ATG News You Need to Start the Week 3/20/17 | Against The Grain

"AAU, ARL, AAUP to Launch Open Access Monograph Publishing Initiative…;   *Titles Translated from 11 Languages: The 2017 Man Booker International Longlist;   *Thirty Museums and Libraries Named Finalists for 2017 National Medal Award;   *Ebook sales continue to fall as younger generations drive appetite for print;   *“States Perform”(Interactive State Data Comparison Tool);   *University of Illinois Library Launches Open-Access Digital Publishing Network;   *Women’s History Month: Library to Live Stream Talk with Arts Leaders;   *New SPARC Europe report on Open Data and Open Science policies in Europe;   *Evidence-based characteristics could help authors recognize predatory journals;  *New report on digital transformation in publishing finds slow advancement in digital transformation, high emphasis on metadata investment;  plus more library and publishing news from a variety of sources."