LATEST BLOG POSTS
Back To The (Librarian) Future: New Report…Same Old Story
by Steven J. Bell, Associate University Librarian, Temple University Libraries In July 2022 I published a two-part blog post titled Our Wicked Discovery Problem. Part one, titled “Inconvenient and Boring” examined why academic library discovery systems are often the choice of last resort for many students and researchers. Part two, titled “Embed and Personalize” explored ways in which library services and resources could be better integrated into the assignment and research workflows of...
Don’s Conference Notes- Peer Review Challenges and Opportunities: The 2023 Charleston In Between Conference
By Donald T. Hawkins, Freelance Columnist and Editor The Charleston In Between conference occurs approximately halfway between two Charleston Library Conferences in the first week of November; its purpose is to conduct an in-depth exploration of important developments...
Don’s Conference Notes- Transformation, Trust, and Transparency: The 2023 SSP Meeting
By Donald T. Hawkins (Freelance Conference Blogger and Editor) The Society for Scholarly Publishing’s (SSP’s) 45th Annual Meeting in Portland, OR had 712 attendees, 611 in person and 101 online (I attended online). According to a recent report in The Scholarly...
Are We Ready to Find Joy and Meaning in Our Work?
by Steven J. Bell, Associate University Librarian, Temple University Libraries Student mental health is frequently found at or near the top of any list of the higher education’s most pressing problems. One way in which colleges and universities are responding is to...
LATEST NEWS
Tea Time With Katina and Leah
9-29-23 What wonderful people you meet living on the water at Sullivan’s Island! Just met Jake and Ruby and their teenage adult/children. They have come all the way from North Dakota and some of them have never seen the ocean! They have moved their business from North...
From Dall-E to ChatGPT: Navigating AI in Academic Libraries – Webcast – Plus More ATG News & Announcements for 9/29/23
From Dall-E to ChatGPT: Navigating AI in Academic Libraries - Webcast (ACRL) Join ACRL from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Central on Wednesday, October 11 for the Online Learning webcast “From Dall-E to ChatGPT: Navigating AI in Academic Libraries. Lately, it seems like everywhere...
University of Leeds Research Report on Potentials for AI in LIbraries – Plus More ATG News & Announcements for 9/28/23
University of Leeds Research Report on Potentials for AI in LIbraries According to the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) "The Library at the University of Leeds in the UK has just issued a fascinating report on AI in what they call “library spaces” titled...
LATEST JOBS
ATG Job Bank for 9/24/23
NORTH Education Librarian - UMass Amherst Coordinator of Information Literacy, Lehman College, NY Head of University Archives Reference Services, HUA, Cambridge, MA Assessment Coordinator - University of Pittsburgh Libraries - Pennsylvania Open Educational Resources...
ATG Job Bank for 9/17/23
NORTH Director, University Libraries - University of Hartford - West Hartford, CT Director of Research, Instruction and Data Services - Middlebury College - Middlebury, VT Legal Research Librarian - Suffolk University - Boston, MA Data Services Librarian- Carnegie...
ATG Job Bank – Electronic Resources Librarian – NC State University Libraries
Electronic Resources Librarian - NC State University Libraries The NC State University Libraries invites applications and nominations for the position of Electronic Resources Librarian in the Acquisitions & Discovery department. Acquisitions & Discovery’s 6...