In February, the US Office of Science and Technology Policy “directed Federal agencies with more than $100M in R&D expenditures to develop plans to make the published results of federally funded research freely available to the public within one year of publication and requiring researchers to better account [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/06/hot-topics-of-the-week-2/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/06/registration-now-open-for-2013-charleston-conference/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/06/registration-now-open-for-2013-charleston-conference/#comments Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:44:04 +0000 hindsl http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=29585 Register Now!

November 6 – 9, 2013
Historic Downtown Charleston, SC 

Early Bird registration deadline is August 16, 2013.

Wednesday, November 6: Preconferences and Vendor Showcase
Thursday, November 7, through Saturday, November 9: Main Conference

Confirmed plenary speakers include: 

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Coming soon:  Coverage of the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) conference, June 5-7, by Donald T. Hawkins.

Keynote speaker: Tim O’Reilly, CEO, O’Reilly Media.
Conference theme:  Surviving (and Thriving!) in Our [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/05/coming-soon-out-and-about-dons-conference-notes/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/05/hot-topics-of-the-week/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/05/hot-topics-of-the-week/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 19:19:35 +0000 hindsl http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=28781 by Jonathan H. Harwell, Rollins College

In case you haven’t yet explored the Digital Public Library of America, the Guardian has a nice rundown, including some of the DPLA’s ideas for the future, such as the “authors’ alliance” and the “library licence.”

By the way, several years ago I saw Harper Lee being [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/05/hot-topics-of-the-week/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/05/v25-2-table-of-contents/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/05/v25-2-table-of-contents/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 12:00:13 +0000 hindsl http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=28303 April 2013  © Katina Strauch
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Please note: You must be logged in as a subscriber to view the full text articles at the links below. Print subscribers may email Leah Hinds at leah@katina.info to register for a username and password. For information [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/05/v25-2-table-of-contents/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/04/atg-hot-topics-of-the-week-9/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/04/atg-hot-topics-of-the-week-9/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:03:32 +0000 hindsl http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=27615 by Jonathan H. Harwell, Rollins College

Today I have for you a smorgasbord o’ delights from the past few weeks.  Read on  – you’ll be glad you did.

On March 20, Charles Piot, Editor of Cultural Anthropology, held an online discussion with Brad Weiss, President of the Society for Cultural Anthropology (a [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/04/atg-hot-topics-of-the-week-9/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/04/2013-charleston-conference-call-for-papers-now-open/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/04/2013-charleston-conference-call-for-papers-now-open/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:20:32 +0000 hindsl http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=27549 2013 Charleston Conference: Issues in Book and Serial Acquisition
“Too Much Is Not Enough!”
November 6 – 9
Historic Downtown Charleston, South Carolina

We are seeking proposals for concurrent sessions, Lively Lunch discussions, poster sessions, and 6 minute, 40 second “shotgun” sessions on topics related to acquisitions and collection development. [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/04/2013-charleston-conference-call-for-papers-now-open/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/04/conferences-meetings-and-webinars-41113-2/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/04/conferences-meetings-and-webinars-41113-2/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:31:34 +0000 hindsl http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=27420 Webinars and meetings sponsored by ALCTS and the Office of Science and Technology Policy

Technical Services Librarians Matter at Your Library: Finding a Career in Technical Services

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

(sessions are intended to last 1 hour, starting: 11am Pacific | 12 Mountain | 1pm Central | 2pm Eastern.)

Step [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/04/conferences-meetings-and-webinars-41113-2/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/04/research-on-publisherlibrary-relations-call-for-participants/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/04/research-on-publisherlibrary-relations-call-for-participants/#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:50:32 +0000 hindsl http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=27133 (Depending on who you are and where you will be; please read on…)

Call for research participants

I am looking for librarians and publishing representatives willing to talk with me for 45 minutes about their work and their perceptions of the relationships and negotiations between publishers and libraries.

Who am [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/04/research-on-publisherlibrary-relations-call-for-participants/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/04/v25-1-table-of-contents/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/04/v25-1-table-of-contents/#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:00:12 +0000 hindsl http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=26701 Rumors – p. 1
From Your Editor – p. 6
Letters to the Editor – p. 6
Deadlines – p. 6

If you are interested in leading a discussion, acting as a moderator, coordinating a lively lunch, or would like to make sure we discuss a particular topic, please let us know. The Charleston Conference prides itself on creativity, innovation, flexibility, and informality. If there is something you are interested in doing, [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/04/2013-charleston-conference-33rd-annual-issues-in-book-and-serial-acquisition/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/03/atg-hot-topics-of-the-week-8/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/03/atg-hot-topics-of-the-week-8/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:40:34 +0000 hindsl http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=26386 by Jonathan H. Harwell, Rollins College

Lots going on!  And the news waits for no one.  So here’s the hottest topic of the moment, as well as some other notes I’m catching up on.

Shazam!  The Supreme Court has just upheld the right of first sale.  Here’s the opinion, for all you [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/03/atg-hot-topics-of-the-week-8/feed/ 1 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/03/atg-hot-topics-of-the-week-7/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/03/atg-hot-topics-of-the-week-7/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:34:07 +0000 hindsl http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=25635 by Jonathan H. Harwell, Rollins College

That Edwin Mellen Press legal dispute with a librarian?  They’re dropping one, possibly both, of those lawsuits.

On Feb. 22, the US Office of Science and Technology Policy issued a memo urging publishers toward open access for federally funded research.  Meredith Schwartz explains how this [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/03/atg-hot-topics-of-the-week-7/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/02/atg-hot-topics-of-the-week-6/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/02/atg-hot-topics-of-the-week-6/#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:51:33 +0000 hindsl http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=25027 by Jonathan H. Harwell, Rollins College

Amherst College Press is getting into the swing of [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/02/atg-hot-topics-of-the-week-6/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/02/atg-hot-topics-of-the-week-5/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/02/atg-hot-topics-of-the-week-5/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2013 21:32:37 +0000 hindsl http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=24539 by Jonathan H. Harwell, Rollins College

Richard Price of Academia.edu is predicting that altmetrics will kill the scientific journal.  Projects like Rubriq might affect them too.  The Scholarly Kitchen has an interview with Rubriq’s co-founder Keith Collier about how they’re managing pre-pub peer review, “independent from journals.”

Mary Minow has http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/02/atg-hot-topics-of-the-week-5/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/02/v24-6-rumors-the-broadcast-edition/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/02/v24-6-rumors-the-broadcast-edition/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:02:44 +0000 hindsl http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=24472 Excited to learn about the Post-Master’s Certificate in Data Curation, a new program that will assist those who wish to enhance their leadership skills in data curation and is now available at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Information and Library Science. The new program is geared toward practicing professionals [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/02/v24-6-rumors-the-broadcast-edition/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/01/v24-6-table-of-contents/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/01/v24-6-table-of-contents/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2013 13:00:27 +0000 hindsl http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=23894 Please note: You must be logged in as a subscriber to view the full text articles at the links below. Print subscribers may email Leah Hinds at leah@katina.info to register for a username and password. For information on how to subscribe to ATG, please visit our “Subscribe” page.

Big week.  Did you hear that brand-new Connecticut State Rep. Brian Sear (D) introduced a bill yesterday “to require publishers of electronic books to offer e-books for sale to public and academic libraries at the same rates as offered to the general public”?

I bet you did [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/01/atg-hot-topics-of-the-week-4/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/01/atg-hot-topics-of-the-week-3/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/01/atg-hot-topics-of-the-week-3/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:06:15 +0000 hindsl http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=23405 by Jonathan H. Harwell, Rollins College

JSTOR has officially launched its Register & Read program, which allows the public to access a limited number of articles free of charge, in exchange for their personal information.  JSTOR has also published a statement about activist Aaron Swartz, whose death has sparked a flurry of articles and [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/01/atg-hot-topics-of-the-week-3/feed/ 0