UNC Libraries is pushing back against publishers' aggressive tactics
University of North Carolina Libraries is poised to resist Elsevier’s marketing model where taxpayers fund research and pay a second time to access it.
University of Buffalo to host information sessions on Elsevier contract negotiations
With an expiration date of Dec. 31 looming, the University of Buffalo holds town halls on potential outcomes of SUNY Libraries Consortium negotiations with Elsevier.
Take a Trip Through the Witty, Wicked Imagination of Artist Patrick Oliphant Take a Trip Through the Witty, Wicked Imagination of Artist Patrick Oliphant
A new exhibition celebrates political cartoonist Patrick Oliphant’s work and shows how and why he became the most widely syndicated, influential political cartoonist in America.
Extinction in the Archives
We are living in the midst of Earth's sixth mass extinction event. The ongoing loss of biodiversity is hard to see in our daily lives. This exhibition documents extinction’s emergence in unexpected places and reveals the signs of extinction that surround us—from menus to fashion, botanical prints to children's books.
Oliphant: Unpacking the Archive
Celebrating the recent acquisition of editorial cartoonist Patrick Oliphant’s voluminous archive.
September 23, 2019 - May 30, 2020
Josh Thorud
Josh Thorud designs and teaches audio/video and digital art instructional sessions, including software, equipment, media literacy, and digital storytelling, as well as consults with instructors about course design for media. He also creates instructional materials such as video tutorials and step-by-step handouts on technical and content-related topics. Josh also occasionally teaches courses as instructor of record.
Information Ethics and Citations
This tutorial provides foundational knowledge of the importance of information ethics in scholarship as well as the necessity of proper attribution in the form of citation of sources.
The estimated time to complete this tutorial and imbedded exercises is 10-15 minutes.
Weekend Big Deal Long Read: a 2014 perspective on big deal bundles
Library Director of Information Policy Brandon Butler posts retrospective look at 2014 pathbreaking article, "Evaluating Big Deal Journal Bundles" by Ted Bergstrom, et al, in The Taper.
Weekend Big Deal Long Read: Two Pieces from the Scholarly Kitchen
This week's Long Read features two shorter pieces from the Scholarly Kitchen blog, a venue that publishes analysis of scholarly publishing that is often from a more industry-friendly perspective, but with contributions from librarians and neutral analysts as well.
Kim Cull
Kim creates and edits metadata for printed and published material for Special Collections, including the McGehee Miniature Book Collection and various backlogged printed materials.