by Elizabeth R. Lorbeer (Chair, The Department of the Medical Library, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine) Introduction Four years ago, ATG published in its health sciences special issue a paper I wrote on founding a new medical...
by Ramune K. Kubilius (Collection Development / Special Projects Librarian, Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine) Responding to encouragement from ATG editors, every few years, an opportunity...
Column Editor: Jared Alexander Seay (Media & Services Coordinator, Addlestone Library, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC 29424; Phone: 843-953-1428) [email protected] blogs.cofc.edu/seayj DISCLAIMER: The following well-reasoned and executed column is written...
by Susan E. Swogger (MOSDOH/CGHS Librarian, A.T. Still University; Health Sciences and Medicine Subject Editor, Resources for College Libraries) Column Editor: Anne Doherty (Resources for College Libraries Project Editor, CHOICE/ACRL) Column Editor’s Note: The...
by Mark Y. Herring (Dean of Library Services, Dacus Library, Winthrop University) We Americans are an addictive people. Give us a novelty and we’ll eventually have to turn it into a 12-step program. Fast food? We’ll eat it until it kills us....
by Joelen Pastva (Head, Collection Management and Metadata Services, Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center) and Tony Olson (Cataloging Librarian, Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center) The efficient management and discovery of...
by Daniel G. Kipnis (Life Sciences Librarian, Rowan University) [email protected] and Lisa A. Palmer (Institutional Repository Librarian, University of Massachusetts Medical School) [email protected] Introduction An institutional repository (IR) is an...
by Tom Gilson (Associate Editor, Against the Grain) and Katina Strauch (Editor, Against the Grain) ATG: Beth, according to your LinkedIn profile you direct both new media literacy programs and emerging technology initiatives for Georgetown University. Can...
It might surprise you to know that once there were “apartments on the top floors of New York City’s branch libraries.” And more than that, a few still exist. By Another Believer (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0] via Wikimedia Commons But it makes sense when you realize that,...
It might surprise you to know that once there were “apartments on the top floors of New York City’s branch libraries.” And more than that, a few still exist. By Another Believer (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0] via Wikimedia Commons But it makes sense when you realize that,...
Google Earth's biggest update in years adds free 3D timelapse videos Yahoo News reports that "Google is announcing its biggest update to the service since 2017, saying in a blog post that "you can now see our planet in an entirely new dimension — time." It's bringing...
Northeast Engineering and Physical Sciences Librarian, University of New Hampshire (UNH) Library, Durham, NH Associate Librarian for Collections, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME Librarian III/Research and Reference Librarian, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ...
Library Leaders Lack Confidence in Diversity Strategies This report and analysis in Inside Higher ED notes that "Fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion in academic libraries is more important to library leaders now than it was in 2019, but many are uncertain about...
