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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 [...]
Read More... →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 [...]
Read More... →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 [...]
Read More... →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 [...]
Read More... →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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