Tea Time/Rumors

It’s so great to see how international the content of ATG is becoming!! My relatives are Greek and I try to keep up with Greek on Duolingo! We all need to learn more about scholarly issues in other countries, so thank goodness for this issue as a snapshot on the...

Photo Credit: Jon Chase/Harvard Staff Photography Some pieces of paper created freedom. Others triggered conflict. But every one of these historic documents altered history forever. History is often remembered through battles, revolutions, and powerful leaders. But...

Beijing International Book Fair attendees Credit: Melina Spanoudi Happy early July 4th! America is celebrating her 250th birthday—the Semiquincentennial! It's been 250 years since the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Hofstra Library Vice Dean Gets Her Turn...

This recent blog article got me thinking: What Do Archives Mean In A World Changed By AI? What format do you like to read your content in? I will sometimes buy content online and may want to get it in print format. I am also becoming partial to audible. What are the...

Hello, all! I am trying to get back in the tea time groove! This is from Leah who is recovering from surgery!! Michael Upshall is currently editing a new installment of the Charleston Briefings series! The latest title is Institutional Repositories, by Joshua...

Have you signed up for the next Charleston In-Between?  June 25-26, 2026 in Berlin online or hybrid! The creative destruction of scholarly communication. The keynote speaker is Phillippe Aghion from the College de France and London who  is a co-recipient of the Nobel...

© Ross Gudgeon / CUPOTY What Does Excellence Really Mean and How Do We Achieve It? "Brad Stulberg starts his new book, The Way of Excellence,by clarifying what his subject is not. Excellence isn’t perfectionism. It isn’t optimization. It isn’t obsession or flow or...

Copyright fight continues! Hachette and Cengage have asked permission to join a class action lawsuit against Google alleging mass copyright infringement in support of training its Gemini LM. "Google has objected to efforts by plaintiffs to include publishers as part...

An ancient human body comes into focus: "Long considered one of the oldest members of the Homo genus—and therefore one of the earliest humans—Homo habilis has held a place of honor near the roots of the human family tree. It lived in Africa about 2.4 million to 1.4...