Column Editors: Nicole Ameduri (Licensing Manager, Springer Nature) and Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe (Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Nicole Ameduri, Springer Nature Licensing Manager, loves eating her way through...
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Running on Remote-The Rumors Blog-Guest Post
By: Mary Ann Liebert, President and CEO, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers Years ago, when I thought about Zoom, it was in reference to a children’s show by that name, which my young son enjoyed. When Teams entered my mind, it was about Little League....
Paws Encouraged Profiles-The Rumors Blog
Neko BASIC INFORMATION: 11 year old chonky tabby cat PET'S NAME (and Owner’s Name): Neko (Erin Gallagher) PET'S JOB TITLE: Director of Vermin Control; Chief Snuggle Officer; Assistant Feline Librarian (and Owner’s Job Title): Electronic Resources Librarian OWNER'S...
Paws Encouraged Profiles-The Rumors Blog
As we have settled in to working from home, those of us with pets have gotten to know them a lot better. Our new Paws Encouraged Profiles are a chance to share with you a little bit more about our new office-mates. If you are interested in sharing your pet, Paws...
Speakers Discuss Covid-19 Issues for Law Libraries-Guest Post-The Rumors Blog
By Bill Hannay, Partner, Schiff Hardin, LLP On June 11, 2020, the Practicing Law Institute hosted a webinar entitled “Covid-19 and Issues for Legal Librarians.” While the focus was on law libraries, many of the points discussed are of relevance to academic and...
What Will Happen to Print?-The Rumors Blog- Guest Post
By: Bob Nardini, Vice President, Library Services ProQuest Books Plans were being laid for the Main Branch of the New York Public Library long before the Fifth Avenue home of the iconic Literary Lions opened in 1911. “When the reservoir is removed from...
Paws Encouraged Profiles-The Rumors Blog
Tucker Hinds Basic Information: Male Australian Shepherd mix, 3 yrs old Pet’s Name (and Owner’s Name) Tucker (Leah Hinds) Pet’s Job Title - Farm Director and Chief Executive Chicken Herder(and Owner’s Job Title) (Executive Director) Owner’s Institution - Charleston...
Guest Post-Publishing in the Time of Plague
By: Vince Burns, Vice President, Editorial ABC-CLIOThe older this historian gets, the more I realize that I much prefer to read about significant historical events than survive them. After the elation at the end of the Cold War and the fall of the Berlin Wall, the...
Guest Post- STM US Annual Conference Goes Virtual, April 28-30, 2020- The Rumors Blog
By: Anthony Watkinson, Director, Charleston Conference, and Principal Consultant, CIBER Research and Honorary Lecturer, University College, London The STM US Annual Conference was a three-day event, and it would seem that many of the registrants signed up for...
Researcher to Reader Conference, London, February 24-25, 2020 Report
By: Anthony Watkinson, Director, Charleston Conference, and Principal Consultant, CIBER Research R2R is a relatively new meeting which, being in Europe in February, fits in well for conference junkies between APE in Berlin and the group of meetings in March and April...
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ATG Conferences, Meetings, & Webinars 10/22/20
Don’t Forget! Apply for ACRL 2021 Virtual Conference Scholarships by October 23 The deadline to apply for a scholarship to attend the ACRL 2021 Virtual Conference is coming up this Friday, October 23. REGISTER The ACRL 2021 Scholarship program provides...
ATG News & Announcements 10/16/20
OCLC signs agreements with publishers and other content providers worldwide OCLC reports that thy have "signed agreements with leading publishers and other content providers around the world to add metadata for high-quality electronic and print books,...
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...
ATG News You Need to Start the Week 10/13/20
Association of American Publishers (AAP) Releases August 2020 StatShot Report: “Publishing Industry Flat For Month; Down 4.6% Year To Date Trade (Consumer Book) Sales Up Nearly 7% in August” According to infoDOCKET "The Association of American Publishers (AAP) today...
ATG News & Announcements 10/8/20
Two New Filings Posted in the Publisher/Internet Archive Lawsuit Including Supplemental Discovery Deadlines infoDOCKET reports that "two new court filings were posted today in the publishers/Internet Archive lawsuit. Both documents are available online via the RECAP...
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