by David Nelson, Chair, Collection Development and Management, Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University I think all library websites stink. Now that I have your attention, I can retract a bit the bluntness of that statement. But, I don’t think there will be...
A couple of articles have come to our attention that bring to the fore some of the thorny issues surrounding open access and peer review. The first article Critics Say Sting on Open-Access Journals Misses Larger Point was written by Paul Basken, senior reporter for...
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) continue to cause lively discussions on campuses across the country. This recent article by Ry Rivard entitled “MOOC-Skeptical Provosts” highlights an effort by provosts of Big 10 universities and the University of Chicago to make...
Good Question! Why are shares of B&N returning 34.5 percent over the last 12 months if books, their main stock in trade, are on life support? There is no denying that on the surface things are not looking good for the bookstore giant as it continues to suffer...
A number of you may have read Information Today's article F1000Research Launches Following Successful Beta-Testing Phase reporting the successful launch of F1000Research's new Open Science publishing program for life scientists. According to the article this new...
As many of you will remember, the recent Charleston Conference ended with a Hyde Park Corner Debate between Rick Anderson and Derek Law over the proposition that the traditional research library is dead. After a feisty debate, Rick prevailed when the audience vote to...
The 12 Planets and the Unidentified Flying Elephant By Sue Wiegand Okay, so the elephant isn’t really flying, but the six blind monks in the old story who were trying to identify it based on different parts of its anatomy (“It’s like a tree branch!” cried the one who...
As many of you know the Finch Committee Report and its support of "gold" open access has gotten a lot of press both pro and con. The battle lines continue to be drawn. InfoDOCKET reports an article in the Guardian that notes the UK government "is to unveil...
LSU Expanding Efforts to Digitize Louisiana’s Diverse Cultural Institutions According to LSU Libraries News & Notes "LSU is accelerating efforts to digitize vulnerable collections for diverse and underfunded cultural heritage institutions in Louisiana with a new...
LSU Expanding Efforts to Digitize Louisiana’s Diverse Cultural Institutions According to LSU Libraries News & Notes "LSU is accelerating efforts to digitize vulnerable collections for diverse and underfunded cultural heritage institutions in Louisiana with a new...
NORTH Library Systems Analyst, Boston University Libraries, MA Discovery Services Manager, Boston University Libraries, Boston MA Digital Technologies Librarian, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY Electronic Resources and Discovery Librarian, Sawyer Library, Suffolk...
Oxford University Press To Migrate Its Catalogue to Online Platform Publishing Perspectives reports that " a migration of Oxford University Press‘ books as well as journals to the online platform Oxford Academic announced Wednesday (August 3) is expected to “further...
A librarian collects all the things left in books — from love letters to old photos is by Nell Clark an editor at Morning Edition and a writer for NPR's Live Blog. Her piece appears on the NPR website. Photo illustration: Vanessa Leroy and Nell Clark via Oakland...
