The 36 Best (Old) Books We Read in 2021 is a collection of "Timeless Reading Recommendations" from the Lit Hub Staff. "I know, I know, it’s December, we’re all contractually obligated to tally up the Best Books of the Year That Was—and don’t worry, we will. (No shade...
Giant, free index to world’s research papers released online is by Holly Else and appears in Nature. Technologist Carl Malamud. Credit: Smita Sharma "In a project that could unlock the world’s research papers for easier computerized analysis, an American technologist...
A library love story: Former McMaster librarians bequeath $1.1 million to place they met and fell in love is by Sebastian Bron is a general assignment reporter with The Hamilton Spectator. "They met in an unlikely place: a quiet library. "But it would only take a few...
"As Misinformation Grows, Scholars Debate How to Improve Open Access" is by Suzanne Smalley and it appears on the Inside Higher ED website. GETTY IMAGES "In the run-up to the presidential election last year, the FBI warned that foreign-backed online journals...
"Supply-chain snarls reach the book publishing industry" is by Elizabeth A. Harris who writes about books and publishing for The New York Times. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times) "The churning disruption in the global supply chain has now reached the world of books,...
"As COVID-19 Cases Surge, Library Conferences Move to Virtual and Hybrid Models" is by Lisa Peet and appears in Library Journal "Despite the national rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine last spring, this summer and fall have been about readjusting expectations for living...
Brewster Kahle Profile: “He Founded the Internet Archive with a Utopian Vision. That Hasn’t Changed, But the Internet Has” is cited by Gary Price of infoDOCKET and appears in the San Francisco Chronicle (requires a subscription). Brewster Kahle "Inside his library,...
By: Richard Charkin | @RCharkin Totting up the pros and cons of being an independent publisher, Richard Charkin assesses Mensch Publishing on its third anniversary. In London’s Charing Cross, June 19. Image – Getty iStockphoto: Darren Clarke The Book Business ‘at the...
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...
What Does My Library Need to Know about Ebook Laws? In this edition of American Libraries online column Letters of the Law , "Mary Minow and guest author Kyle K. Courtney discuss the library ebooks landscape and state-level efforts to institutionalize fair licensing...
All Male Cats Are Named Tom: Or, the Uneasy Symbiosis between T. S. Eliot and Groucho Marx is by Ed Simon, Editor-at-Large for The Marginalia Review of Books, a channel of The Los Angeles Review of Books. It appears in JSTOR Daily. T. S. Eliot and Groucho MarxGetty...
CONFERENCES, MEETINGS, AND WEBINARS If you live in or near the Chicago metropolitan area, you’re just a drive or train ride away from SSP’s pre-meeting sessions, to be held on the first day of their 44th Annual Meeting at the Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk Hotel on...
Five Projects Receive 2022 AIA/ALA Library Building Award Citing a press release by the American Institute of Architects (AIA), infoDOCKET reports that The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the American Library Association (ALA) are awarding five libraries...
