Against the Grain is seeking submissions for our “Biz of Digital” column! Biz of Digital features articles by working librarians and information professionals on digital collections, digital repositories, digital scholarship, data services, and technology. Its audience is librarians in all types of libraries and vendors of products, services, and systems that support library digital services. Its focus is on current practices, techniques, processes, and information on events in the field. Against the Grain is a down-to-earth, practice-orientated library journal.
Tell us about your interesting projects, new initiatives, successes, failures and lessons learned about:
- Digitization and preservation
- Digital repositories
- Digital scholarship
- Copyright and licensing
- Systems and emerging technologies
- Research data services
- Data discovery
- Data science and data visualization
- AI in libraries
- Metadata and standards
- Research integrity
- Digital accessibility and usability
Or suggest your own topic!
Theoretical articles, research reports, "how-to" articles, case studies, literature reviews and conceptual or opinion pieces are all welcome. Article length should be approximately 1500-2000 words. Contributions may be written by individuals or co-authored. Against the Grain welcomes contributions from across the scholarly communication community, including authors employed by publishers, vendors, or service providers. For more information, see the ATG Submission Guidelines.
The submission deadline for the upcoming issue is January 14, 2027. Submissions are also welcome for later issues of the journal.
If you are interested in writing for the Biz of Digital column, please contact the column editor:
CJ Garcia
Health Sciences Librarian
Creighton University Libraries
cjgarcia@creighton.edu
Health Sciences Librarian
Creighton University Libraries
cjgarcia@creighton.edu
