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Jill ONeill

@jillmwo.bsky.social
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Only semi-retired from the information industry. I read a lot and across multiple subject areas. All opinions my own. Likes indicate interest rather than endorsement.

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NISO @nisoinfo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Is there AI in my search results (& why should I care)?! Join Open Discovery Initiative committee members Rachel Kessler & @mbreeding.bsky.social as they tackle this question with Ashleigh N. Faith & Brendan Quinn in our October 15 public webinar. www.niso.org/events/niso-... #GenAI #discovery
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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
'Rush Hour Rain' by Diana Croft dianacroftart.com
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ORCID @orcid.org · 01/10/2026
🌍 Applications open today for the latest round of Global Participation Fund grants, designed to increase ORCID adoption in low- and middle-income countries. 🗓️ Learn more about the GPF and register to submit a grant proposal by 31 Oct: wp.me/PcE4o3-54u #ResearchSky
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Patricia Hswe @pmhswe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Friends, please check out this new report on community-based archives, "Powerful But Precarious," linked from the Mellon website. A participatory action research study, it provides a rich portrait of these organizations—their aspirations, wants, and resilience. Enjoy! www.mellon.org/features/com...
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Mellon Foundation
The Mellon Foundation makes grants to actively unlock the power in the arts and humanities that helps connect us all.
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Jill ONeill @jillmwo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Gift from The New York Times. (They'll ask you for an email address.) The reporting here is excellent, and I am deeply perturbed by the thinking of the current administration. Handing back donated artwork to foreign nations? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...
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How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center (Gift Article)
Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection.
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Lyrasis @wearelyrasis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Lyrasis has partnered with @wiley.com on a new read-and-publish agreement that expands access to scholarly content and supports open-access publishing for eligible authors at participating institutions. ow.ly/WmYr50ZO6Tt #AcademicResearch #OpenAccess #OpenResearch #AcademicPublishing
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"We at Briggs Library are extremely excited to be part of the Lyrasis/Wiley Read and Publish agreement. It allows the scholarship and research generated across campus to reach readers around the globe."
Michael Biondo, Electronic Resources & Scholarly Communications Assistant Librarian South Dakota State University
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Jill ONeill @jillmwo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Gift article from The New York Times discusses why China isn't as fearful regarding unanticipated risks of AI. NOTE: NYTimes asks for your email but otherwise you can read the article for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/o...
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Opinion | America and China Look at A.I. and See Very Different Problems (Gift Article)
Until the two countries can agree on what risks to worry about, cooperation is a distant dream.
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Peter Kuper @pkuper.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
What could go wrong? #AI #Singularity #OpenAI #Roboapocalypse
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Jill ONeill @jillmwo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Sometimes you have to wonder if the members of Congress have any notion of how angry voters get when faced with this form of a government shut-down.
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Jill ONeill @jillmwo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
ICYMI: Libraries, AI and the Shock by David Lankes, Virginia and Charles Bowden Professor of Librarianship at the University of Texas at Austin’s School of Information www.libraryjournal.com/story/litera...
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Literacy, AI, and the Shock | Faith in Our Future
As AI transforms information and knowledge creation, the future of librarianship rests with claiming our role as accountable partners in learning.
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That Librarian: Amanda Jones @librarianjones.com · 06/09/2026
Guess who won an Emmy!!!! @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social
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Martha Hickson @sassylibrarian.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Cutest couple at the Emmy Awards: Janique, our wonderful producer, and Paulius, our sweetheart cinematographer. Love you both! @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social
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78th Emmy Awards Night One - Governors Gala
Janique L. Robillard, left, winner of the Emmy for Outstanding Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking for "The Librarians," and Paulius Kontijevas attend night one of the Governors Gala following...
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Jill ONeill @jillmwo.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Seems so basic as an advisable practice might be concerned. What is the point of your research, that is, what is your intended research agenda? gavialib.com/2026/09/for-...
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For pity’s sake, explain what Ph.D programs are. – Gavia Libraria
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Jill ONeill @jillmwo.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Dr. Peter Embi Named As New Director of National Library of Medicine www.nih.gov/news-events/...
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Physician-scientist and informatics leader Dr. Peter Embí to helm NIH’s National Library of Medicine
He is anticipated to begin his role on Sept. 10, 2026.
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Jill ONeill @jillmwo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
What Do Booksellers Make Of “The End Of Reading”? - defector.com/what-do-book...
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What Do Booksellers Make Of “The End Of Reading”? | Defector
If you haven’t yet encountered the cover story for the August issue of The Atlantic, I have some bad news to share: “The End of Reading Is Here.” It’s an intentionally provocative headline for a sligh...
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
A professor writes: (Jason Stanley) The problem is that journalists failed to do basic journalism. Not a single reporter seems to have checked’ Jason Arday’s citations. The ‘quantifiable metrics’ of his work. Prof Stanley did: ‘Arday is easily comparable to the leading scholars in the field’
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Provenance is tricky…as you know. Last year, the Getty Research Institute received an unexpected email from colleagues at the Kupferstich-Kabinett, a museum of prints, drawings and photographs in Dresden. (Comic by Nathan Gelgud)
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Ann Leckie @annleckie.com · 16/08/2026
Was having a conversation on this topic just recently. A book (or story or painting or movie or whatever) is not a puzzle with a Correct Solution. It's an experience to think about and with, to chew over and then bring to other experiences.
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Stephanie Flynn @stephanieflynn.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
What a nightmare PBS broadcaster loses access to 50TB of data comprising 70 years of TV history after contracted cloud storage vendor goes defunct — public TV channel sues Iron Mountain data center, which hosts archival materials, to ensure preservation | Tom's Hardware share.google/ExvNkuiN1bIl...
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PBS broadcaster loses access to 50TB of data comprising 70 years of TV history after contracted cloud storage vendor goes defunct — public TV channel sues Iron Mountain data center, which hosts archiv...
This wouldn't have been an issue if the organization bought a $1,000 NAS and populated it with a few hard drives.
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Charleston Hub @chashub.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
On this week’s episode of the Against the Grain podcast, guest host Michael Upshall sits down with Russell Michalak, Library Director at Goldey-Beacom College and Founding Partner of Inclusive Knowledge Solutions.
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A Conversation with Russell Michalak, Library Director, Goldey-Beacom College
YouTube video by Charleston Hub
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Jill ONeill @jillmwo.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
How to succeed in college the old-fashioned way | Princeton University Press press.princeton.edu/ideas/how-to... Great piece for a rising population of students.
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How to succeed in college the old-fashioned way
Around two thousand years ago, in a Greek city that had long been both politically and culturally under the sway of the Roman empire, a teenaged boy named Nicander participated in a coming-of-age ritu...
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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
These changes are necessary to reduce costs in a challenging funding environment, and we aim to remove redundancy with other open research infrastructure to reduce competition for limited resources. Please see this post for why these changes are being made. www.cos.io/blog/osf-cha...
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OSF Changes: A Note to Users
The Center for Open Science announced a significant change to the Open Science Framework (OSF). This post shares what led to the change, implications, and what's next.
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Jill ONeill @jillmwo.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The Slippery Slope of Letting the Government Decide What We Read: Call Congress to Vote NO on H.R. 7661 & S. 4925 katielcarroll.com/the-slippery...
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The Slippery Slope of Letting the Government Decide What We Read: Call Congress to Vote NO on H.R. 7661 & S. 4925
Currently, four different book banning bills are under consideration in Congress: H.R. 7661, S. 4925, H.R. 2616, and H.R. 8705. I’m encouraging everyone who supports the right to read to cont…
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Jill ONeill @jillmwo.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Quote: "a 44 percent decline in spending on course materials over the past decade." I don't believe this decline can or will continue for as long as everyone may hope.. www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
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Digital Boom Drives Down Cost of College Course Materials
The rising popularity of digital course materials is helping students save money, a new survey shows.
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Jill ONeill @jillmwo.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
ICYMI: The Genesis Mission is a Department of Energy initiative to build the American Science and Security Platform, an AI-driven infrastructure designed to accelerate scientific discovery and harness AI to deliver real-world impact... newsroom.wiley.com/press-releas...
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Wiley Joins U.S. Department of Energy's Genesis Mission Consortium to Advance AI-Powered Scientific Discovery
The only scientific publisher in the Consortium, Wiley brings AI-powered research infrastructure, expert-validated workflows, and subject matter expertise to the Mission Wiley (NYSE: WLY) today announ...
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 05/08/2026
Jane Austen used 'however' at the beginning of a sentence, and so can you.
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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 06/08/2026
Springer Nature’s (@springernature.com) "strong" first half of 2026 has had it raising its its full-year outlook as revenue hit €939.8m (£805.7m) in the first six months of the year, up 6.2% on an underlying basis 👇
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Springer Nature raises outlook as research division drives first-half growth
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University of California Press @ucpress.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
If Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" has inspired you to learn more about Homer's epic, we've curated a list of free articles from "Classical Antiquity." www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/b...
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Beyond the Big Screen: Explore the "Odyssey" with "Classical Antiquity"
If Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" has you thinking about Homer's epic, dive deeper with a curated selection of free-to-read scholarship from "Classical Antiquity" that reveals new ways to understan...
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Jill ONeill @jillmwo.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Regarding the scholarly monograph, this is an interesting thread.
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Jill ONeill @jillmwo.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Fascinating thread.
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Jill ONeill @jillmwo.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Worth your time to read.
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Jill ONeill @jillmwo.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Interesting foray into the question of whether researchers should pour time into composing written papers. Where should the effort and time really be placed? hahnel.substack.com/p/do-we-actu...
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Do we actually need to write research papers at all?
If we are going to lean on the creativity and the cross-domain thinking of human researchers, then surely that should be where the human time goes.
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Laura Brady @laurab7.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Thanks, I hate it.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
“Click to open the document” can be an item on your to-do list, if you need the dopamine hit badly enough.
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Jill ONeill @jillmwo.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
New research led by Kudos reveals that AI has already captured a third of scholarly information-seeking, with many researchers unaware of the extent to which their view of the scientific literature is now AI-mediated. blog.growkudos.com/news/ai-disc...
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AI has captured a third of research discovery. Study sets out actions required for publishers to make content visible via new channels.
Understanding how AI changes discovery is no longer optional. This report gives scholarly publishers and platforms insights, actionable recommendations and a strategic roadmap.
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Jill ONeill @jillmwo.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
UVA and Elsevier partnering to bring a "research-grade AI workspace" to the research community on campus... www.elsevier.com/en-in/resour...
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University of Virginia Expands Research Resources with LeapSpace™
University of Virginia Expands Research Resources with LeapSpace™
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Jill ONeill @jillmwo.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Gifted article from NY Times. Familiarize yourself with the influence of Roger Summit on the ways in online search and discovery of information operates today. Obituary www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/t...
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Roger Summit, Who Invented an Early Online Search Service, Dies at 95 (Gift Article)
A research scientist at Lockheed, he came up with the idea for a computer system that would search scientific and technical literature almost instantaneously.
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Jill ONeill @jillmwo.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Quote from survey participant: "And I told everybody, ‘My God, they are going to cut.’ ‘We are not cutting, but can you tell us what kind of journals you want?’ I said, ‘All of them" See full text here: crl.acrl.org/index.php/cr... Faculty and students have caught on. They're not very happy.
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Big Deal Cancellations and Scholarly Publishing: Insights from Faculty and Graduate Student Interviews | Hare | College & Research Libraries
Big Deal Cancellations and Scholarly Publishing: Insights from Faculty and Graduate Student Interviews
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Jill ONeill @jillmwo.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Really interesting NPR article on how the Chinese have constructed a nearly unbeatable manufacturing supply chain. www.npr.org/2026/07/12/n...
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What a Monopoly importer learned when it tried to make things in the U.S.A.
After getting hit with tariffs for the imported board games he sells, Jonathan Silva decided to see if he could produce a version of his Monopoly game in the United States. This is what he learned.
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Jill ONeill @jillmwo.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
EThOS provides access to over 650,000 metadata records of UK PhD theses. Almost 65% of these records provide links to the institutional repositories, where the full text theses can be consulted, if available. It's now back on line. www.bl.uk/stories/news...
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EThOS records restored
We are pleased to share that EThOS (E-Theses Online Service) is now available again following restoration work after the cyber-attack.
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Jill ONeill @jillmwo.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
So very true...
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Jill ONeill @jillmwo.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Happy Fourth of July. Go read John Greenleaf Whittier's poem on Barbara Frietchie. "Shoot if you must this old grey head, but spare your country's flag, she said". www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45483/...
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Barbara Frietchie
Round about them orchards sweep, Apple- and peach-tree fruited deep, Fair as a garden of the Lord To the eyes of the famished rebel horde, On that…
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Association of University Presses @aupresses.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
A lot can happen in a country in 250 years. What do historians say about how the US was founded and shaped into what it is today? University presses have a few suggestions to Read UP on during this semiquincentennial year: bit.ly/4xQZlFq
American flag on a wooden dowel planted in sand
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Silverchair @silverchairnews.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
AI search is disrupting how researchers reach publisher platforms, and traditional traffic metrics no longer tell the complete story. The publishers responding best are investing in direct, personalized author relationships rather than waiting for researchers to find them. bit.ly/3SF4bW6
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The Crocodile in the Room: Why Direct Author Relationships Matter More than ever - Silverchair
As traditional traffic and usage patterns are disrupted by AI, author outreach strategies become increasingly important for publishers.
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Jill ONeill @jillmwo.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
My husband and I were living in NYC at the time this project was initially prooposed and people thought it was a silly idea back then. The Excess of the Eighties...
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fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Postcard from the City. Angela Hao.
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HathiTrust @hathitrust.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Come see us in Chicago later this week! We're bringing merch and a group of HathiTrust staff ready to chat. And Trusty for photo ops! ALA Connect lounge Friday, June 26, from 2:00 to 4:00 PM CT Saturday, June 27, from 1:00 to 3:00 PM CT Sunday, June 28, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM CT
Plush elephant with They, Them, Theirs button sitting in a chair with a cup of coffee
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Delta Think @deltathink.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
A new @stmassoc.bsky.social report examines Phase II of China’s Excellence Action Plan for STM Journals. Phase II has a clear ambition: a publishing ecosystem built in the public interest, with China’s STM journals among the world’s top tier by 2035. stm-assoc.org/new-report-p... #ScholComm #STM
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New report: Phase II of China's Excellence Action Plan for STM Journals - STM Association
STM consultants Shuai Yan, Mark Robertson, and Eric Na have published a detailed report on Phase II of China’s Excellence Action Plan — the largest national initiative in Chinese scholarly publishing,...
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Jill ONeill @jillmwo.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Association of University Presses Issues Statement in Opposition to the White House OMB Proposed Rules for Federal Research Funding aupresses.org/news/respond...
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Responding to the Current Political Moment in the United States - Association of University Presses
AUPresses resolves to speak out - on behalf of our member presses and in concert with the wide scholarly community - about the very real threats to knowledge and scholarship posed by the current floo...
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Jill ONeill @jillmwo.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Columbia University Press Names New Executive Director cup.columbia.edu/gita-manakta...
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Gita Manaktala Named Executive Director of Columbia University Press | Columbia University Press
Columbia University has appointed Gita Manaktala as Executive Director of Columbia University Press.
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