Session summary: The COVID-19 pandemic hit libraries hard and fast leaving librarians little time to transition to remote access and scrambling to create more online resources for instruction. The…
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Innovation Session 3
Christopher Kenneally Christopher Kenneally, Marketing Director, Copyright Clearance Center moderated this session and said that innovation is what everybody is thinking about but nobody has done. This session featured…
Visualizing Data: Part 1: Mapping the 21st Century
By: Nancy K. Herther (writer, consultant and former Sociology/Anthropology Librarian, University of Minnesota Libraries) From early prehistoric cave art to the 6th century BC Babylonian Map of the World…
There’s Still Time To Register For the Charleston Conference
The 2020 Charleston Conference starts on November 2, which is just next week! But there is still time to register if you have not already done so. Just click…
ATG Job Bank -10/27/20 – Publishers
ATG Job Bank -10/27/20 – Publishers Editorial Ethics Manager – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences – Washington, DC “The Editorial Ethics Manager is a senior staff member…
ATG Book of the Week: Reflections on Practitioner Research: A Practical Guide for Information Professionals
Title: Reflections on Practitioner Research: A Practical Guide for Information Professionals Title Author: Lee Ann Fullington, Brandon K. West, & Frans Albarillo Paperback: ISBN: 978-0-8389-4847-7, $78; eBook: Item #…
Amazon, Publishers and Antitrust – Part 2: Where Do We Go From Here? A Conversation with Maurice Stucke
By: Nancy K. Herther (writer, consultant and former Sociology/Anthropology Librarian, University of Minnesota Libraries) Rather than wait for more information or the next steps in this governmental process, ATG…
ATG Book of the Week: Contemporary Publishing and the Culture of Books
Title: Contemporary Publishing and the Culture of Books Editors: Alison Baverstock, Richard Bradford, & Madelena Gonzalez Paperback: ISBN: 978-0367443153, $44.95Imprint: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2020 “Contemporary Publishing and…
The Librarian Reserve Corps: A Volunteer Organization Helping to Fight the COVID-19 Pandemic-The Rumors Blog-Guest Post
By: Bradley A. Long, Embedded Health Sciences Librarian, Harrell Health Sciences Library, Penn State College of Medicine – University Park Regional Campus, State College, PA and Jess Callaway, Clinical…
Third Place-Guest Post-The Rumors Blog
By: Bob Nardini, Vice President, Library Services ProQuest Books In 1989 sociologist Ray Oldenburg published a book he called The Great Good Place. Oldenburg wrote barely anything else over…
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ATG News & Announcements – 11/26/20
ATG News & Announcements - 11/26/20 Book Business Reacts to Simon & Schuster Sale Publishers Weekly reports that "following the announcement that Penguin Random House parent company Bertelsmann won the bidding war for Simon & Schuster with a $2.2 billion...
ATG News & Announcements – 11/26/20
ATG News & Announcements - 11/26/20 Book Business Reacts to Simon & Schuster Sale Publishers Weekly reports that "following the announcement that Penguin Random House parent company Bertelsmann won the bidding war for Simon & Schuster with a $2.2 billion...
ATG Conferences, Meetings & Webinars – 11/24/20
ATG Conferences, Meetings & Webinars - 11/24/20 Understanding and Using Library Data (Amigos Library Services) Effective collection, interpretation and display of library data informs library decision-making and service design. This course serves as a primer for...
Frankfurt Academic Conference
The Frankfurt Book Fair New York is pleased to launch the first Frankfurt Academic Conference, which will take place online December 3 and 4. Under the theme "A New Era for Academic Publishing in Europe and the US," the program will look specifically at academic...
ATG News You Need to Start the Week – 11/23/20
ATG News You Need to Start the Week - 11/23/20 ALA Announces Finalists for 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medals Publishers Weekly reports that "the American Library Association this week announced the six finalists for the 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in...
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