From the monthly archives: July 2011
Submitted by Tom Gilson, Associate Editor (gilsont@cofc.edu)
Taken from The Scholarly Kitchen 7/28/11
Kent Anderson contends that “of all the book publishers out there, one of the most experimental and interesting is O’Reilly.” As proof he points to the way they are publishing Todd Sattersten’s Every Book Is a Startup: The New [...]
Read More... →“OverDrive announced today that Brian Gurewitz, formerly President of Library Sales for Books on Tape, a division of Random House, Inc., has joined its team as Director of Content Sales. In addition to providing leadership to OverDrive’s Content Sales group, Gurewitz brings a decade of experience in assisting libraries with their collection [...]
Read More... →The Association for Collection Development and Technical Services lists a wide variety of educational webinars, web courses, and e-forums on its website. The list includes upcoming web courses and webinars beginning in August, 2011. It looks like there is enough here to appeal all types of collection development and technical service librarians.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art has an opening in its IT department for a Systems Librarian, to provide support for the Ingalls Library and Museum Archives.
About the library and museum:
The Ingalls Library and Museum Archives is a nationally-recognized art reference library, housing 456,000 catalogued volumes, including monographs; exhibition and collection catalogues; auction and [...]
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