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