by Leah Hinds, Executive Director, Charleston Hub Photo by Sanket Mishra on Unsplash (Read "What Works for me: Conference Travel Tips" part one) I wanted to update my earlier "conference travel tips" post to include tips on using AI in your travel planning and...
By Jim O’Donnell (University Librarian, Arizona State University) Editor’s Note: This article was first published in the “Back Talk” column of the April 2023 issue of Against the Grain. The deadline for Back Talk is here again and the thought occurs irresistibly:...
by Steven J. Bell, Associate University Librarian, Temple University Libraries Let’s say you have some bad and good news to share. Most of us want to hear the bad news first so we can get it out of the way fast. Then we can bask in the feel-good glow of whatever the...
by Camille Gamboa, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Director, SAGE Publishing Dr. Janet Salmons Dr. Janet Salmons is an all-around methods expert and – happily for her blog readers – not shy about sharing her expertise. She’s the research community manager...
by Steven J. Bell, Associate University Librarian, Temple University Libraries When we get to the end of the year, it seems we have collectively come to express how terrible that just-ending year was. At the same time, we also tell ourselves there is no chance the...
In my role at SAGE Publishing, I’ve had the amazing opportunity to learn from Victoria Dew, founder and CEO of Dewpoint Communications. Victoria has been incredible in helping my colleagues and me cut through all of the “noise” and improve how we communicate within our organization. I spent some time with her and asked her to share some of her best advice for academic librarians who are working to ensure that their invaluable resources and services are used by students and faculty.
by Donald T. Hawkins, Freelance Conference Blogger and Editor <dthawkins@verizon.net> Note: A summary of this article appeared in the xxx issue of Against The Grain v30 #4 on Page aa. The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) met at the Sheraton Grand...
According to Some Colleges Cautiously Embrace Wikipedia by Megan Zahneis, recently posted on the Chronicle of Higher Education website, "LiAnna Davis remembers when people didn’t want to talk to her at academic conferences: “I had this woman one time who held her...
PALNI awards grants to fund eight open textbooks According to Library Technology Guides "The Private Academic Library Network of Indiana (PALNI) has awarded PALSave Textbook Creation Grants to fund eight open textbooks from faculty authors at its supported...
PALNI awards grants to fund eight open textbooks According to Library Technology Guides "The Private Academic Library Network of Indiana (PALNI) has awarded PALSave Textbook Creation Grants to fund eight open textbooks from faculty authors at its supported...
APA Report: US Sees Double-Digit Audiobook Sales Growth for 11th Year According to Publishing Perspectives "... the United States-based Audio Publishers Association says that audiobook revenue in the American market grew by 10 percent in 2022 to US$1.8 billion—the...
NORTH College Librarian, Colby-Sawyer College, (Lake Sunapee, NH) Head of Collection Strategies - Smith College Job Location: Massachusetts Associate Dean for Content and Discovery, UMass Amherst, (Amherst, MA) Research Librarian for the Sciences – Tufts University,...
C&RL News – June 2023 is now available According to ACRL Insider "The June 2023 issue of College & Research Libraries News (C&RL News) is now freely available online both as a full issue PDF and as individual articles...." MORE LIBRARY AND PUBLISHING NEWS...
