Enter SAGE’s 2021 Photo Contest for the Chance to Win a Registration and Travel Stipend for the Charleston Conference SAGE Publishing’s 2021 Photo Contest is now open for entries, asking academic librarians to submit a photograph depicting how their library...
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ATG Quirkies: Why Ancient Greeks Mixed Wine With Seawater
Why Ancient Greeks Mixed Wine With Seawater is written by Philip Chrysopoulos and appears in The Greek Reporter "Mixing Greek wine and seawater may sound unappealing today, but it is a winemaking practice that goes back to Ancient Greece, later to be copied by the...
ATG Book of the Week: The Madman’s Library: The Strangest Books, Manuscripts and Other Literary Curiosities from History
Title: The Madman's Library: The Strangest Books, Manuscripts and Other Literary Curiosities from HistoryAuthor: Edward Brooke-HitchingHardcover: ISBN: 978-1797207308, $29.95Imprint: San Francisco: Chronicle Books. 2021 "From the author of the critically acclaimed...
ATG Caught My Eye: “Private Lives, Public Faces: On What’s Revealed by Hannah Arendt’s Archives”
Private Lives, Public Faces: On What’s Revealed by Hannah Arendt’s Archives highlights the use and value of the archive dedicated to the influential Political Theorist Hannah Arendt. (This article is by Samantha Rose Hill and it appears on the Literary Hub website.)...
ATG Quirkies: Medieval Pandemic Cures That Were…Medieval
Medieval Pandemic Cures That Were…Medieval appears in the Library of Congress Blog Illustration from “Herbarium.” Rome, 1481. Rare Book and Special Collections Division. "As the world grapples with containing the COVID-19 pandemic with a range of vaccines, each with...
ATG Book of the Week: Americanon: An Unexpected U.S. History in Thirteen Bestselling Books
Title: Americanon: An Unexpected U.S. History in Thirteen Bestselling BooksAuthor: Jess McHughHardcover: ISBN 9781524746636, $28; eBook: ISBN 9781524746650, $14.99; Audiobook download: ISBN 9780593409404, $20Imprint: New York: Penguin Random House, 2021 "Surprising...
ATG Quirkies: 19 Romantic Rooms in Italian Homes (and 3 of them feature libraries)
19 Romantic Rooms in Italian Homes is by Colleen Egan and appears in Architectural Digest. "Whether it be a chic metropolitan apartment or a quaint villa in the countryside, Italian living spaces of all kinds exude elegance. The decor often draws from the...
ATG Quirkies: Reliving the Wonder Years of Wonder Bread
Reliving the Wonder Years of Wonder Bread is written by Allison Miller and it appears in JSTOR Daily. via Wikimedia Commons "As it celebrates its centennial, the sense of wonder that puts the “wonder” in Wonder Bread has not gone stale. First out of the oven in...
Caught My Eye by Katina: PROOF POINTS: Why reading comprehension is deteriorating
PROOF POINTS: Why reading comprehension is deteriorating is by JILL BARSHAY and is posted on the Hechinger Report website. "Before the pandemic, eighth graders’ reading comprehension declined substantially. Since then, scholars have been trying to figure out why their...
ATG Quirkies: Meet the mystery woman who mastered IBM’s 5,400-character Chinese typewriter
Meet the mystery woman who mastered IBM’s 5,400-character Chinese typewriter is written by Thomas S. Mullaney and appears on the Fast Company website Photo: IBM Naturally, Mr. Mullaney highlights the skills and talents of Lois Lew who operated "the improbable,...
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The New York Public Library gets $12.5 million From Arcadia Fund for OA project – Plus More ATG News & Announcements
The New York Public Library receives $12.5 million grant From Arcadia Fund for open access project Library Technology Guides reports that "The New York Public Library has received a $12.5 million grant from Arcadia, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Library...
The New York Public Library gets $12.5 million From Arcadia Fund for OA project – Plus More ATG News & Announcements
The New York Public Library receives $12.5 million grant From Arcadia Fund for open access project Library Technology Guides reports that "The New York Public Library has received a $12.5 million grant from Arcadia, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Library...
Save the Date! Charleston In Between
Charleston In Between Wednesday, July 28, 10:30 am - 3:00 pm Eastern The Charleston Conference is planning a very special “In Between” half-day virtual mini-conference event in late July to explore important late-breaking developments that can’t wait til November for...
eLife is Launching Peer Review For Preprints in Medicine (Including Public Health and Health Policy) – Plus More ATG News & Announcements
eLife is Launching Peer Review For Preprints in Medicine (Including Public Health and Health Policy) According to infoDOCKET "... eLife is bringing its system of editorial oversight by practicing clinicians and clinician-investigators, and rigorous, consultative peer...
ATG Newsflash: How Does Your Library Demonstrate its Impact? Enter Sage’s 2021 Charleston Conference Photo Contest.
Enter SAGE’s 2021 Photo Contest for the Chance to Win a Registration and Travel Stipend for the Charleston Conference SAGE Publishing’s 2021 Photo Contest is now open for entries, asking academic librarians to submit a photograph depicting how their library...
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