By: Matthew Ismail, Editor in chief of the Charleston Briefings and Conference Director at the Charleston Conference Matthew Ismail Those of us whose study or research is in the humanities probably don’t always understand the nuts and bolts of the research replication...
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,...
Column Editor: Donna Jacobs (Retired, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425) Against the Grain Vol. 33 No. 2 As a person who has had many pen pals during my lifetime, I have often wondered: Will email exchanges between contemporaries be...
Column Editor: Steve Rosato (Director and Business Development Executive, OverDrive Professional, Cleveland, OH 44125) Against the Grain Vol. 33 No. 2 Marking twelve months (and counting!) of navigating through the COVID pandemic, we are...
Bookish Exteriors: Libraries That Look Like Books was written by Gianessa Refermat and appears on the BookRiot website. "I love a good library and bookstore. I’ve covered some lovely ones in Seoul and detailed the special events and services that others provide...
By Shelby Stuart (Electronic Resources Librarian, Case Western Reserve University) and Stephanie Church (Acquisitions & Metadata Services Librarian, Case Western Reserve University) Column Editors: Kyle Banerjee (Sr....
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...
