Category Archives: acquisitions

A tentative use case for machine learning in academic libraries

By Mark Eaton | Published: April 16, 2023

Being a subject selector in an academic library is pretty repetitive. I’m basically applying the same selection criteria to different materials over and over again. In my specific role, I’m almost always looking for books (and ebooks) that are for lower-division undergraduates/general readers; that are from reputable academic presses; and that fall within the subject […]

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Highlighting new books for faculty

By Mark Eaton | Published: June 26, 2018

This post is co-written with Julia Furay. Thanks to the dedicated work of our acquisitions librarian, Prof. Julia Furay, the Kingsborough library buys a lot of interesting books throughout the academic year. Typically, these are displayed on the New Books shelf for about a week before they find their permanent homes upstairs in the library […]

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