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Information Industry Giant Dies

By |March 2nd, 2017|News|Comments Off on Information Industry Giant Dies

Eugene Garfield, founder of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) and who launched the field of citation analysis, passed away on February 26, 2017. The […]

Libraries Work to Enhance Education

By |March 1st, 2017|News, Technology|Comments Off on Libraries Work to Enhance Education

Low-income students and their families are getting some assistance with digital literacy skills and internet connections at home. The American Library Association (ALA) shared this […]

Publisher Statistics Show Growth

By |February 28th, 2017|News|Comments Off on Publisher Statistics Show Growth

It was announced that trade books had their sixth consecutive month of growth in September, which added to a slight year-to-date growth. The American […]

New Collaboration Increases Access

By |February 28th, 2017|News, reference|Comments Off on New Collaboration Increases Access

EBSCO Information Services has been chosen as an approved content provider for the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) framework. This interesting […]

Just Too Much

By |February 27th, 2017|Access Insights, News, semantic|Comments Off on Just Too Much

The concept of information overload has long a been a reality, even before the digital age. It was first attributed to Professor Bertram Gross […]

The Library for the People

By |February 24th, 2017|News, reference|Comments Off on The Library for the People

One of President Obama’s final appointments was the new Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden. The first person of color and the first woman […]

Putting Textbooks in Their Place

By |February 24th, 2017|News, reference|Comments Off on Putting Textbooks in Their Place

Textbooks are large in both size and cost. Add to that how fast they become outdated, and is easy to understand why other options are […]

Looking at Language Differently

By |February 23rd, 2017|News, semantic|Comments Off on Looking at Language Differently

Cognitive linguistics refers to the school of thought within linguistics that interprets language in terms of the concepts, sometimes universal, sometimes specific to a […]