By Tom Gilson (Associate Editor, Against the Grain) and Katina Strauch (Editor, Against the Grain) Against the Grain Vol. 33 No. 2 Mitchell Davis ATG: Mitchell, after selling BookSurge to Amazon in 2005 and then working for them for a...
Column Editor: Myer Kutz (President, Myer Kutz Associates, Inc.) Against the Grain Vol. 33 No. 2 More than three years afterwards, Margaret Dion-Marovitz remembers details of the minutes in 2017 when her husband, Bill, slipped away from her. It was a...
Column Editor: Donald T. Hawkins (Freelance Editor and Conference Blogger) Against the Grain Vol. 33 No. 2 Column Editor’s Note: Because of space limitations, the full text of my conference notes will now be available online in the issues of Against the Grain...
By Lars Meyer (Associate Dean, Access & Resource Services, Emory University Libraries) Against the Grain Vol. 33 No. 2 Academic libraries have traditionally avoided buying textbooks for general or reserves collections. Typically, students have been...
Column Editors: Ramune K. Kubilius (Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine) and Sever Bordeianu (Head, Print Resources Section, University Libraries, MSC05 3020, 1 University of New Mexico,...
Against the Grain V33 No. 2 Don’s Conference Notes: The Virtual NISOPlus 2021 Conference by Donald T. Hawkins — see https://www.charleston-hub.com/2021/04/dons-conference-notes-the-virtual-nisoplus-2021-conference/ Altmetrics: Part 1: Celebrating A Decade of Progress...
The NJ/DE Digital Collective Has Joined the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) and is Currently Contributing Over 124,000 Items According to infoDOCKET "DPLA is pleased to welcome the NJ/DE Digital Collective as DPLA’s newest service hub. The NJ/DE Digital...
The NJ/DE Digital Collective Has Joined the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) and is Currently Contributing Over 124,000 Items According to infoDOCKET "DPLA is pleased to welcome the NJ/DE Digital Collective as DPLA’s newest service hub. The NJ/DE Digital...
Bog Butter, Ancient Beef, and Other Remarkably Old Foods on Display in Museums is by Sam O'Brien, a senior editor at Gastro Obscura, covering the intersection of food, history, and culture. "Some of these foods are centuries past their expiration dates. "The National...
IMLS Announces $22.7 Million Investment in U.S. Library Initiatives According to infoDOCKET "The Institute of Museum and Library Services today announced 78 awards totaling $22,711,204 to support libraries across the country. The FY 2021 awards were made through...
13 MUST-READ LAUGH-OUT-LOUD MYSTERIES is by New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Darynda Jones and it appears on the CrimeReads website. "While many of our favorite mysteries have humor in them (thank you Agatha Christie, Craig Johnson, Nevada Barr…I could...
