v24 #6 Rumors: The Broadcast Edition

hindsl — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:02:44 +0000

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 [...]

ATG Broadcast Rumors

hindsl — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:35:41 +0000

These “Rumors” were included in the latest issue of the ATG NewsChannel Broadcast, our e-newsletter that is sent to our subscriber list when each new print issue is released. The Broadcast includes links to full text articles online, as well as highlights recent important posts on the NewsChannel website that you may have missed. If [...]

Rumors: The Online Edition 3/28/12

hindsl — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:11:05 +0000

Learned from Facebook among other places that the always-on-the-move Rick Anderson has been named Acting Dean, Marriott Library at the University of Utah while his spectacular boss Joyce Ogburn carries on her ALA/ACRL duties. Congratulations to both of them!

Speaking of Facebooking, I have been trying to do more, but I just don’t have enough [...]

Rumors: The Online Edition

hindsl — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:51:57 +0000

So happy to hear of the birth of Kevin Ricords’ and Jackie LaPlaca Ricords’ baby boy, Easton Matthew. He was born on Christmas Eve, a month early!

We all know the fabulous Jackie from her work with CredoReference and LibrariesThriving.org. She and her colleague Heather Blaine collaborated with Against the Grain for a debate titled

Caught My Eye: The Phablet

Katina Strauch — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:42:16 +0000

Was just reading about the Phablet – a phone with a screen big enough to be used as a tablet. Samsung is coming out with this Android-powered smartphone with other extra features. Will this be the next big device? Check out this article from Techworld.com to get all the details: “The era of the [...]

Rumors: The Broadcast Edition

hindsl — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:00:58 +0000

Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone!

Big news that Koninklijke Brill NV and Taylor&Francis Group, part ofInforma PLC of London, have signed a purchase agreement for a journal and book program in science and engineering. This program was published by Brill under the VSP imprint. The transaction rounds off a strategic repositioning of Brill’s focus where the humanities and selected areas of the social sciences are [...]

Rumors: ATG NewsChannel Edition

hindsl — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:36:26 +0000

I suppose the event that has touched me the most this week was the death of Steve Jobs. I have always been a Mac fan. I remember the back page article on the Mac in the Chronicle of Higher Education in 1984, I think it was. I was typing (for the fourth time) a 600-page manuscript and my [...]

Rumors: July ATG Broadcast Edition

hindsl — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:25:40 +0000

Rumors for ATG Broadcast 7-18-2011

I had to cut Rumors short in June because we ran out of room so here are some things that didn’t make it in the print issue and more!

Retirements, retirements everywhere! Jay Jordan, Mr OCLC, has announced his retirement as of June 30, 2012. Jay Jordan, the fourth president [...]

John Merriman

Katina Strauch — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 23:32:21 +0000

It is with great sadness that we report the death of John Merriman.

Here is one reminiscence. We are happy to print others if you will send them to kstrauch@comcast.net

I started attending NASIG in 1988, which was their 3rd conference. I was thoroughly delighted by the mix of librarians, serial agents [...]

Pearl Rose Hodges

hindsl — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:11:23 +0000

Dear Katina,

Hope you are doing well! Since you posted a rumor about my pregnancy, here’s a photo of Pearl Rose Hodges (took her dad’s last name). Pearl was born on 26 April 2011 and weighed 6 lbs 3 oz & was 19 inches tall at birth. She’s thriving and about to be 5 [...]

News Flash – EBSCO to purchase H.W. Wilson

hindsl — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 20:16:10 +0000

Just learned – EBSCO is to purchase H.W. Wilson. Wilson will reportedly be closing its Bronx office and moving the operations to Ipswich, Mass. More to come!

Collection Connection, a new collection management and development blog

hindsl — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:45:41 +0000

To all librarians interested in collection management and development:

Last week, the ALCTS Collection Management Section launched a new blog entitled Collection Connection: The Library Collection Management Blog http://collectionconnection.alcts.ala.org/

Steven Harris, Director of Collections & Acquisitions Services at the University of New Mexico Libraries, is the Blogmaster, and Harriet Lightman, Head of Academic Liaison Services [...]

Random anecdotes about eBooks

Katina Strauch — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 07:37:46 +0000

First one. I was working on the Reference desk when a young student asked for a book (a critical discussion of a famous author) which was in the online catalog. We had it in electronic form only. She insisted that she wanted the print book and asked me if I could locate a print copy. [...]

Rumors – ATG Broadcast Edition

hindsl — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:45:25 +0000

Picked this up from The Scholarly Kitchen, SSP’s fabulous blog. http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/ The Association of College and Research Libraries is going to make College & Research Libraries freely available to all readers effective April 1 and this is not an April Fool’s joke. The post on Scholarly Kitchen is from the astute Phil Davis who [...]

William S. Hein & Co., Inc. Organizational Changes

hindsl — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:10:10 +0000

William S. Hein & Co., Inc. Promotes Shane P. Marmion to Vice President, James L. Moore to Senior Manager and Other Organizational Changes

Feb. 25, 2011 – William S. Hein & Co., Inc. is pleased to announce the promotion of Shane P. Marmion to the position of Vice President, Product Development, and James L. [...]

Do you have an suggestion for the 2011 Charleston Conference theme?

Katina Strauch — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 01:01:21 +0000

Our themes have come from many places. From Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Gilbert & Sullivan, Cole Porter. They have been suggested by many of our attendees. Do you have a suggestion for the 2011 Conference theme? Please send it to us! Katina Strauch and the Charleston Conference Planning Group.

About eBooks and page numbers

Katina Strauch — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:55:43 +0000

It definitely annoys me that I can’t cite a page number for an eBook. It makes the reading experience more difficult to share with others (and the web is all about sharing, right?) There was an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education a few days ago (February 6, 2011) about this issue — “E-Books’ [...]

Credo Reference travels to Asia

hindsl — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:35:26 +0000

Jackie LaPlaca, Product Evangelist, and Michael Sweet, CEO, both of Credo Reference, have been on an incredible tour of five countries in Asia. Jackie shared some pictures and notes from their travels.

Credo Reference traveled to Hong Kong to work with the JULAC consortium and [...]

Winner of Charleston Conference Raffle for next Generation 3G Kindle

hindsl — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:20:22 +0000

Institutional Investor Journals was pleased to be part of the 2010 Charleston Conference this year. A special thanks to clients who stopped by for your loyal and continued support and to the new visitors who expressed interest in our offerings.

And the winner of the next Generation 3G kindle is… Michael A. Arthur [...]

Rumors ATG Broadcast Edition

hindsl — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:00:57 +0000

Horrors! I left this out of the June Print ATG Rumors!!!! How could I be so stupid??! The incredible and wonderful and perfect Joyce L. Ogburn, university librarian and director of the University of Utah Marriott Library, has been elected vice-president/president-elect of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). She will become president-elect following [...]

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