By Carol Watwood, MLS, MPH (Health Sciences Librarian/Assoc. Professor, Western Kentucky University Libraries) Column Editor: Jack Montgomery (Library Technical Assistant, Government Documents, Georgia Southern University Libraries) Editor’s Note: Carol Watwood,...
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Clarivate Announces Winner of Eugene Garfield Award 2021 – Plus More ATG News & Announcements
Clarivate Announces Winner of Eugene Garfield Award 2021 According to this press release, Clarivate has named Elena Pallari, Department of Clinical Trials and Methodology, University College London, U.K., as the recipient of the 2021 Eugene Garfield Award for...
PA Warns On Copyright As New Figures Show Value Of Exports
Published September 10, 2021 by Heloise Wood The Publishers Association has reiterated calls for copyright rules to remain in place as new figures show nearly two-thirds of the UK’s publishing industry’s income in 2020 came from exports, despite the turmoil...
The Innovator’s Saga — An Interview with Jake Zarnegar
Column Editor: Darrell W. Gunter (President & CEO, Gunter Media Group) DG: Well, I'll tell you, it's always fun to have good friends and industry colleagues on the show, and I'm so pleased to have Mr. Jake Zarnegar, the Chief Growth Officer...
National Medal for Museum and Library Service
The National Medal for Museum and Library Service is the nation’s highest honor for institutions that make significant and exceptional contributions to their communities. Since 1994, IMLS has presented the award to institutions that demonstrate extraordinary and...
New Leadership for Collections, Technology, and Partnerships at CRL
Contact Andrea Duntz - [email protected] CRL says farewell and thank you to departing team members James Simon, Director of Collections and Partnerships and Judy Alspach, Area Studies Program Manager, and...
Updated Attendee Requirements for the 2021 Charleston Conference
We know you're wondering... YES! We're still planning a hybrid event with in-person and virtual attendance options. Due to updated safety protocols from the Gaillard Center following CDC guidelines, the Charleston Conference will require in-person attendees to...
Daunt Reveals Sales Rise At Barnes And Noble
Published August 27, 2021 By: Sian Bayley James Daunt has hailed a rise in sales at American bookseller Barnes & Noble following changes he introduced after being appointed as its c.e.o. in 2019. In an interview with Publishers Weekly, Daunt, who credited his...
Millionth Item Digitised And Made Freely Available Via Bodleian Libraries Website
The University of Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries has reached a significant milestone, with the millionth digitised version of an item held in its collections now having been uploaded for free public access anywhere in the world. Launched in 2015, the Digital Bodleian...
2021 Charleston Preconferences And Seminars
The Charleston Conference traditionally hosts preconference workshops and seminars on the days immediately preceding the main conference. This year, since we’re using a hybrid model for the conference, we have both in person and virtual options for the preconferences...
LATEST NEWS
Clarivate Shares Its Annual G20 Scorecard for Research Performance – Plus More ATG News & Announcements for 10/26/21
Clarivate Shares Its Annual G20 Scorecard for Research Performance According to Information Today "Clarivate released “The Annual G20 Scorecard—Research Performance 2021” (registration required), a report that “examines the research performance of each of the member...
ATG Book of the Week:The Book Proposal Book: A Guide for Scholarly Authors (Skills for Scholars)
Title: The Book Proposal Book: A Guide for Scholarly Authors (Skills for Scholars)Author: Laura Portwood-StacerPaperback: ISBN: 978-0691209678, $18.99Imprint: Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2021 A step-by-step guide to crafting a compelling scholarly book...
Internet Archive releases Refcat, the IA Scholar Index of over 1.3 billion scholarly citations – Plus More ATG News & Announcements for 10/22/21
Internet Archive releases Refcat, the IA Scholar Index of over 1.3 billion scholarly citations Library Technology Guides reports that the Internet Archive "As part of our ongoing efforts to archive and provide perpetual access to at-risk, open-access scholarship, we...
The End of JSTOR’s Journal Hosting Program
JSTOR’s Journal Hosting Program (JHP) was founded in 2011 as a resource for publishers to host current journal issues — and archives — on JSTOR servers. It’s been an affordable way to distribute academic content to researchers and libraries, but JSTOR is closing the...
Court Denies Amazon, Publishers’ Bid to Delay Discovery in Price-Fixing Case – Plus More ATG News & Announcements for 10/20/21
Court Denies Amazon, Publishers' Bid to Delay Discovery in Price-Fixing Case According to Publishers Weekly "A magistrate judge last week denied a bid by Amazon and the Big Five publishers to temporarily stay discovery in a lawsuit that alleges a conspiracy to...
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