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ATG “I Wonder” Wednesday: Has your library weeded its microfilm collection?
ATG ” I Wonder” Wednesday: Does your library interlibrary loan eBooks?
ATG Article(s) of the Week: The Future of the University Press
The Future of the University Press is a special report by The Chronicle of Higher Education that consists of a number of articles that treat various aspect of topic. Please notice that all but the first and the last pieces are premium articles, which means they...
ATG Book of the Week: Literary Forgery in Early Modern Europe, 1450–1800
Title: Literary Forgery in Early Modern Europe, 1450–1800 Editors: Walter Stephens & Earle A. Havens Hardcover: 978-1421426877, $54.95 Imprint: Baltimore; Johns Hopkins, 2019 "Forgery is an eternal problem. In literature and the writing of history,...
ATG “I Wonder” Wednesday: Have the faculty at your institution found streaming video to be an effective tool for instruction?
ATG Book of the Week: Organizing Archival Records – 4th Edition
Title: Organizing Archival Records, 4th Edition Author: David W. Carmichael Hardcover: ISBN: 978-1538110010, $75; Paperback: ISBN: 978-1538110027, $37 Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield , 2018 Much of our nation’s documentary heritage resides in small historical...
ATG “I Wonder” Wednesday: Does your library have a marketing strategy to promote its services?
ATG “I Wonder” Wednesday: Does your library circulate audiobooks?
ATG Article of the Week: Publishers Prove That Investing in Talent Pays Off
Publishers Prove That Investing in Talent Pays Off is an article posted on the Folio website tells how "the Atlantic, Time and ActiveInterest Media illustrate that people are a publisher's most valuable asset." "Layoffs are not a new trend in the industry. They’ve...
ATG Book of the Week: Shakespeare’s Library: Unlocking the Greatest Mystery in Literature
Title: Shakespeare's Library: Unlocking the Greatest Mystery in Literature Author: Stuart Kells Hardcover: ISBN: 978-1640091832, $26 Imprint: Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, 2019 From acclaimed author and ardent bibliophile Stuart Kells comes an exploration of the quest...
ATG “I Wonder” Wednesday: Is your library purchasing graphic novels regularly?
ATG Article of the Week: The Beginning of the End for the ‘Big Deal’?
The Beginning of the End for the 'Big Deal'? maintains that “Inspired by University of California’s decision to drop its “big deal” with Elsevier, university librarians are laying the foundation to follow suit. It goes on to note that librarians...
ATG Book of the Week: The Globalized Library: American Academic Libraries and International Students, Collections, and Practices
Title: The Globalized Library: American Academic Libraries and International Students, Collections, and Practices Editors: Yelena Luckert and Lindsay Inge Carpenter Softcover: ISBN: 978-0-8389-8951-7, $90; eBook: 978-0-8389-8951-7, $63. Imprint: Chicago: ACRL, 2019...
ATG “I Wonder” Wednesday: Should a Course on Acquisitions and Collection Development be part of a Library or iSchool’s Core Curriculum?
ATG ” I Wonder” Wednesday: Do you need to know more about Plan S, the initiative for Open Access publishing?