Development Executive, OverDrive Academic, Cleveland, OH 44125) Against the Grain V35#2 Whole student education. It’s a phrase we hear a lot these days, but what exactly does it mean? In short, whole student...
Biz of Digital — More Than a Migration: Southern Appalachian Digital Collections’ Transition from CONTENTdm to Qi by Keepthinking, a Vendor New to Libraries
By Rebecca Saunders (Cataloging and Metadata Librarian, Hunter Library, Western Carolina University, HL 111, 1 University Drive, Cullowhee, NC 28723; Phone: 828-227-3801) and Beth Thompson (Department Head, Content Organization and Management, eResources, and...
ATG Interviews Brian Hole, CEO, Ubiquity Press
By Tom Gilson (Associate Editor, Against the Grain) and Leah Hinds (Executive Director, Charleston Hub) Against the Grain V35#2 ATG: Can you tell us a little bit about your background, and how Ubiquity Press came to be? Brian Hole...
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Sami Benchekroun Sami Benchekroun CEOMorressierMorressier GmbH, Invalidenstrasse 5,10115 Berlin, Germanywww.morressier.com Born and lived: Born and raised in Berlin, currently living in Washington, DC. Early life: Passionate hobby sailor....
Back Talk — We Have Met the Enemy
Column Editor: Jim O’Donnell (University Librarian, Arizona State University) Against the Grain V35#2 The deadline for Back Talk is here again and the thought occurs irresistibly: could I get ChatGPT to do it for me? I have a lot of...
Op Ed — To Err is Human: Part 2
Retractions in Scholarly Journals By Daniel S. Dotson (Professor, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210) Against the Grain V35#2 Introduction Mistakes happen. We all make them from time to time. But what does it say when our most...
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NORTH College Librarian, Colby-Sawyer College, (Lake Sunapee, NH) Head of Collection Strategies - Smith College Job Location: Massachusetts Associate Dean for Content and Discovery, UMass Amherst, (Amherst, MA) Research Librarian for the Sciences – Tufts University,...
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...
Knowledge Matters: The British Library Releases Strategy For the Next Seven Years – Plus More ATG News & Announcements for 5/29/23
Knowledge Matters: The British Library Releases Strategy For the Next Seven Years Citing a blog Post by Roly Keating, Chief Executive, British Library, infoDOCKET reports that the British Library has published "Knowledge Matters, the British Library’s strategy for the...