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[email protected]: Part 3- Librarians Explain their Involvement
By: Nancy K. Herther, writer, consultant and former librarian with the University of Minnesota Libraries “As the largest source of free knowledge on the Internet, Wikipedia is at the crossroads of diverse cultural and national groups largely characterized by...
Comment on the [email protected] Series
Hossein Talebzadeh Hossein Talebzadeh co-authored the recent article aptly titled ““Wikipedia does NOT tolerate your babbling!”: Impoliteness-induced conflict (resolution) in a polylogal collaborative online community of practice,” in Journal of Pragmatics last...
[email protected]: Part 2 – The Role of Academics
By: Nancy K. Herther, writer, consultant and former librarian with the University of Minnesota Libraries In an article titled “Wikipedia as Public Scholarship: Communicating Our Impact Online,” Elizabeth K. Rush & Sarah J. Tracy studied the current options for...
A New Era For Copyright and IP Holders-The Case Act Creates New Path for Smaller IP Claims, And Google May Lose A Big Case
By: Kent Anderson, “The Geyser” Kent Anderson The most recent US Covid relief bill, signed into law on December 27, 2020, contains a surprising number of positive changes and new laws, many focused on anti-corruption. Another thing that made its way in was the...
Call for Article Proposals: the state of ebooks
Against the Grain is seeking article proposals for an issue on the state of ebooks -- acquisition and the user experience -- in academic libraries. Has there been progress in the way we purchase ebooks and the way users engage with them in the past 10 years? Has...
[email protected]: Part 1 – Global Information Network Celebrated A Major Anniversary
By: Nancy K. Herther, writer, consultant and former librarian with the University of Minnesota Libraries While studying at the University of Arizona Graduate Library School in 1992, Rick Gates conducted monthly Internet Hunts as a way for people (largely students) to...
ATG Quirkies: Inside the World of British Brickophiles
In this post, Atlas Obscura contributor Karen Chernick focuses on the humble practice of British brick collecting. Available via Wikimedia Commons Evidently, devoted aficionados are drawn by the sometimes ornate indentations embossed on the top side of each brick. not...
Don’s Conference Notes-Responding to Challenges, Activating Opportunities, and Rethinking the Status Quo: A Charleston Pre-Conference
By Donald T. Hawkins (Freelance Editor and Conference Blogger) This was the initial pre-conference of the 2020 Charleston Conference. It was sponsored by the Society for Scholarly Publication (SSP) and took place on October 6, 2020. It attracted 47 attendees and...
ATG Article of the Week – 1/8/21
The Top 10 Library Stories of 2020 - In this article, Andrew Albanese of Publishers Weekly looks back at the library stories that captivated the publishing world this year — and what they portend for 2021 (Steve Morgan via Creative Commons) As you would expect,...
Don’s Conference Notes-SSP and the Charleston Conference at the Frankfurt Book Fair
By Donald T. Hawkins (Freelance Editor and Conference Blogger) Attending der Frankfurter Buchmesse (that’s German for “The Frankfurt Book Fair”) is an overwhelming experience but one that every information professional should have at least once. The fair...
The Future of Reading, Writing and Written Communication: Part 3 – The Future of Writing In Digital Cultures-An ATG Original
By: Nancy K. Herther, writer, consultant and former librarian with the University of Minnesota Libraries Vincent Van Gogh Letter To anyone who remembers being criticized for illegible writing, the disappearance of cursive is perhaps less of an issue. For...
THE FUTURE OF READING, WRITING AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATION: PART 2: CAN SCIENCE RESCUE CURSIVE? An atg original
By: Nancy K. Herther, writer, consultant and former librarian with the University of Minnesota Libraries Writing has been with us for thousands of years in some form – and today with technologies giving us more venues for formal communication – the written word is...
ATG Book of the Week: Scholarship, Money, and Prose: Behind the Scenes at an Academic Journal
Title: Scholarship, Money, and Prose: Behind the Scenes at an Academic JournalAuthor: Michael ChibnikHardcover: ISBN: 978-0812252170, $49.95Imprint: Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020 American Anthropologist is the flagship journal of the...
ATG Caught My Eye – 12/31/20
8 Great Libraries for Your Zoom Background If you've been looking for a new background for your Zoom meetings, Library Journal's Meredith Schwartz suggests these "eight photos of light, bright, and beautiful libraries to ensure that next time you go on camera, the...
ATG Job bank – Librarians – 12/29/20
ATG Job bank - Librarians - 12/29/20 Library of Congress Announces 2021 Librarians-in-Residence Program The Library of Congress has announced the 2021 Librarians-in-Residence program to offer early career librarians the opportunity to develop their expertise and...
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