By: Nancy K. Herther, writer, consultant and former librarian with the University of Minnesota Libraries In 2021, the apps that used photos and videos to create their user experiences dominated the social app industry. BookTok isn’t the only book-specific social...
By: Nancy K. Herther, writer, consultant and former librarian with the University of Minnesota Libraries. Reading is not only foundational to literacy, but opens doors to insight, learning and growth to individuals of all ages and all types of interests. The...
By: Nancy K. Herther, writer, consultant and former librarian with the University of Minnesota Libraries. In the new book, In Praise of Good Bookstores, author Jeff Deutsch, a “devoted reader and lifelong bookseller,” used his own experiences as a bookseller to...
By: Nancy K. Herther, writer, consultant and former librarian with the University of Minnesota Libraries. The internet and now the pandemic itself is creating major changes in the creation, evaluation and consumption of reading materials. Social media’s role is...
By: Nancy K. Herther (writer, consultant and former Sociology/Anthropology Librarian, University of Minnesota Libraries) Last May, Servicescape website noted that due to the pandemic, “scientists from around the world worked frantically to understand the virus, find...
By: Nancy K. Herther, writer, consultant and former librarian with the University of Minnesota Libraries. Last May, Servicescape’s website noted that due to the pandemic, “scientists from around the world worked frantically to understand the virus, find...
WVU Libraries joins MIT Press Open Access Publishing Initiative Library Technology Guides notes that "MIT Press announced the launch of its Direct-to-Open framework. In this model, rather than purchasing licenses to eBook titles individually or through packages,...
WVU Libraries joins MIT Press Open Access Publishing Initiative Library Technology Guides notes that "MIT Press announced the launch of its Direct-to-Open framework. In this model, rather than purchasing licenses to eBook titles individually or through packages,...
Music Library Association Opens Publications at Internet Archive According to Caralee Adams and the Internet Archive Blog "For librarians who specialize in caring for music collections, it can be challenging to keep up with the latest technology and resources in the...
OCLC releases more than 150 million WorldCat Entities as the foundation of a linked data infrastructure Citing an OCLC press release, Library Technology Guides reports that "OCLC has completed a project, funded in part by a grant from the Mellon Foundation, to...
NASA and CHORUS sign participation agreement to expand public access to results of its funded research KnowledgeSpeak reports that "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has signed a participation agreement with CHORUS to expand public access to the...
