Marianne Gaunt, Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian at Rutgers University, and Brinley Franklin, Vice Provost for University Libraries at University of Connecticut, encourage and invite nominations and applications from the research library community for the ARL Executive Director position. Gaunt and Franklin co-chair [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/job-bank-22512/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/job-bank-22512/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/against-the-grain/~3/O4u64YbzRME/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/news-and-announcements-22412/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2012 23:05:13 +0000 gilsont http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=11283 Today’s menu:  Google cuts affiliates program; OCLC adds more to WorldCat Local; a crisis in e-resource preservation; charging for the LA Times online;  librarians and NetGalley; and a Faculty of 1000 app for Elsevier’s SciVerse.

Google Scales Back E-Book Affiliates Program, Drops Some Users

Claiming that sales referrals are to low, Google  is cutting back [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/news-and-announcements-22412/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/news-and-announcements-22412/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/against-the-grain/~3/DqlELA0svq0/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/stars-of-the-week-rick-lugg-and-ruth-fischer/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:26:57 +0000 gilsont http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=11270 Title: Partners

Organization:  Sustainable Collection Services LLC

Address: 63 Woodwell’s Garrison, Contoocook, NH 03229

Phone: 603-746-5991

Fax:  603-746-6052

email: rick@sustainablecollections.com; ruth@sustainablecollections.com

website: http://sustainablecollections.com

Blog:  http://sampleandhold-r2.blogspot.com/ (or google “Rick Lugg blog”)

Born and lived: Rick: A New Hampshire native: “Live Free or Die.” Ruth: College Park, MD; Earlham College; [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/stars-of-the-week-rick-lugg-and-ruth-fischer/feed/ 1 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/stars-of-the-week-rick-lugg-and-ruth-fischer/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/against-the-grain/~3/tRXQUred81A/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/caught-my-eye-demystifying-the-data-interview-developing-a-foundation-for-reference-librarians-to-talk-with-researchers-about-their-data/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:01:33 +0000 gilsont http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=11233 We just ran across this article and wanted to share it with our reference colleagues (and others).  Written by Jake Carlson, Data Services Specialist at Purdue,  Demystifying the Data Interview: Developing a Foundation for Reference Librarians to Talk with Researchers about their Data talks about a project Purdue Libraries have been involved with that [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/caught-my-eye-demystifying-the-data-interview-developing-a-foundation-for-reference-librarians-to-talk-with-researchers-about-their-data/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/caught-my-eye-demystifying-the-data-interview-developing-a-foundation-for-reference-librarians-to-talk-with-researchers-about-their-data/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/against-the-grain/~3/Bud_4ZLoeiI/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/news-and-announcements-22312/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:46:15 +0000 gilsont http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=11218 Today’s menu: Cengage and Kno in a legal battle; an EBSCO partnership with Bridgeman; a new Serials Solutions marketing VP; Booquo, a new ebook club in Spain; a National Archive website for the 1940 census; and the Chronicle’s weekly book list of more than 80 new titles.

E-Textbook Vendor Sues Publisher for Ending Licensing [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/news-and-announcements-22312/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/news-and-announcements-22312/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/against-the-grain/~3/ie9AtBX3cj0/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/job-bank-22312/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:07:26 +0000 gilsont http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=11206 Career Opportunities at : Utah State University; Northern Illinois University; and Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville

Electronic Collections Librarian -  Utah State University

Utah State University Libraries invites applications for the position of Electronic Collections Librarian. The successful candidate will join a … collaborative library team committed to open inquiry and [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/job-bank-22312/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/job-bank-22312/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/against-the-grain/~3/o-aY0LkwH_0/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/i-wonder-wednesday-teaching-about-plagiarism-and-creating-citations/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:58:10 +0000 gilsont http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=11197 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/i-wonder-wednesday-teaching-about-plagiarism-and-creating-citations/feed/ 1 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/i-wonder-wednesday-teaching-about-plagiarism-and-creating-citations/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/against-the-grain/~3/hP3Z1bBlUSg/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/job-bank-22212/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:09:21 +0000 Leah Hinds http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=11192 Associate Director for Technical Services and Library Systems: University at Albany (State University of New York), Albany, NY

Job Posting P12-26930

The University at Albany Libraries (State University of New York, Albany, NY) invites applications and nominations for the position of Associate Director for Technical Services and Library Systems. Reporting to the Dean and Director of [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/job-bank-22212/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/job-bank-22212/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/against-the-grain/~3/xpRbE5rEdIY/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/caught-my-eye-the-phablet/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:42:16 +0000 Katina Strauch http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=11153 Was just reading about the Phablet – a phone with a screen big enough to be used as a tablet. Samsung is coming out with this Android-powered smartphone with other extra features. Will this be the next big device?   Check out this article from Techworld.com to get all the details: “The era of the [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/caught-my-eye-the-phablet/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/caught-my-eye-the-phablet/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/against-the-grain/~3/RIgTRafnUfQ/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/atg-article-of-the-week-global-pressure-on-peer-review/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:36:54 +0000 gilsont http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=11172 Is the system of peer review breaking down?  Perhaps not, but it is certainly beginning to show some ware, at least according to Global Pressure on Peer Review, a report from the Chronicle of Higher Education’s David  Wheeler.   In his article, Mr. Wheeler discusses a revealing panel discussion at the annual meeting of the [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/atg-article-of-the-week-global-pressure-on-peer-review/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/atg-article-of-the-week-global-pressure-on-peer-review/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/against-the-grain/~3/W-EYDJHPDrU/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/news-and-announcements-22112/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:35:03 +0000 gilsont http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=11160 Today’s menu:  an addendum to the ebrary student ebook survey; more John Cotton Dana awards; a new Univ. of Michigan law journal; 500,oo0 new WorldCat records from China and a new European Library Standards Handbook.

Addendum to ebrary’s 2011 Global Student E-book Survey Now Freely Available

Today ebrary  announced that the social media data of [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/news-and-announcements-22112/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/news-and-announcements-22112/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/against-the-grain/~3/3id4Vy-pXaA/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/conferences-and-meetings-22012/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:46:18 +0000 gilsont http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=11139 Including events sponsored by SPARC; NISO; ALCTS and others.

Creative advancements in Open Access to be showcased at SPARC March meeting   (Hotel reservation deadline Today)

The SPARC Innovation Fair…  “is a favored highlight of the biennial SPARC Open Access Meeting, set for the Kansas City Intercontinental Hotel, March 12 & 13.”  Some of the innovations [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/conferences-and-meetings-22012/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/conferences-and-meetings-22012/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/against-the-grain/~3/LHulWqvc0aE/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/atg-book-of-the-week-printing-and-prophecy-prognostication-and-media-change-1450-1550/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:33:56 +0000 gilsont http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=11123 Title: Printing and Prophecy Prognostication and Media Change 1450-1550 Author: Jonathan Green ISBN: Hardcover:978-0-472-11783-3; Ebook 978-0-472-02758-3
Price: Hardcover: $70;  e-book (DRM Protected PDF Document) $60
Imprint: Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2012,  280 pages.

“Printing and Prophecy: Prognostication and Media Change 1450-1550 examines prognostic traditions and late medieval prophetic texts [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/atg-book-of-the-week-printing-and-prophecy-prognostication-and-media-change-1450-1550/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/atg-book-of-the-week-printing-and-prophecy-prognostication-and-media-change-1450-1550/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/against-the-grain/~3/wrWUmKs82xU/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/news-you-need-to-start-the-week-14/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:57:15 +0000 gilsont http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=11112 Apple’s iBooks Author gets some competition; HarperCollins’ 26-Loan Cap is reappraised; Barnes and Noble to release lower end Nook; and cloud computing best practices for state and local government.

2 New Platforms Offer Alternative to Apple’s Textbook-Authoring Software

Apple’s iBooks Author software has some new competition that makes it easier “for multiple authors [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/news-you-need-to-start-the-week-14/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/news-you-need-to-start-the-week-14/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/against-the-grain/~3/5LLS7NGcyFI/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/job-bank-21812/#comments Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:20:42 +0000 gilsont http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=11081 Career opportunities at: Univ. of Maryland; Mississippi State Univ.; Univ of Notre Dame; Stanford Univ. Medical Center; and Loyola▪Notre Dame Univ.

Research Data Librarian Post-Master’s Program - Univ. of Maryland

“The University of Maryland Libraries is seeking a Research Data Librarian in the Post-Master’s Program. This is a two-year [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/job-bank-21812/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/job-bank-21812/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/against-the-grain/~3/k5NejbsbqaU/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/atg-article-of-the-week-shelf-conscious/#comments Sat, 18 Feb 2012 02:18:33 +0000 gilsont http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=11056 Francesca Mari’s recent Paris Review article “Shelf Conscious” is a fascinating read that starts with the premise embodied in a quote from Susan Sontag “You can tell how serious people are by looking at their books.”  However, it is not only the titles that matter.  The way the books are arranged and shelved counts [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/atg-article-of-the-week-shelf-conscious/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/atg-article-of-the-week-shelf-conscious/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/against-the-grain/~3/b-6tbD8AgQM/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/hot-topics-of-the-week-more-on-open-access-and-e-books/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:13:29 +0000 gilsont http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=11040 by Jonathan H. Harwell, Georgia Southern University

Seems like the ongoing hot topic lately is open access and/or journal prices, and not just in the professional literature.  Konstantin Kakaes of the New America Foundation has an overview in Slate about the open access movement so far and where we’re heading:  The [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/hot-topics-of-the-week-more-on-open-access-and-e-books/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/hot-topics-of-the-week-more-on-open-access-and-e-books/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/against-the-grain/~3/LBudJPE7LtU/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/atg-star-of-the-week-patricia-a-hammond-health-sciences-librarian-sentara-potomac-hospital-immerman-memorial-library-woodbridge-va/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:58:21 +0000 gilsont http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=11022 Born and lived:  I was born in Sanford, NC and grew up in Baltimore, MD.

early life:  After graduation from Towson State College in MD, I didn’t find a suitable teaching position.  I started working as a Library Clerk at the University of Maryland Health Sciences Library.  After another false start in Social Work, [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/atg-star-of-the-week-patricia-a-hammond-health-sciences-librarian-sentara-potomac-hospital-immerman-memorial-library-woodbridge-va/feed/ 2 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/atg-star-of-the-week-patricia-a-hammond-health-sciences-librarian-sentara-potomac-hospital-immerman-memorial-library-woodbridge-va/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/against-the-grain/~3/5SyZWY97UOU/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/02/news-and-announcements-21612/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:35:24 +0000 gilsont http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=10995 Wolters Kluwer expands agreement with NEJM; Rogue sites violate copyright; OCLC/ALISE research grants; University Presses and access to research legislation; Bilbary gets the attention of COSLA taskforce; EBSCO Discovery adds China/Asia on demand content; and some ALPSP seminar presentations.

Wolters Kluwer Health and New England Journal of Medicine Enter into an Expanded Distribution Agreement