In today’s episode we will feature an interview with Dr. Earl Lewis, University of Michigan, Director of Center for Social Solutions. This interview is part of the popular “Views from the Penthouse Suite” series and was conducted by Tom Gilson, Associate...
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ATG Quirkies: Maritime Design: Rare Coastal Libraries Around the World
As author Eric Baldwin notes in this post in ArchDaily, libraries have rigorous demands when it comes to their design, especially when they are located "within a radically changing landscape" like today's coastline. Dún Laoghaire, Ireland (copyright Dennis Gilbert) ...
ATG Quirkies: Capital Records Building in Los Angeles sends secrets in Morse code
At least that's according to this post in Atlas Obscura which claims "a blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades." And it's actually true! But there's one glitch. You need to know Morse Code to decipher the messages. It was...
ATG The Podcast- Episode 100- Do Librarians Matter and What Might Matter to Librarians?
Audio from a keynote of the 2020 Charleston Library Conference, presented by John Palfrey, president of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, who will share his thoughts on the importance of librarians and their work. The question of “Where to from here?”...
Don’s Conference Notes- Academic Publishing in Europe (APE) 2021
By Donald T. Hawkins (Freelance Editor and Conference Blogger) The APE conference was started in 2005 by Arnoud de Kemp, formerly a top manager at Springer-Verlag. It has been held in mid-January in Berlin, Germany since its founding and is one of the first...
Don’s Conference Notes- New Directions in Scholarly Publishing: An SSP Seminar
By Donald T. Hawkins (Freelance Editor and Conference Blogger) This two-day virtual seminar was sponsored by the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) and attracted about 190 attendees. It featured 7 presentations, beginning with an opening discussion with 5 of the...
ATG! The Podcast Episode 99: Leading In An Age of Chaos and Change: Building A Community of Grace
Audio from the opening keynote of the 2020 Charleston Library Conference, a presentation by Earl Lewis, Director of the University of Michigan Center for Social Solutions, moderated by Jim O’Donnell, University Librarian at Arizona State University. Headlines scream,...
ATG Quirkies: The Case for Semicolons
There are very few opportunities in life to have it both ways; but in her post The Case for Semicolons, writer Lauren Oyler argues that you can when you use a semicolon. (Illustration by Simoul Alva) Ms. Oyler then elaborates noting that semicolons "unlike most other...
Scite.AI Update- Part 2: An Insider’s Look Inside scite- An ATG Original
By: Nancy K. Herther, writer, consultant and former librarian Citation analysis research has been progressing at an incredible speed. Certainly the web, internet access and digitization have played a major role. However, much of the energy and...
Don’s Conference Notes- Owning, Licensing, and Sharing Digital Content: A NISO Virtual Conference
By Donald T. Hawkins (Freelance Editor and Conference Blogger) The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) held this virtual conference on January 21, 2021 to examine issues affecting digital content. Todd Carpenter In his introduction, Todd...
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The Society for Scholarly Publishing’s 43rd annual Meeting – Plus More ATG Conferences, Meetings & Webinars for March
Register Now for the Society for Scholarly Publishing's (SSP) 43rd Annual Meeting! The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) is pleased to announce that registration for our 43rd Annual Meeting, “Charting a New Course from Chaos to Innovation,” is now open! Our first...
The Society for Scholarly Publishing’s 43rd annual Meeting – Plus More ATG Conferences, Meetings & Webinars for March
Register Now for the Society for Scholarly Publishing's (SSP) 43rd Annual Meeting! The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) is pleased to announce that registration for our 43rd Annual Meeting, “Charting a New Course from Chaos to Innovation,” is now open! Our first...
Florida State University Libraries Debuts New Open Access Publishing Program – Plus More ATG News and Announcements for March 3, 2021
Florida State University Libraries Debuts New Open Access Publishing Program According to infoDOCKET "Florida State University Libraries is launching FSU’s first open-access publishing program. Florida State Open Publishing (FSOP) provides the university’s faculty,...
ATG Article of the Week: Richard Charkin: On the Long Walk to Audiobooks
In this featured article in Publishing Perspectives, Richard Charkin admits to his obsessive-compulsive practice of walking some 12 miles a day. He then notes that as a result of his daily excursions, listening has become "my new obsession." Not surprisingly, this...
ATG Quirkies: Maritime Design: Rare Coastal Libraries Around the World
As author Eric Baldwin notes in this post in ArchDaily, libraries have rigorous demands when it comes to their design, especially when they are located "within a radically changing landscape" like today's coastline. Dún Laoghaire, Ireland (copyright Dennis Gilbert) ...