August 22, 2018, 2:00 pm Eastern Register Now! Join several of our featured article authors for a discussion of the upcoming September issue of Against the Grain. The (Not So) Accidental Ontologist and other Tales of Alternative Librarianship: David Bender, Librarian...
By Nancy K. Herther (Click here for Part 1: OER Takes Main Stage; and here for Part 2: Should Commercial Publishers Worry? ) Between 2006 and 2016, the cost of higher education has risen by 63% according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Salaries, less federal...
Building last year’s FutureLab, the Charleston Conference invites broad participation in our new ATG Trendspotting Initiative, a community-engaged process for cooperatively and collaboratively exploring social, policy, economic, technology, and educational trends and...
Proposal and Nomination deadline is Friday, July 20! The Charleston Fast Pitch competition encourages proposals for ideas on improving or transforming the work environment at a library, or any information-related enterprise or organization in educational technology....
by Nancy K. Herther, Sociology/Anthropology Librarian, University of Minnesota (herther@umn.edu) ( Click here for Part 1: OER Takes Main Stage ) A 2014 article by McKinsey & Company analysts considered the future of textbooks. The rise of online superstores like...
by Nancy K. Herther, Sociology/Anthropology Librarian, University of Minnesota (herther@umn.edu) (Click here for Part 2: Should Commercial Publishers Worry?) In a just-released Survey of American College Students: Use of Textbooks & Open Access Educational...
By David Durant (This article offers some further thoughts and ideas from David Durant expanding on his recently published Charleston Briefing: Reading in a Digital Age.) The advent of digital reading has produced a tremendous debate on the future of the book, and of...
Building last year’s FutureLab, the Charleston Conference invites broad participation in our new ATG Trendspotting Initiative, a community-engaged process for cooperatively and collaboratively exploring social, policy, economic, technology, and educational trends and...
Amigos NISO consortium agreement announced Citing this NISO press release Library Technology Guides reports that "Amigos Library Services and the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) have announced a consortium agreement to provide NISO Library Standards...
Amigos NISO consortium agreement announced Citing this NISO press release Library Technology Guides reports that "Amigos Library Services and the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) have announced a consortium agreement to provide NISO Library Standards...
Writers Guild is considering using AI Writing Tools GoodEReader reports that "The Writers Guild of America is proposing to allow its authors to employ ChatGPT and other AI tools to write scripts for television and movies. There are a few use cases that the Guild...
Sage wins OpenAthens UX award 2023 Library Technology Guides reports that "OpenAthens is proud to announce Sage as the winner of its Best publisher user experience (UX) award 2023. Sage was declared the winner at OpenAthens' annual online Access Lab event on Monday 20...
Liaison Librarian for Science and Engineering Carnegie Mellon University: Libraries Location Pittsburgh, PA Open Date Feb 08, 2023 Description The University Libraries invites applications from enthusiastic forward-looking candidates for the faculty position of...
