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...
ATG Quirkies: All Male Cats Are Named Tom: Or, the Uneasy Symbiosis between T. S. Eliot and Groucho Marx
All Male Cats Are Named Tom: Or, the Uneasy Symbiosis between T. S. Eliot and Groucho Marx is by Ed Simon, Editor-at-Large for The Marginalia Review of Books, a channel of The Los Angeles Review of Books. It appears in JSTOR Daily. T. S. Eliot and Groucho MarxGetty...
BookTok Part 4: The Future of Books & Reading
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...
ATG Quirkies: How Public Libraries Are Seeding America’s Gardens
How Public Libraries Are Seeding America’s Gardens is by Bridget Shirvell and it appears on the EATER website. This story was originally published on Civil Eats. "At the public library in Mystic, Connecticut, a card catalog that formerly stored book due dates now...
ATG Quirkies: The Bug in the Computer Bug Story
The Bug in the Computer Bug Story appears in JSTOR Daily and is by Matthew Wills who has published in Poetry, Huffington Post, and Nature Conservancy Magazine, among other places, and blogs regularly about urban natural history at matthewwills.com. The First Computer...
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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NASA and CHORUS sign participation agreement to expand public access to results of its funded research – Plus More ATG News & Announcements for 5/24/22
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...
NASA and CHORUS sign participation agreement to expand public access to results of its funded research – Plus More ATG News & Announcements for 5/24/22
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...
What Does My Library Need to Know about Ebook Laws? – Plus More ATG News & ANNOUNCEMENTS for 5/23/22
What Does My Library Need to Know about Ebook Laws? In this edition of American Libraries online column Letters of the Law , "Mary Minow and guest author Kyle K. Courtney discuss the library ebooks landscape and state-level efforts to institutionalize fair licensing...
ATG Quirkies: All Male Cats Are Named Tom: Or, the Uneasy Symbiosis between T. S. Eliot and Groucho Marx
All Male Cats Are Named Tom: Or, the Uneasy Symbiosis between T. S. Eliot and Groucho Marx is by Ed Simon, Editor-at-Large for The Marginalia Review of Books, a channel of The Los Angeles Review of Books. It appears in JSTOR Daily. T. S. Eliot and Groucho MarxGetty...
Pre-Meeting Training sessions for SSP’s 44th Annual Meeting – plus more ATG News & Announcements for 5/20/22
CONFERENCES, MEETINGS, AND WEBINARS If you live in or near the Chicago metropolitan area, you’re just a drive or train ride away from SSP’s pre-meeting sessions, to be held on the first day of their 44th Annual Meeting at the Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk Hotel on...