by Steven J. Bell, Associate University Librarian, Temple University Libraries Editor’s Note: In Part One, Steven makes the case that we have a significant problem with our discovery systems, using information from a recent webinar and study on library discovery and...
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Trendspotting at SSP 2022
By Donald T. Hawkins (Freelance Conference Blogger and Editor) Editor's Note: This article will also be published in an upcoming issue of Against the Grain as part of the "Don's Conference Notes" column. The Trendspotting Initiative, by Lisa Hinchliffe, Professor at...
Rhyme, Russian, Revolution, and Reason
by Donna Jacobs, Retired, Medical University of South Carolina Editor's Note: This post is taken from Donna's "Booklover" column in the April 2022 issue of Against the Grain, v 34 #2, pg. 34. This Booklover has been in word heaven lately; so many provocative...
Mixing with Royalty: Conferences and Creative Thinking
By Derek Law, Professor Emeritus, University of Strathclyde One of the very few benefits of Covid-19 is that I have been using my local public library much more and using serendipity wandering round the shelves to find new things to read. On a recent visit I came...
Carpe Diem – Seizing Pandemic Opportunities?
Editor's Note: Today's post comes from our Against the Grain archives, and was originally published in the June 2020 issue, Volume 32 #3. Ann gives some lessons learned below; what other lessons can we share two years later on? by Ann Okerson (Senior Advisor, Center...
Open VS. Affordable: A Balancing Act for Academic Librarians
by Steven J. Bell, Associate University Librarian, Temple University Libraries To better understand where in the curriculum open education resources (OER) were adopted by our faculty, our institutional Textbook Task Force turned a faculty survey on OER use into an...
Don’s Conference Notes: Charleston In Between 2022
By Donald T. Hawkins (Freelance Columnist and Conference Blogger) The second Charleston In Between conference took place virtually on May 12 and 13, 2022. It occurs approximately halfway between the main Charleston Conferences in the first week of November; its...
A Streetcar in Athens
Editor's Note: This week's blog post is an excerpt from Jim O'Donnell's "Back Talk" column in the April 2022 issue of Against the Grain, v 34 #2, pg 73-74. By Jim O'Donnell, University Librarian, Arizona State University. Fiesole, the hilltop town overlooking...
The Pros and Cons of Using Twitter for Professional Purposes
by Camille Gamboa, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Director, SAGE Publishing At the time of writing this article, thanks to one @ElonMusk, Twitter has been all over the news. Questions are swarming around what his real intentions are, what this acquisition...
Don’s Conference Notes: The Computers in Libraries Connect 2022 Conference—Part 2
By Donald T. Hawkins (Freelance Conference Blogger and Editor) Final Keynote: Building Intelligent Communities & Smarter Cities Dr. Rick Huijbregts Throughout his career, Dr. Rick Huijbregts, Global Lead, Smart Cities, Stantec, has been interested in...
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