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Charleston 2019 ATG Trendspotting Lab
Lisa Hinchliffe This special session was the third Trendspotting Lab, following the first one at Charleston last year and one at the SSP 2019 conference last June in San Diego. As before, it was led by Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe from the University of Illinois at Urbana....The Charleston Conference Career Center: A New Conference Event
With networking a major feature of many conferences, career centers have become popular. And now a career center has been established as a new feature of the Charleston Conference. Aaisha Haykal Aaisha Haykal, Manager of Archival Services at the College of...ATG Book of the Week: Studying Early Printed Books, 1450-1800: A Practical Guide
Title: Studying Early Printed Books, 1450-1800: A Practical Guide Author: Sarah Werner Hardcover: 978-1119049975, $99.95; Paperback: 978-1119049968, $27.95Imprint: Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2019 Studying Early Printed Books 1450–1800: A Practical Guide offers a guide...ATG Book of the Week: Strategic Planning for Academic Libraries: A Step-by-Step Guide
Title: Strategic Planning for Academic Libraries: A Step-by-Step GuideAuthor: Gregory C. Thompson, et. al.Paperback: 978-0838918937, $39.99Imprint: Chicago: ALA, 2019 “No doubt about it: strategic planning is a serious commitment. But when carried out...Welcome
Welcome to the blog for the 39th Charleston Library Conference! The pre-conferences began on Monday, November 4 and continued on the following day. We hope that you didn’t miss the Vendor Showcase on Tuesday, November 5. It was open from 10:30 AM to 6 PM in the...ATG Book of the Week: Tools & Weapons: the Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age
Title: Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital AgeAuthor: Brad Smith and Carol Ann BrowneHardcover: ISBN 9781984877710, $30; Paperback: ISBN:978-1529351576, $23.55Ebook: ISBN 9781984877727, $15.99Imprint: New York: Penguin Random House, 2019...ATG Quirky: The Morgan Library Is About to Get a Garden Like Kate Middleton’s
According to this post by Madeleine Luckel on AD PRO, the Morgan Library and Museum is rarely mentioned on the list of New York’s cultural institutions with accessible green spaces. But that’s about to change! “The Morgan is announcing plans for a...ATG Book of the Week: A Starter’s Guide for Academic Library Leaders: Advice in Conversation
Title: A Starter’s Guide for Academic Library Leaders: Advice in ConversationAuthors: Amanda Clay Powers, Martin Garnar, & Dustin FifePaperback: 978-0838919231, $64.99Imprint: Chicago: ALA, 2019 “The path towards leadership starts with you. But you don...ATG Article of the Week: College Students Just Want Normal Libraries
According to Alia Wong writing in the Atlantic “schools have been on a mission to reinvent campus libraries—even though students just want the basics…” Ms. Wong goes on to point out that “Back in the 1940s, college libraries had something of an...Subscribe to our Podcast:
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