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VOLUME 33, NUMBER 6
DECEMBER 2021 - JANUARY 2022 TM
“Linking Publishers, Vendors and Librarians”
ISSN: 1043-2094
The Past, Present and Future of Web Preservation By Joe Puccio (Collection Development Officer, Library of Congress) <jpuc@loc.gov>
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that article by noting that no single institution can meet this need but that “an energized consortium of libraries that collect for the long-term can come together and get it done.” My goal was to generate discussion around this topic, which would — I hoped — lead to action. So, when Katina Strauch and Tom Gilson offered me the opportunity to guest edit an issue of Against the Grain about
ver the past few years, I have become increasingly concerned that libraries and other collecting entities are not doing enough to preserve the web of today for future generations of researchers, historians and other scholars. It was that concern that led to my piece, “Web Archiving: The Dream and the Reality,” which appeared in the December 2020/January 2021 issue of Against the Grain. I closed
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The Internet Archive (IA) has historically done more than any other organization to capture and preserve portions of the web, in addition to providing the continued on page 8
If Rumors Were Horses appy New Year! We hope everyone was able to celebrate with family and friends for the holidays and we all look forward to a day when the pandemic is merely a thing of the past. As announced in November, this will be the very last print issue of ATG. But don’t worry, we are not going away. We will continue to publish, post, and distribute ATG as an eJournal with the same great content that librarians, vendors, and publishers have come to depend on — more topics, increased interviews, additional guest editors, and new opportunities for advertisers. We’d love to hear from you regarding any issues you would like to see covered in ATG, people you would like to see interviewed, anything at all, really. Send your comments to <editors@ against-the-grain.com>. We’re listening!
web archiving, I leapt at the chance. Luckily, several experts agreed to participate and contribute the articles in this issue. The topics line-up nicely into the categories of where we, primarily meaning the library community, have been with web archiving, where we are now and how we should move forward. Arguably, the last subject is the most difficult. Yet, all the contributors in this issue of Against the Grain concur that collaborative action is the path to follow.
What To Look For In This Issue:
2021 Charleston Conference Wrap-Up Another year of the Charleston Conference is behind us, but this year’s hybrid event was the first of its kind for us. Thank you to all the presenters, exhibitors, sponsors, and most of all, the attendees! We were thrilled to see those of you who joined us for the week of November 1-5, whether in person or virtually. We were joined by around 3,000 attendees from 32 countries across 5 continents, including 107 exhibitors and 821 first time attendees. Attendance was roughly 17% in person and 83% virtual. Attendee types were 60% librarians, 17% vendors, 13% publishers, 8% others, 1% consultants, and 1% students. continued on page 8
Comparing Apples to Cumquats: The Past and Future of Library Analytics................................... 40 TOC for ATG Online Articles..... 49 Charleston Conference Recap: A Year of Progress........................ 50 Extracurricular Content in Academic Libraries: Trends, Challenges & Collaboration...... 54
Interviews Joyce Ray................................... 56
Profiles Encouraged People, Library and Company Profiles...................................... 59 Plus more...................... See inside
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