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Back Talk — IFLA World Library and Information Congress Reflections
Column Editor: Ann Okerson (Director, Offline Internet Consortium) Against the Grain V38#4 Boogi is the official public outreach mascot for Busan, Korea, inspired by the city’s symbolic bird, the seagull. The name is a portmanteau of Busan and galmaegi (the Korean word for seagull). I’d like to say he greeted us as we came ashore on his beach not far from the convention center, but alas, seagulls are flighty critters, and so we were greeted instead by the first of…
In Praise of Adventurous Radio DJs
By Marci Cohen, Head, Music Library, Boston University Libraries (retired) During my recent visit to Memphis for the Association for Recorded Sound Collections conference, a recurring name came up at Graceland, Sun Studio, the Memphis Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum, and in the…
ATG! The Podcast Roundup
Photo by Austin Distel on Unsplash In case you haven’t been tuning in to weekly episodes (airing each Monday) of ATG! The Podcast, here are some highlights of our recent guests and what you’ve been missing. Guest host Michael Upshall has been cranking out expert…
Robyn Hitchcock: The Confuser
Marci Cohen, Head, Music Library, Boston University Libraries (retired) It’s hard to maintain a mid-level music career, yet eccentric English musician Robyn Hitchcock has just released his 25th studio album, The Confuser (Tiny Ghost). The album drop coincides with his…
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Frankfurter Buchmesse 2026: Audible-Commissioned Survey Finds Audio Sends Readers Back to Print; Half Would Try AI Narration – Plus More ATG News & Announcements for 10/13/26
Image via Pixabay Frankfurter Buchmesse 2026: Audible-Commissioned Survey Finds Audio Sends Readers Back to Print; Half Would Try AI Narration “Audiobooks are widening the funnel for the book trade rather than draining it, according to a global survey commissioned by…
Tufts University, University of Alabama at Birmingham, University of Arkansas to Join Association of Research Libraries – Plus More ATG News & Announcements for 10/12/26
Tufts University, University of Alabama at Birmingham, University of Arkansas to Join Association of Research Libraries According to this press release from the Association of Research Libraries “The membership of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) voted at…
ATG Job Bank for 10/11/26
NORTH Special Collections Instruction & Program Coordinator – Penn State University (University Park, PA) Director of Dana Medical Library – University of Vermont – (Burlington, VT) Liaison Librarian, Vermont State University (Williston, VT) Rare Book Cataloger,…
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ATG Job Bank for 10/11/26
NORTH Special Collections Instruction & Program Coordinator – Penn State University (University Park, PA) Director of Dana Medical Library – University of Vermont – (Burlington, VT) Liaison Librarian, Vermont State University (Williston, VT) Rare Book Cataloger,…
ATG Job Bank for 10/4/26
NORTH Education and Clinical Services Librarian, UMass Chan Medical School, (Worcester, MA) Social and Behavioral Sciences Librarian – University of Massachusetts Amherst – Amherst – Massachusetts Dean of the Barnard Library and Archives – Barnard College – New York,…
ATG Job Bank for 9/27/26
Image via Unsplash NORTH Research and Instruction Librarian, Harvard Medical School, (Boston, MA) Data Services Librarian, Boston College Libraries, (Boston, MA) Science Reference Librarian, Raymond H. Fogler Library (University of Maine), (Orono, ME) Head of Library…