Title: The Library: A Fragile HistoryAuthors: by Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen Hardcover: ISBN: 978-1541600775, $35Imprint: New York, Basic Books, 2021 "Perfect for book lovers, this is a fascinating exploration of the history of libraries and the people who...
TITLE: Book Row: An Anecdotal and Pictorial History of the Antiquarian Book TradeAUTHORS: Marvin Mondlin & Roy MeadorPAPERBACK: ISBN: 978-1510752559, $16.95IMPRINT: New York: Skyhorse, 2019 "New York City has eight million stories, and this one unfolds just south...
Title: A Place for Everything: The Curious History of Alphabetical OrderAuthor: Judith FlandersHardcover: ISBN: 978-1541675070, $30Imprint: New York, Basic, 2020 A Place for Everything is the first-ever history of alphabetization, from the Library of Alexandria...
TITLE: Confessions of a BooksellerAUTHOR: Shaun BythellHARDCOVER: ISBN: 978-1567926644, $25.95IMPRINT: Boston: David R. Godine, 2020. "Inside a Georgian townhouse on the Wigtown highroad, jammed with more than 100,000 books and a portly cat named Captain, Shaun...
Title: A History of Medical Libraries and Medical Librarianship: From John Shaw Billings to the Digital EraAuthors: Michael Reed Kronenfeld and Jennie Jacobs KronenfeldHardback: 978-1-5381-1881-8, $125; eBook: 978-1-5381-1882-5, $45Imprint: Lanham, MD: Rowman &...
TITLE: Libraries, Digital Information, and COVID: Practical Applications and Approaches to Challenge and ChangeAUTHORS: David Baker & Lucy EllisPAPERBACK: 978-0323884938, $94.95IMPRINT: Cambridge, UK: Chandos Publishing, 2021 "COVID-19 is profoundly affecting the...
Title: The Book Proposal Book: A Guide for Scholarly Authors (Skills for Scholars)Author: Laura Portwood-StacerPaperback: ISBN: 978-0691209678, $18.99Imprint: Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2021 A step-by-step guide to crafting a compelling scholarly book...
Title: Along Came Google: A History of Library DigitizationAuthors: Deanna Marcum and Roger SchonfeldHardcover: ISBN: 9780691172712, $29.95 / £25.00; eBook: ISBN: 9780691208039Imprint: Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2021 "Libraries have long talked about...
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,...
FOLIO Launches Orchid Release Quoting a FOLIO press release, Library Technology Guides reports that "The FOLIO Open Source Community has launched the fifteenth named release as the platform continues to add features and functionality to the library services platform...
Illinois sets precedent in becoming the first state to ban book bans According Good eReader "In a landmark move, the Illinois Senate has passed House Bill 2789, a bill that aims to protect the freedom to read by withholding state funding from libraries that remove...
Title: Why and How to Staff for Privacy in Academic LibrariesDate: June 6, 2023Time: 12:00-1:00 PM Central Time / 1:00-2:00 PM Eastern Time Presenters: Eliza Bettinger, Meryl Bursic, and Adam Chandler, Cornell UniversityFacilitator: Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, University...
Knowledge Matters: The British Library Releases Strategy For the Next Seven Years Citing a blog Post by Roly Keating, Chief Executive, British Library, infoDOCKET reports that the British Library has published "Knowledge Matters, the British Library’s strategy for the...
