I HATE the slogan, “Librarian: The Original Search Engine.” It is on a coffee mug that was given to me as a gift by a family member, and it seems … Read more You would not say, “Astronomers: The Original Telescope”
Still time to enroll in December’s classes: December 2012 Introduction to RDA Instructor: Melissa Adler | Credits: 1.5 CEUs | Cost: $175 The Mechanics of Metadata Instructor: Grace Agnew | … Read more Upcoming Classes
I recently did an interview with Courtney Mlinar, instructor for three courses with Library Juice Academy: Introduction to Health Science Librarianship, Consumer Health Information, and Embedded Librarianship, the latter of … Read more Interview with Courtney Mlinar
An article by Josh Wallert went up on Nov. 8 at the Design Observer Group’s Places: Forum of Design for the Public Realm, titled, “State of the Commons: Wikipedia, Flickr, … Read more State of the Commons: Wikipedia, Flickr, and the Public Domain
I have just done an interview with Robert Chavez, instructor for two courses with Library Juice Academy: Introduction to XML and Introduction to the Semantic Web. Robert talks about the … Read more Interview with Robert Chavez
I have just done an interview with Grace Agnew, who will be teaching a class for Library Juice Academy in December called, “The Mechanics of Metadata.” It’s a technical skills … Read more Interview with Grace Agnew
I have just done an interview with Annie Downey for the Library Juice Academy news blog. Annie is teaching a class next month called, “Techniques for Creative Problem-Solving in Libraries.” … Read more Interview with Annie Downey
ACRL has embarked on the important, even urgent, initiative to support academic libraries in articulating and demonstrating their value to their institutions at a time in which higher education in … Read more Academic Libraries, Information Literacy, and the Value of Our Values
If you can make it to the Boston area on Saturday, November 17, head to the Women’s Studies Research Center at Brandeis University. The wonderful Boston collective of Radical Reference … Read more Critical Librarianship Symposium on the Activist Potential of Librarians
Kevin M. Kruse has an Op-Ed in today’s New York Times: The Real Loser: Truth. It is about how American politics may have turned a new corner thanks to the … Read more On the Romney Campaign’s Disdain for Facts
George Eberhart of American Libraries magazine has written an article about the role of libraries during Hurricane Sandy and its aftermath: “Libraries Weather the Superstorm.” He summarizes the damage done … Read more Libraries and Hurricane Sandy
Late Night Library One for the Books Campaign FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A PLEDGE CAMPAIGN SUPPORTING INDEPENDENT BOOKSELLERS AND PUBLISHERS PORTLAND, OR, October 22, 2012—Responding to the US Department of Justice … Read more Late Night Library One for the Books Campaign