ATG Quirkies: The Pythagorean Cup You can be forgiven if you think that the Pythagorean Cup is an ingenious geometric theorem. But of course you'd be wrong. It is actually a clever practical joke that amused the ancient Greeks - at least according to this post in...
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ATG Book of the Week: Condé Nast
ATG Book of the Week: Condé Nast Title: Condé Nast Author: Susan Ronald Paperback: ISBN: 978-1250180032, $19.99 Imprint: New York: St. Martins, Griffin, 2020 "The first biography in over thirty years of Condé Nast, the pioneering publisher...
La Biblioteca Narrata: The Rumors Blog-Guest Post
Dr. Rossana Morriello, you are the author of the book The narrated library published by Editrice Bibliografica: what bond unites the library and the imaginary?A very strong bond. The library is present in the collective imagination and therefore is often the subject...
Italy in the Second Lockdown and the Essentiality of Books: The Rumors Blog- Guest Post
By: Guest Blogger Rossana Morriello, Research Support Librarian, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Here we are again, in our second lockdown for the coronavirus pandemic. In Italy, the first lockdown finished in May and all activities could reopen as long as they...
Rumors 11-11-2020
This week is University Press Week, a celebration of university press publishing established by President Carter in 1978. The theme this year is " Raise UP," focusing on the role that university presses play in amplifying excluded...
Rumors 11-3-2020
I had a wonderful time in the Vendor Showcase today! Thanks to all the vendors and attendees for making it successful! We have nearly 3,000 people registered for the virtual 2020 conference, almost doubling our attendance at the in person conference! AND THE CHAT...
Rumors 11-2-2020
Exciting to see that the Ohio Department of Higher Education Chancellor Randy Gardner has named the musical Amy Pawlowski executive director of OhioLINK, Ohio's academic library consortium, effective immediately. Pawlowski joined OhioLINK in 2013 as deputy director...
Rumors 10-31-20: 2020 Charleston Conference
I just received the 2020 Charleston Conference welcome packet which was sent to the first group of registrants (approx. 1500). The packet included the 2021 Calendar sponsored by Sage, a welcome postcard from our sponsors –- BetterWorld...
How to Get the Most Out of Your Online Conference Experience
By: Leah Hinds, Executive Director, Charleston Conference Online conferences bring opportunities to attend events you may never have been able to before, to network with and learn from a more diverse range of people. But unlike in-person conferences, online events...
The Charleston Library Conference Meets Frankfurter Buchmesse- The Rumors Blog
The Charleston Library Conference has been invited to present a session this year during the Frankfurter Buchmesse – Special Edition 2020. The event will be on Friday, October 16 and will be on the Frankfurter Book Fair virtual platform. There is no registration to...
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ATG News & Announcements – 1/15/21
ATG News & Announcements - 1/15/21 MSU Libraries Join Other Big Ten Libraries to Create Collection Available to All Big Ten University Faculty, Staff, and Students ARL Communications Day in Review notes that "in a historic and unprecedented maneuver for a group of...
ATG News & Announcements – 1/15/21
ATG News & Announcements - 1/15/21 MSU Libraries Join Other Big Ten Libraries to Create Collection Available to All Big Ten University Faculty, Staff, and Students ARL Communications Day in Review notes that "in a historic and unprecedented maneuver for a group of...
ATG Quirkies: The Pythagorean Cup
ATG Quirkies: The Pythagorean Cup You can be forgiven if you think that the Pythagorean Cup is an ingenious geometric theorem. But of course you'd be wrong. It is actually a clever practical joke that amused the ancient Greeks - at least according to this post in...
ATG News & Announcements 1/13/21
ATG News & Announcements 1/13/21 Ithaka S+R: “Data Repository Platforms: A Primer” According to infoDOCKET, Ithaka S+R reports that they "decided to conduct exploratory, high-level research on a number of data repositories, primarily to inform our own data deposit...
Call for Article Proposals: the state of ebooks
Against the Grain is seeking article proposals for an issue on the state of ebooks -- acquisition and the user experience -- in academic libraries. Has there been progress in the way we purchase ebooks and the way users engage with them in the past 10 years? Has...