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Submit a Photo and You Could Win a Travel Grant to The Charleston Conference
…or a $50 Amazon gift card by Camille Gamboa, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Director, SAGE Publishing For about a decade, SAGE has organized a photo contest that awards one travel grant and five (or more) gift cards to runners up (or runner ups?). All winning photos are featured in the calendar given to Charleston Conference attendees (2022’s is pictured below). This year’s theme – just announced – is, “Show us how your library innovates.” Submissions reflecting that theme are...
Phoenix Rising: The Council of Science Editors’ 2022 Annual Meeting
by Heather Staines, Director of Community Engagement and Senior Consultant, Delta Think Editor's Note: This article was published in the June 2022 issue of Against the Grain, volume 34 #3, p. 40. On May 1-3, over one hundred and thirty attendees gathered at the...
The Hannay Way!
by Katina Strauch, Editor, Against the Grain, and Founder, Charleston Conference Many of you remember Bill Hannay fondly from his years of presenting in the Long Arm of the Law panel at the annual Charleston Conference. We tragically lost Bill in 2020, and the...
Our Wicked Discovery Problem Part Two: Embed and Personalize
by Steven J. Bell, Associate University Librarian, Temple University Libraries Editor’s Note: In Part One, Steven made the case that we have a significant problem with our discovery systems, using information from a recent webinar and study on library discovery and...
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LSU Expanding Efforts to Digitize Louisiana’s Diverse Cultural Institutions – Plus More ATG News & Announcements for 8/8/22
LSU Expanding Efforts to Digitize Louisiana’s Diverse Cultural Institutions According to LSU Libraries News & Notes "LSU is accelerating efforts to digitize vulnerable collections for diverse and underfunded cultural heritage institutions in Louisiana with a new...
ATG Job Bank for 8/7/22
NORTH Library Systems Analyst, Boston University Libraries, MA Discovery Services Manager, Boston University Libraries, Boston MA Digital Technologies Librarian, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY Electronic Resources and Discovery Librarian, Sawyer Library, Suffolk...
Oxford University Press To Migrate Its Catalogue to Online Platform – Plus More ATG News & Announcements for 8/5/22
Oxford University Press To Migrate Its Catalogue to Online Platform Publishing Perspectives reports that " a migration of Oxford University Press‘ books as well as journals to the online platform Oxford Academic announced Wednesday (August 3) is expected to “further...
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ATG Job Bank for 8/7/22
NORTH Library Systems Analyst, Boston University Libraries, MA Discovery Services Manager, Boston University Libraries, Boston MA Digital Technologies Librarian, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY Electronic Resources and Discovery Librarian, Sawyer Library, Suffolk...
ATG Job Bank for 7/31/22
NORTH Multiple Positions, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA Associate University Librarian – Collections and Discovery, UConn Library, Storrs, CT Cataloger & Metadata Librarian, Vermont Historical Society, Barre, VT Acquisitions Librarian - New York University...
ATG Job Bank for 7/24/22
NORTH Student Success Librarian (2 Vacancies), Middlesex Community College, Bedford, MA Electronic Resources & Collections Services Librarian, Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA Collections Management Coordinator - Colby College, Waterville, ME Liaison...