Against-the-Grain.com http://www.against-the-grain.com Linking librarians, publishers and vendors Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:27:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Article of the Week: Sometimes You Just Have to Start Over http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/article-of-the-week-sometimes-you-just-have-to-start-over/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/article-of-the-week-sometimes-you-just-have-to-start-over/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:27:18 +0000 gilsont http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=10475 Sometimes You Just Have to Start Over ends a second series of posts by Jane Burke appearing in the blog Infoviews.  The message here is short and sweet,  it’s time to trash the ILS, or integrated library system.  The underlying argument for this bold proposal is that the ILS was fine when print [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/article-of-the-week-sometimes-you-just-have-to-start-over/feed/ 0 ATG Hot Topics of the Week: Open Access and Boycotting Journals http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/atg-hot-topics-of-the-week-open-access-and-boycotting-journals/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/atg-hot-topics-of-the-week-open-access-and-boycotting-journals/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:02:51 +0000 gilsont http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=10462 by Jonathan H. Harwell, Georgia Southern University

There’s quite a kerfuffle out there this week, on two fronts.  Both are related to the economics of journal publishing.  First, on Jan. 12, the American Anthropological Association (AAA) responded to the White House’s call for public comment about “public access to peer-reviewed [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/atg-hot-topics-of-the-week-open-access-and-boycotting-journals/feed/ 0 News Flash: ATG NewsChannel provides access to trial of new Vogue Archive http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/news-flash-atg-newschannel-provides-access-to-trial-of-new-vogue-archive/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/news-flash-atg-newschannel-provides-access-to-trial-of-new-vogue-archive/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:56:02 +0000 gilsont http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=10442 Free trial of award-winning Vogue Archive available from February 2 – 16!

The award-winning Vogue Archive—every page from every issue of American Vogue from 1892 to today—will be available for free trial here on the ATG NewsChannel from February 2 through February 16.  The Vogue Archive puts 120 years of fashion and culture [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/news-flash-atg-newschannel-provides-access-to-trial-of-new-vogue-archive/feed/ 0 Conferences and Meetings 2/2/12 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/conferences-and-meetings-2212/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/conferences-and-meetings-2212/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:55:59 +0000 Leah Hinds http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=10458 Registration for 2012 North Carolina Serials Conference Now Open!

The 21st North Carolina Serials Conference, hosted by North Carolina Central University’s School of Library and Information Sciences, will be held March 16, 2012 at The William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education in Chapel Hill, NC.
The 2012 conference theme is “Déjà Vu [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/conferences-and-meetings-2212/feed/ 0 News and Announcements 2/2/12 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/news-and-announcements-2112/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/news-and-announcements-2112/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:36:07 +0000 gilsont http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=10439 Today’s menu: an OCLC /Elsevier partnership; a Wall Street Journal YouTube channel; AAP ebook sales; a new unified UK government website; Bone and Joint, a new web portal; Bibliotheca Group buys Trion AG.

OCLC and Elsevier sign agreement to provide full-text searching of SciVerse ScienceDirect journals and e-books through WorldCat Local

OCLC and [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/news-and-announcements-2112/feed/ 0 “I Wonder” Wednesday: Alumni access to licensed e-resources? http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/i-wonder-wednesday-alumni-access-to-licensed-e-resources/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/i-wonder-wednesday-alumni-access-to-licensed-e-resources/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:11:21 +0000 gilsont http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=10431 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/i-wonder-wednesday-alumni-access-to-licensed-e-resources/feed/ 1 Star of the Week: Leslie Straus, President, SkyRiver Technology Solutions http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/star-of-the-week-leslie-straus-president-skyriver-technology-solutions/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/star-of-the-week-leslie-straus-president-skyriver-technology-solutions/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:22:44 +0000 gilsont http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=10416 Name: Leslie Straus
Title: President
Organization: SkyRiver Technology Solutions
Address: PO Box 8217, Emeryville CA 94662
Phone: 510-520-8084
Fax: 510-450-6352
Email: leslie@theskyriver.com
Website: www.theskyriver.com
Born/ lived/early life: Born in Kaslo, British Columbia near the end of WWII (then a relocation center for Japanese Canadians). [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/star-of-the-week-leslie-straus-president-skyriver-technology-solutions/feed/ 0 ATG Book of the Week: No Shelf Required 2: Use and Management of Electronic Books http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/atg-book-of-the-week-no-shelf-required-2-use-and-management-of-electronic-books/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/atg-book-of-the-week-no-shelf-required-2-use-and-management-of-electronic-books/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:35:31 +0000 gilsont http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=10406 Title:No Shelf Required 2: Use and Management of Electronic Books Editor: Sue Polanka ISBN: Softcover:978-0-8389-1145-7
Price: Softcover: $60
Imprint: Chicago: ALA Editions: 2012, 272 pages.

“In this sequel to her best-selling book of the same title, expert Polanka dives even deeper into the world of digital distribution. Contributors from across the [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/atg-book-of-the-week-no-shelf-required-2-use-and-management-of-electronic-books/feed/ 0 News You Need to Start the Week http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/news-you-need-to-start-the-week-11/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/news-you-need-to-start-the-week-11/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:10:48 +0000 gilsont http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=10386 Today’s menu: A Cost of Knowledge petition; a CCC partnership on motion pictures; a new launch from Nature; Medical History published by Cambridge UP;  a report from UK’s RIN; free app from Questia; and Credo’s Literati is on the market.

Cost of Knowledge petition: Researchers taking a stand against Elsevier

An article on [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/news-you-need-to-start-the-week-11/feed/ 0 News Flash! The application deadline for the John Merriman Joint NASIG/UKSG Award is today, January 30 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/news-flash-the-application-deadline-for-the-john-merriman-joint-nasiguksg-award-is-today-january-30/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/news-flash-the-application-deadline-for-the-john-merriman-joint-nasiguksg-award-is-today-january-30/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:35:21 +0000 gilsont http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=10389 John Merriman Joint NASIG/UKSG Award, UK delegate underwritten by Taylor & Francis
A $6,000 award supports two people, one from each association, and consists of travel to the sister conference, and accommodations for the duration of the conference. The purpose of this conference-swap is for people working at a practical level in e-resource management [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/news-flash-the-application-deadline-for-the-john-merriman-joint-nasiguksg-award-is-today-january-30/feed/ 0 Hot Topic of the Week: Restrictions on library e-lending http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/hot-topic-of-the-week-restrictions-on-library-e-lending/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/hot-topic-of-the-week-restrictions-on-library-e-lending/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:43:38 +0000 gilsont http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=10363 There is a great deal of concern in library circles about publisher restrictions on library e-lending.  The library role in providing e-books is being challenged in restrictions ranging from HarperCollins’  26-circulation limit to  publishers like Hachette and Penguin pulling their front list e-books from library access to Simon & Schuster’s policy of never making its [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/hot-topic-of-the-week-restrictions-on-library-e-lending/feed/ 0 Job Bank: 1/27/12 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/job-bank-12712/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/job-bank-12712/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:33:27 +0000 gilsont http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=10354 Career opportunities at: Illinois State University; University of TN, Chattanooga; University of Alabama; and Colorado Mountain College.

Assistant/Associate Professor – Data Librarian – Illinois State University

“The person in this tenure-track library faculty position is responsible for planning, implementing, overseeing, and evaluating the content, services, projects, systems, and other resources of [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/job-bank-12712/feed/ 0 ATG Book of the Week: Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/atg-book-of-the-week-code-of-best-practices-in-fair-use-for-academic-and-research-libraries/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/atg-book-of-the-week-code-of-best-practices-in-fair-use-for-academic-and-research-libraries/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:52:29 +0000 gilsont http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=10340 Title: Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries Author: Association of Research Libraries, et al. ISBN:NA
Price: Free PDF download
Imprint: Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries , 2012, 32 pages

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) announces the release of the http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/atg-book-of-the-week-code-of-best-practices-in-fair-use-for-academic-and-research-libraries/feed/ 0 I “Wonder Wednesday”: Are Academic Libraries Collecting E-textbooks? http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/i-wonder-wednesday-are-academic-libraries-collecting-e-textbooks/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/i-wonder-wednesday-are-academic-libraries-collecting-e-textbooks/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:21:16 +0000 gilsont http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=10333

]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/i-wonder-wednesday-are-academic-libraries-collecting-e-textbooks/feed/ 0 ATG Article of the Week: Campus Reactions to Apple’s Entry Into E-Textbook Market http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/atg-article-of-the-week-campus-reactions-to-apples-entry-into-e-textbook-market/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/atg-article-of-the-week-campus-reactions-to-apples-entry-into-e-textbook-market/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:00:47 +0000 gilsont http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=10319 Campus Reactions to Apple’s Entry Into E-Textbook Market

As you might expect Apple’s recent promise/threat to “reinvent the textbook” by  releasing free software to make e-books for the iPad caused a bit of a stir.  The reactions are decidedly mixed on college campuses as Jeffrey R. Young notes in this Wired Campus [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/atg-article-of-the-week-campus-reactions-to-apples-entry-into-e-textbook-market/feed/ 0 News and Announcements 1/25/12 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/news-and-announcements-12712/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/news-and-announcements-12712/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:56:07 +0000 gilsont http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=10299 The menu for today: The Pew report on tablet and e-book readers;  OCLC and a recent partnership; new 19th century databases as well as a satisfaction survey from Gale; an audio report from CNI’s Clifford Lynch; and the (ACRL) Academic/Research Librarian of the Year.

Tablet and E-book reader Ownership Nearly Double Over the [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/news-and-announcements-12712/feed/ 0 News You Need to Start the Week http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/news-you-need-to-start-the-week-10/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/news-you-need-to-start-the-week-10/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:52:51 +0000 gilsont http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=10271 Serials Solutions names their web scale management system; ProQuest makes a number of announcements at Midwinter; EBSCO Discovery integrates with A-Z  Listing Service and Link Resolver; EBSCO Publishing adds final series to the American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals Collection; and CLOCKSS is adding more new partners.

Serials Solutions names its Web-Scale management solution [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/news-you-need-to-start-the-week-10/feed/ 0 Job Bank 1/22/12 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/job-bank-12212/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/job-bank-12212/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:41:31 +0000 gilsont http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=10257 Career opportunities at the Univ. of Maryland; Santa Rosa Junior College; and the University of Alberta (Canada).

Head, Metadata Services Department – Univ. of Maryland

“Leads a service-centered department in designing, implementing, and assessing a wide range of processes that rely on metadata to provide access to the University of Maryland [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/job-bank-12212/feed/ 0 News and Announcements 1/19/12 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/news-and-announcements-11912/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/news-and-announcements-11912/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:11:46 +0000 gilsont http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=10243 Today’s news focuses on Apple‘s major foray into etextbooks; Springer’s OA journals under Creative Commons Attribution license; a Credo and McFarland agreement;  IGI Global partners with CLOCKSS and the Gale/National Geographic archive agreement.

Apple Introduces IBooks 2, IBooks Author, ITunes U App In Push To Transform Textbooks, Education

Apple is aiming to reinvent [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/news-and-announcements-11912/feed/ 0 Job Bank 1/19/12 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/job-bank-11912/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/job-bank-11912/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:07:22 +0000 gilsont http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=10227 Career opportunities at Pacific Lutheran University and the University of South Carolina at Aiken

Assistant Professor or Clinical Assistant Professor/Technical Services Librarian – Pacific Lutheran University

The successful candidate will have “demonstrated technical services experience and leadership skills, and who also possesses the desire to contribute in the public services arena. They will:

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