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Obviously the analogy I suggested yesterday for encouraging undergrads to use library resources instead of Google has problems. (It was, “Why eat at McDonalds when you can eat at a … Read more or whatever
Category: Higher Ed
An analogy for undergrads
Here’s a quick analogy for undergrads who want to just use Google for their research papers: “Why eat at McDonalds when you can eat for free at the five star … Read more An analogy for undergrads
Interview with Toni Samek
The BCLA IFC blog has an interview with Toni Samek, who is a very progressive LIS professor at the University Alberta. Toni writes and teaches on topics in critical librarianship, … Read more Interview with Toni Samek
The Librarian Act of 2007
Text from the ALA campaign for this legislation: Next week, to celebrate National Library Week, Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) plans to introduce the Librarian Act of 2007. The Librarian Act … Read more The Librarian Act of 2007
Jesse Shera on academic librarians’ professional values
Here is an excerpt from Jesse Shera’s 1936 article in The Bulletin of the American Library Association, “The College Library and its Future.” (Vol. 30, pp. 495-501.) A PROFESSIONAL CREDO … Read more Jesse Shera on academic librarians’ professional values
EDUCAUSE on libraries (with friends like these…)
Library Juice readers on most university campuses should be able to read this new one from EDUCAUSE Review: “If the Academic Library Ceased to Exist, Would We Have to Invent … Read more EDUCAUSE on libraries (with friends like these…)
Southern Methodist University faculty uneasy about a Bush Presidential Library
Southern Methodist University is the front runner to be the site for the Bush Presidential Library, and is favored by President Bush because of his United Methodist religious affiliation. The … Read more Southern Methodist University faculty uneasy about a Bush Presidential Library
Liquidation of Iraqi academics
According to the Brussells Tribunal, an international group of artists, intellectuals and activists opposed to the U.S. occupation of Iraq, the intellectual and academic community of Iraq is being destroyed: … Read more Liquidation of Iraqi academics
Historian Tony Judt’s talks in NYC cancelled due to ADL pressure
NYU historian Tony Judt is a strong critic of Israel and a proponent, along with Noam Chomsky and the late Edward Said, of a secular, binational state as the solution … Read more Historian Tony Judt’s talks in NYC cancelled due to ADL pressure
American Anthropological Association opposition to Open Access: a letter from the AnthroSource Steering Committee on FRPAA
The Federal Research Public Access Act of 2006 (FRPAA), if passed, would mandate that research by Federal government agencies (publicly funded research) automatically go into publicly accessible open access repositories. … Read more American Anthropological Association opposition to Open Access: a letter from the AnthroSource Steering Committee on FRPAA
The real reason students like Google better than our databases
For academic librarians: We think that our undergrads go to Google because it’s easier to search than our databases, with their powerful syntaxes and fields, and we’re plowing ahead with … Read more The real reason students like Google better than our databases
The Ballad of Old Man Peters
A non-librarian friend recommended this story to me recently, and on reading it I felt surprised never to have seen it before. It’s an inspiring story about literacy and learning. … Read more The Ballad of Old Man Peters
Information for Social Change #23
The new issue of Information for Social Change, issue 23, is now online. It is a bigger-than-usual issue with some provocative and interesting articles. Information for Social Change is a … Read more Information for Social Change #23
“Facts Count”: Examination of David Horowitz’s Dangerous Academics book
Free Exchange on Campus, a coalition of academic and public interest groups formed in response to David Horowitz’s “Academic Bill of Rights” initiative campaign, has just released a major report … Read more “Facts Count”: Examination of David Horowitz’s Dangerous Academics book
More on the Mansfield situation, from a Mansfield professor
Christopher Phelps, a history professor at Ohio State University, Mansfield, asked me to post his letter to the Dispatch in response to their coverage of the situation involving the anti-gay … Read more More on the Mansfield situation, from a Mansfield professor
Anti-gay book controversy at Ohio State, Mansfield
At Ohio State, Mansfield there’s a controversial situation shaping up concerning the library. It isn’t being talked about on listservs much, probably because at first glance it might seem to … Read more Anti-gay book controversy at Ohio State, Mansfield