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Don’s Conference Notes: Charleston In Between 2022
By Donald T. Hawkins (Freelance Columnist and Conference Blogger) The second Charleston In Between conference took place virtually on May 12 and 13, 2022. It occurs approximately halfway between the main Charleston Conferences in the first week of November; its purpose is to conduct an in-depth exploration of important developments in the information industry. This year’s subjects were: The mergers and acquisitions landscape in scholarly publishing: the Clarivate/ProQuest acquisition,“In the...
A Streetcar in Athens
Editor's Note: This week's blog post is an excerpt from Jim O'Donnell's "Back Talk" column in the April 2022 issue of Against the Grain, v 34 #2, pg 73-74. By Jim O'Donnell, University Librarian, Arizona State University. Fiesole, the hilltop town overlooking...
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...
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...
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WVU Libraries joins MIT Press Open Access Publishing Initiative – Plus More ATG News & Announcements for 5/27/22
WVU Libraries joins MIT Press Open Access Publishing Initiative Library Technology Guides notes that "MIT Press announced the launch of its Direct-to-Open framework. In this model, rather than purchasing licenses to eBook titles individually or through packages,...
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...
OCLC releases more than 150 million WorldCat Entities as the foundation of a linked data infrastructure – Plus More ATG News & Announcements for 5/25/22
OCLC releases more than 150 million WorldCat Entities as the foundation of a linked data infrastructure Citing an OCLC press release, Library Technology Guides reports that "OCLC has completed a project, funded in part by a grant from the Mellon Foundation, to...
LATEST JOBS
ATG Job Bank: University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) – Institutional Repository Outreach Librarian
Institutional Repository Outreach Librarian, UAB Libraries The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Libraries seek an innovative and creative Institutional Repository Outreach Librarian to grow and maintain the libraries’ new Digital Commons repository, an open...
ATG Job Bank – Williams College – Head of Collections & Systems
Head of Collections & Systems - Williams Libraries Williams Libraries seeks a collaborative and forward-thinking librarian to lead our department of Collections and Systems. We believe that our collections are a vital component of how we develop inclusive library...
ATG Job Bank for 4/26/22
NORTH Technical Services Librarian, UConn Law Library, Hartford, CT Associate University Archivist for Collection Development and Records Management Services, Harvard Library, Cambridge, MA Director of Teaching, Learning & Research Services - Barnard College, New...