The 2022 Charleston Conference took a somewhat different form from recent gatherings: not only hybrid, but asynchronous. At both the in-person and virtual conferences, issues of the day largely centered on access: open access and open educational resources, access to data, the need for more equitable access to research and materials, and questions of access—period—in the wake of constrained budgets and renegotiated agreements.
As a cataloging librarian, I decide how a resource is described in its catalog record by assigning subject headings and a call number and determining whether notes or a summary is necessary. All of these decisions impact the findability of a resource and how a catalog user will perceive its content. So, I am especially concerned with how a library resource is represented when it contains prejudicial content.
Patrons have begun to expect 24/7 library services. With Ex Libris Library Mobile, the University of Liège is empowering patrons to access digital services and resources at any time and on any device.
These essential works of forthcoming fiction and nonfiction will enrich collections in the coming months, and they reflect that Black history is made every day: it’s not just a thing of the past. The books on this list were written by both debut and experienced authors, and the topics range from poetry, trauma, enslavement, and freedom, to civil rights, ongoing obstacles for Black people, triumphs, justice, and workplace successes.
Library advocates have become increasingly sophisticated about collecting the emotional outcome stories that bring to life how libraries change lives. We may, sadly, need to start applying that savvy to collecting the outcomes of what happens when libraries are lost or gutted, whether due to pervasive underfunding, as in the UK, or ideologically driven campaigns against books, displays, and programs that represent LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC experiences, as is being attempted in the United States.
Discover what happened when Annie Tummino, Head of Special Collections and Archives at Queens College, made her school’s special collections discoverable worldwide on JSTOR.
“If you are going to change the information environment, it is critical that we create a legal framework that promotes fair use, responsible copyright, and promoting access to information for development.”
Noor Naga wins the Center for Fiction’s 2022 First Novel Prize for If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English. The 2023 Prometheus Hall of Fame Award finalists are announced. “Best of the Year” lists arrive from Vulture, Time, and NYT.
This report highlights how academic libraries apply equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) standards when acquiring digital resources and includes the full data from LJ’s 2022 survey of 220 college/university libraries.
An excellent addition to any science collection, Danielsson’s book serves as an exceptional ingress into the universe of theoretical physics and how it relates to a diverse cross section of human interests.
Tiya Miles has won the 2022 Cundill History Prize for All That She Carried. The 2022 Banipal Prize shortlist is announced, and there is a plethora of reading lists for the end of the year.
With two different, disconnected systems tracking different aspects of the university’s research activities, the staff of the Mario Rostini Library at LIUC saw an opportunity with Ex Libris Esploro to streamline workflows to comply with Italian laws, and to provide a better service to the university’s community of researchers.
Secret Perfume of Birds, Forgotten Botanist, Botany in China, How Birds Evolve, and more in botany and zoology titles: November 2021 to date as identified by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO.
1. Secret Perfume of Birds: Uncovering the Science of Avian Scent. Whittaker, Danielle J. Johns Hopkins University Press
2022. ISBN 9781421443478 $27.95
2. Forgotten Botanist: Sara Plummer Lemmon's Life of Science and Art. Brown, Wynne L. University of Nebraska Press
2021. ISBN 9781496222817 $27.95
3. Ordering the Myriad Things: From Traditional Knowledge to Scientific Botany in China. Menzies, Nicholas K. University of Washington Press 2021. ISBN 9780295749457 $99.00
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