For many years, the Rare Book and Manuscript Library has been working with the National Library of Israel’s Manuscripts Department to include our digitized Hebrew manuscripts in KTIV, the International Database of Hebrew Manuscripts. In the 1970s, Columbia Libraries...
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Associations Urge State Department to Reconsider New Travel Advisories
Friday, May 7, 2021 - 16:00 AAC&U joined ten other associations in sending a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging the Department of State to consider changing “Do Not Travel” advisories that now include nearly 80 percent of countries...
ATG! The Podcast- Episode 111: A Conversation With Jeff Paul, CEO and Co-Founder, Ziotag
In today’s episode we will feature audio from an Interview of Jeff Paul, CEO and Co-Founder, Ziotag. The interview was conducted by Matthew Ismail, Director of Collection Development, University of Central Michigan. Today’s episode features the next in a series of...
Don’s Conference Notes: The 2021 Computers in Libraries (CIL) Connect Conference
By: Donald T. Hawkins (Freelance Editor and Conference Blogger) The 2021 CIL Connect Conference on March 22-24 and organized by Information Today, Inc. (ITI) was ITI’s second virtual conference. ...
New Reboot SEO Company Study pertaining to Social Media Content Removal Statistics
The conversation surrounding stricter monitoring of social media platforms led online experts at Reboot SEO Company to analyse social media transparency reports and reveal which social media platforms have had the biggest increase in removed content as a result of...
Gale Integrates K-5 eBooks into Gale In Context: Elementary to Deliver a Better Learning Experience to Kids and Enhance Instruction
New Integration Provides Access to Gale K-5 eBook Content on One Platform, Increasing Engagement and Improving Learning Outcomes FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – May 4, 2021 – Gale, a Cengage company, is making the reading experience for young learners more user-friendly....
ATG! The Podcast: Episode 110- Conversation With Philip Hess, Knowledge Unlatched; And Marcel Wrzesinski, Open Access Officer, Humboldt Institute For Internet And Society
In today’s episode we feature an interview of Philip Hess, Head of Publisher Relations, Knowledge Unlatched; and Marcel Wrzesinski, Open Access Officer, Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society. The interview was conducted by Matthew Ismail, Director of...
Don’s Conference Notes: Ascending Into an Open Future: The 2021 Virtual ACRL Conference
By Donald T. Hawkins (Freelance Editor and Conference Blogger) The 2021 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) conference, originally planned to be held in Seattle, WA, was held virtually. It attracted about 3,650 participants from the US and 20 other...
Open Access in Asia Series: An Interview With Librarians from the Hong Polytechnic University
April 23, 2021 Jen Cheng, Content Marketing Strategist, Wiley In a recent survey, librarians in Asia shared with us that supporting their researchers in open access publishing is one of their top five goals. While the Open Access movement is largely driven by their...
NIH Preprint Pilot Update. NLM Technical Bulletin. 2021 Mar–Apr
2021 April 26 [posted] Ten months into the NIH Preprint Pilot, more than 2,100 preprints reporting NIH-supported research on COVID-19 are now discoverable in PubMed Central (PMC) and PubMed. Through early April 2021, these records have been...
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ATG Quirkies: THE “THREE-DIMENSIONAL GAME-BOARD” OF AGATHA CHRISTIE’S COUNTRY HOUSES
THE "THREE-DIMENSIONAL GAME-BOARD" OF AGATHA CHRISTIE'S COUNTRY HOUSES was written by Phyllis Richardson and appears on the CrimeReads website. If du Maurier re-invigorated the Gothic house with modern passion and intrigue, Agatha Christie turned it into something of...
ATG Quirkies: THE “THREE-DIMENSIONAL GAME-BOARD” OF AGATHA CHRISTIE’S COUNTRY HOUSES
THE "THREE-DIMENSIONAL GAME-BOARD" OF AGATHA CHRISTIE'S COUNTRY HOUSES was written by Phyllis Richardson and appears on the CrimeReads website. If du Maurier re-invigorated the Gothic house with modern passion and intrigue, Agatha Christie turned it into something of...
Big Ten Academic Alliance, DOAB, and OAPEN in a Three-Year Collective Action Agreement – Plus More ATG News & Announcements
Big Ten Academic Alliance and Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) and OAPEN Library and Publication Platform (OAPEN) Announce a Three-Year Collective Action Agreement According to infoDOCKET "The Big Ten Academic Alliance has entered into a three-year collective...
ATG Newsflash: Clarivate to Acquire ProQuest, Creating a Leading Global Provider of Mission Critical Information and Data-Driven Solutions for Science and Research
London, UK, May 17, 2021—Clarivate plc (NYSE: CLVT), a global leader in providing trusted information and insights to accelerate the pace of innovation, today announced a definitive agreement to acquire ProQuest, a leading global software, data and analytics provider...
ACRL Approves Revised Status of Academic Librarians Standards – Plus More ATG News & Announcements
Revised Status of Academic Librarians Standards ACRL insider reports that "The ACRL Board of Directors approved revised versions of the association’s A Standard for the Appointment, Promotion and Tenure of Academic Librarians; ACRL Standards for Academic Librarians...
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