In today’s episode we will feature an interview with Dr. Earl Lewis, University of Michigan, Director of Center for Social Solutions. This interview is part of the popular “Views from the Penthouse Suite” series and was conducted by Tom Gilson, Associate...
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Don’s Conference Notes- Academic Publishing in Europe (APE) 2021
By Donald T. Hawkins (Freelance Editor and Conference Blogger) The APE conference was started in 2005 by Arnoud de Kemp, formerly a top manager at Springer-Verlag. It has been held in mid-January in Berlin, Germany since its founding and is one of the first...
Don’s Conference Notes- New Directions in Scholarly Publishing: An SSP Seminar
By Donald T. Hawkins (Freelance Editor and Conference Blogger) This two-day virtual seminar was sponsored by the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) and attracted about 190 attendees. It featured 7 presentations, beginning with an opening discussion with 5 of the...
ATG! The Podcast Episode 99: Leading In An Age of Chaos and Change: Building A Community of Grace
Audio from the opening keynote of the 2020 Charleston Library Conference, a presentation by Earl Lewis, Director of the University of Michigan Center for Social Solutions, moderated by Jim O’Donnell, University Librarian at Arizona State University. Headlines scream,...
Don’s Conference Notes- Owning, Licensing, and Sharing Digital Content: A NISO Virtual Conference
By Donald T. Hawkins (Freelance Editor and Conference Blogger) The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) held this virtual conference on January 21, 2021 to examine issues affecting digital content. Todd Carpenter In his introduction, Todd...
Scite.AI Update- Part 1: Creating New Opportunities- An ATG Original
By: Nancy K. Herther, writer, consultant and former librarian In 2019 Charleston Hub first reported on the new, innovative scite, an effort to easily check how a scientific article has been cited and if it has been supported or disputed by others. Scite is a...
Not Easier Yet- The Rumors Blog- Guest Post
By: Bob Nardini, Vice President, Library Services ProQuest Books Across generations, one thing every college student learns—no matter their major, school, or anything else—is how to get around buying a textbook. They don’t always succeed, and sometimes a student...
If Rumors Were Horses
Hello everyone! Happy New Year! This is the very last ATG issue that will be totally in print! See our letter from the editor (p.6) that will explain what’s happening with us at Charleston Hub! Here’s hoping it’s a great new year for each and...
[email protected]: Part 4: Wikipedia for Altmetric Research
By: Nancy K. Herther, writer, consultant and former librarian with the University of Minnesota Libraries Altmetrics began as more of a trivia factoid resource that might be used as fodder for an academic mixer. However, with so much influence now easily derived...
Don’s Conference Notes-The Computers in Libraries/Internet Librarian Connect 2020 Virtual Conference
By Donald T. Hawkins (Freelance Editor and Conference Blogger) Tom Hogan, Sr. Information Today’s first virtual conference was a combination of its Computers in Libraries (CIL) and Internet Librarian (IL). It attracted over 1,000 attendees during the week of September...
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The Society for Scholarly Publishing’s 43rd annual Meeting – Plus More ATG Conferences, Meetings & Webinars for March
Register Now for the Society for Scholarly Publishing's (SSP) 43rd Annual Meeting! The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) is pleased to announce that registration for our 43rd Annual Meeting, “Charting a New Course from Chaos to Innovation,” is now open! Our first...
The Society for Scholarly Publishing’s 43rd annual Meeting – Plus More ATG Conferences, Meetings & Webinars for March
Register Now for the Society for Scholarly Publishing's (SSP) 43rd Annual Meeting! The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) is pleased to announce that registration for our 43rd Annual Meeting, “Charting a New Course from Chaos to Innovation,” is now open! Our first...
Florida State University Libraries Debuts New Open Access Publishing Program – Plus More ATG News and Announcements for March 3, 2021
Florida State University Libraries Debuts New Open Access Publishing Program According to infoDOCKET "Florida State University Libraries is launching FSU’s first open-access publishing program. Florida State Open Publishing (FSOP) provides the university’s faculty,...
ATG Article of the Week: Richard Charkin: On the Long Walk to Audiobooks
In this featured article in Publishing Perspectives, Richard Charkin admits to his obsessive-compulsive practice of walking some 12 miles a day. He then notes that as a result of his daily excursions, listening has become "my new obsession." Not surprisingly, this...
ATG Quirkies: Maritime Design: Rare Coastal Libraries Around the World
As author Eric Baldwin notes in this post in ArchDaily, libraries have rigorous demands when it comes to their design, especially when they are located "within a radically changing landscape" like today's coastline. Dún Laoghaire, Ireland (copyright Dennis Gilbert) ...
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