Crossref: 2022 Public Data File of More Than 134 Million Metadata Records Now Available Citing a Crossref Blog Post by Patrick Polischuk, infoDOCKET notes that Crossref "released our first public data file, something we’ve turned into an annual affair supporting our...
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WorldCat quality efforts to enhance millions more records plus More ATG News & Announcements for 5/13/22
WorldCat quality efforts to enhance millions more records Citing a press release by OCLC, Library Technology Guides notes that "The OCLC metadata quality team consistently improves WorldCat records to help libraries make their resources more accessible to users...
Partnership with Max Planck Society Marks Springer Nature’s Largest Open Access Book Deal to Date – Plus More ATG NEws & Announcements for 5/12/22
Partnership with Max Planck Society Marks Springer Nature’s Largest Open Access Book Deal to Date infoDOCKET reports that "Springer Nature has signed its largest institutional OA book deal with the Max Planck Society through the Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL). The...
The Pros and Cons of Using Twitter for Professional Purposes
by Camille Gamboa, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Director, SAGE Publishing At the time of writing this article, thanks to one @ElonMusk, Twitter has been all over the news. Questions are swarming around what his real intentions are, what this acquisition...
Wiley Signs Declaration on Research Assessment, Deepens Commitment to Responsible Research Assessment – Plus More ATG News & Announcements for 5/10/22
Wiley Signs Declaration on Research Assessment, Deepens Commitment to Responsible Research Assessment Library Technology Guides notes that "Wiley today announced it has signed the Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which is a world-wide initiative...
“Charleston In Between” Plus More ATG News & Announcements for 5/9/22
CONFERENCES, MEETINGS & WEBINARS Virtual ConferenceMay 11-12, 2022 NEW: Program Updates! The Charleston Conference is planning a very special “In Between” 2-day virtual conference event to explore important late-breaking developments that can’t wait until November...
Don’s Conference Notes: The Computers in Libraries Connect 2022 Conference—Part 2
By Donald T. Hawkins (Freelance Conference Blogger and Editor) Final Keynote: Building Intelligent Communities & Smarter Cities Dr. Rick Huijbregts Throughout his career, Dr. Rick Huijbregts, Global Lead, Smart Cities, Stantec, has been interested in...
Duke University: Dracine Hodges Appointed Interim University Librarian – Plus More ATG News & Announcements for 5/6/22
Duke University: Dracine Hodges Appointed Interim University Librarian Citing Duke Today infoDOCKET reports that Dracine Hodges, associate university librarian for technical services, will serve as interim university librarian beginning May 15, when Deborah Jakubs...
Library of Congress Awards More than $250,000 to Inaugural Projects Highlighting Uses of Digital Collections – Plus More ATG News & Announcements for 5/5/22
Library of Congress Awards More than $250,000 to Inaugural Projects Highlighting Uses of Digital Collections The Library of Congress today announced that three grants, totaling $250,000, have been awarded from the Connecting Communities Digital Initiative through a...
Don’s Conference Notes: The Computers in Libraries Connect 2022 Conference—Part 1
By Donald T. Hawkins (Freelance Conference Blogger and Editor) The Computers in Libraries (CIL) 2022 Conference was originally scheduled to be held on March 29-31 in Arlington, VA; however, it was converted to a virtual conference running on the Pheedloop platform...
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Music Library Association Opens Publications at Internet Archive – Plus More ATG News & Announcements for 5/26/22
Music Library Association Opens Publications at Internet Archive According to Caralee Adams and the Internet Archive Blog "For librarians who specialize in caring for music collections, it can be challenging to keep up with the latest technology and resources in the...
What Does My Library Need to Know about Ebook Laws? – Plus More ATG News & ANNOUNCEMENTS for 5/23/22
What Does My Library Need to Know about Ebook Laws? In this edition of American Libraries online column Letters of the Law , "Mary Minow and guest author Kyle K. Courtney discuss the library ebooks landscape and state-level efforts to institutionalize fair licensing...
ATG Quirkies: All Male Cats Are Named Tom: Or, the Uneasy Symbiosis between T. S. Eliot and Groucho Marx
All Male Cats Are Named Tom: Or, the Uneasy Symbiosis between T. S. Eliot and Groucho Marx is by Ed Simon, Editor-at-Large for The Marginalia Review of Books, a channel of The Los Angeles Review of Books. It appears in JSTOR Daily. T. S. Eliot and Groucho MarxGetty...
Pre-Meeting Training sessions for SSP’s 44th Annual Meeting – plus more ATG News & Announcements for 5/20/22
CONFERENCES, MEETINGS, AND WEBINARS If you live in or near the Chicago metropolitan area, you’re just a drive or train ride away from SSP’s pre-meeting sessions, to be held on the first day of their 44th Annual Meeting at the Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk Hotel on...
Five Projects Receive 2022 AIA/ALA Library Building Award – Plus More ATG News & Announcements for 5/19/22
Five Projects Receive 2022 AIA/ALA Library Building Award Citing a press release by the American Institute of Architects (AIA), infoDOCKET reports that The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the American Library Association (ALA) are awarding five libraries...
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