By: Nancy K. Herther, writer, consultant and former librarian with the University of Minnesota Libraries Altmetrics began as more of a trivia factoid resource that might be used as fodder for an academic mixer. However, with so much influence now easily derived...
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Don’s Conference Notes-The Computers in Libraries/Internet Librarian Connect 2020 Virtual Conference
By Donald T. Hawkins (Freelance Editor and Conference Blogger) Tom Hogan, Sr. Information Today’s first virtual conference was a combination of its Computers in Libraries (CIL) and Internet Librarian (IL). It attracted over 1,000 attendees during the week of September...
Wikipedia@20: Part 3- Librarians Explain their Involvement
By: Nancy K. Herther, writer, consultant and former librarian with the University of Minnesota Libraries “As the largest source of free knowledge on the Internet, Wikipedia is at the crossroads of diverse cultural and national groups largely characterized by...
Comment on the Wikipedia@20 Series
Hossein Talebzadeh Hossein Talebzadeh co-authored the recent article aptly titled ““Wikipedia does NOT tolerate your babbling!”: Impoliteness-induced conflict (resolution) in a polylogal collaborative online community of practice,” in Journal of Pragmatics last...
Wikipedia@20: Part 2 – The Role of Academics
By: Nancy K. Herther, writer, consultant and former librarian with the University of Minnesota Libraries In an article titled “Wikipedia as Public Scholarship: Communicating Our Impact Online,” Elizabeth K. Rush & Sarah J. Tracy studied the current options for...
A New Era For Copyright and IP Holders-The Case Act Creates New Path for Smaller IP Claims, And Google May Lose A Big Case
By: Kent Anderson, “The Geyser” Kent Anderson The most recent US Covid relief bill, signed into law on December 27, 2020, contains a surprising number of positive changes and new laws, many focused on anti-corruption. Another thing that made its way in was the...
Wikipedia@20: Part 1 – Global Information Network Celebrated A Major Anniversary
By: Nancy K. Herther, writer, consultant and former librarian with the University of Minnesota Libraries While studying at the University of Arizona Graduate Library School in 1992, Rick Gates conducted monthly Internet Hunts as a way for people (largely students) to...
ATG Quirkies: Inside the World of British Brickophiles
In this post, Atlas Obscura contributor Karen Chernick focuses on the humble practice of British brick collecting. Available via Wikimedia Commons Evidently, devoted aficionados are drawn by the sometimes ornate indentations embossed on the top side of each brick. not...
Don’s Conference Notes-Responding to Challenges, Activating Opportunities, and Rethinking the Status Quo: A Charleston Pre-Conference
By Donald T. Hawkins (Freelance Editor and Conference Blogger) This was the initial pre-conference of the 2020 Charleston Conference. It was sponsored by the Society for Scholarly Publication (SSP) and took place on October 6, 2020. It attracted 47 attendees and...
ATG Article of the Week – 1/8/21
The Top 10 Library Stories of 2020 - In this article, Andrew Albanese of Publishers Weekly looks back at the library stories that captivated the publishing world this year — and what they portend for 2021 (Steve Morgan via Creative Commons) As you would expect,...
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ATG News & Announcements – 1/22/21
ATG News & Announcements - 1/22/21 New choice report studies academic collection development, reveals shift to ebooks Library Technology Guides notes that "To better understand ebook collection development in academic libraries, Choice, a publishing unit of the...
ATG News & Announcements – 1/22/21
ATG News & Announcements - 1/22/21 New choice report studies academic collection development, reveals shift to ebooks Library Technology Guides notes that "To better understand ebook collection development in academic libraries, Choice, a publishing unit of the...
ATG Book of the Week: Emerging Human Resource Trends in Academic Libraries
Title: Emerging Human Resource Trends in Academic LibrariesAuthors: Michael Crumpton and Nora BirdHardcover: 978-1538134962, $90; Paperback: 978-1538134979, $45Imprint: Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2020 "Emerging Human Resource Trends in Academic...
ATG Quirkies: 35 Home Library Ideas with Beautiful Bookshelf Designs
Admittedly, this post in Architectural Digest isn't that quirky. However, it does offer a number of uniquely personal ideas that showcase home book collections in ways that reflect their collector's personality. Photo: Robert C. Lautman Authors Kate Jerde and Lindsey...
ATG News & Announcements 1/20/21
ATG News & Announcements 1/20/21 Now Available: The Internet Archive Makes More Than 100 Years of Editor & Publisher Fully Accessible Online infoDOCKET reports that when Mike Blinder owner of Editor & Publisher magazine learned that "the Internet Archive...
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