Bodleian buys ‘significant’ Hopkins’ manuscript; ARL selects sponsors for Research Library Leadership Fellows program; Alexander Street debuts contemporary documentary collection; Springer launches new book series; O’Reilly ends popular TOC conferences; and De Gruyter acquires the German publisher Ontos.
Bodleian buys ‘significant’ Gerard Manley Hopkins manuscript
According to this article in the Guardian “a manuscript of “Binsey Poplars”, Gerard Manley Hopkins‘s celebrated lament for the trees that ran along the Thames in the village of Binsey, has been bought at auction by the Bodleian Libraries for almost £50,000.
The importance of the yellowing manuscript “cannot be overstated”, said the Bodleian, which acquired financial support from individuals and funding bodies to pull together the £49,250 needed to acquire the poem in a Bonhams auction in April. It is, the library said, “the most significant Hopkins item to have come to the market in over 40 years”, and the last known major Hopkins manuscript to have been in private hands; it will join the only other known manuscripts of “Binsey Poplars”, which survive in four copies kept in the Bodleian…”
ARL has selected the sponsor cohort for the fifth iteration of the Research Library Leadership Fellows (RLLF) Program, an 
18-month executive leadership fellowship designed and sponsored by ARL member libraries that helps develop future senior-level leaders in large research libraries. The program exposes library staff who have the desire and potential for leadership in ARL libraries to important issues, peer institutions, and professional networks that will enhance their preparedness to take on senior-level roles…”
Alexander Street Press’s newest collection Filmakers Library Online: Volume II will feature 100 issue-based documentaries produced from 2009 to the present, adding colorful perspective to virtually any academic program.
A follow-up to the award-winning first volume, Filmakers Library Online: Volume II delivers timely films that often can’t be found anywhere else. Content in the collection covers education, international relations, politics, psychology, criminal justice, the arts, history, gender studies, and more.
Films are hand-selected by an experienced team of editors for their individual merits, with a careful focus on critically acclaimed titles, award winners, and those shown at industry festivals.
Springer launches new book series Trends in Augmentation of Human Performance
Springer… is launching a new book series entitled Trends in Augmentation of Human Performance. The series will focus on the enhancement of human skills, attributes and competencies through the use of technology, medicine and therapy. Approximately three books per year are planned…
Publishing Perspectives reports that “O’Reilly is ending its popular Tools of Change conference program… the work of TOC is done and O’Reilly has moved on, opting instead to focus its energy and effort on launching its proprietary Atlas publishing platform…”
For the official explanation checkout Ending the TOC Conference, But Still Pushing Tools of Change for Publishing
Research Information reports that “De Gruyter has acquired the German publisher Ontos.
Ontos has a strong international orientation, publishing about 50 book titles and three journals each year in the fields of philosophy and mathematical logic. The publishing house’s backlist comprises some 300 publications, 90 per cent of which contain English content. All books and journals are released in print as well as electronic form.
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