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Name: Denise Hannibal Position: Monograph Acquisitions Librarian, Organization: Bernard Becker Medical Library at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Website: https://becker.wustl.edu/

 

Born and Lived: I was born and raised in St. Louis, MO.  My parents still live in the house I grew up in.  I traveled as far away [...]

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 What’s the Problem with Self-Publishing?

This timely article by Josh Hadro was posted on the Library Journal website last week and points out the major barriers faced by self-published books in becoming a viable part of a library’s collection. Mr. Hadro notes that despite the success of self- published authors like [...]

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ATG Hot Topics of the Week

On April 16, 2013 By

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 [...]

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Title: Learning from Libraries that Use WordPress: Content-Management System Best Practices and Case Studies Authors: Kyle M. L. Jones and Polly-Alida Farrington Softcover: 978-0-8389-1162-4 $65 Imprint: Chicago: ALA Editions, 2013

 

“With its intuitive interface and open-source development method, the WordPress web platform has emerged as a uniquely flexible content management system [...]

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Name: Chris Banks Position: University Librarian and Director, Library, Special Collections & Museums Institution: Sir Duncan Rice Library, University of Aberdeen Phone:  +44 (0) 1224 273384 Email: c.banks@abdn.ac.uk Website: www.abdn.ac.uk/library

 

Born and lived:  Born in London.  Lived in London, Belfast, London, Aberdeen.

Early life:  Shaped (positively) by living in [...]

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