Helping Libraries Along the Way
Libraries have never been known for having bottomless budgets. In fact, it is likely the opposite. Whenever an opportunity comes around that helps them broaden […]
New Approach to Peer Review
The open access journal, BMC Psychology, will launch the first randomized controlled trial to find out if a ‘results free’ peer-review process can help […]
Frankfurt Book Fair Coming Soon
The Frankfurt Book Fair is scheduled for October 19-23, 2016. Are you ready? With 275,000 visitors, 7,275 international exhibitors and 9,300 journalists and bloggers, Frankfurt […]
New Librarian of Congress is First in Many Ways
The 14th Librarian of Congress was sworn in this week. As the first woman and first African-American to hold the post, Carla Hayden will lead […]
Libraries, Open Source, and eBooks – Oh My!
An open source server-software developer is working on a project at the New York Public Library (NYPL) that is intended to liberate every part […]
The Challenge of Costly Textbooks
It’s back to school season and that means school supply shopping, a task I have never heard a single person rejoice about, and each […]
The Role of the Library in Your Community
When is the last time you went to the public library? So it shouldn’t surprise you that there has been a significant decrease in […]
Get in Line
The relationship between information technology (IT) staff and other professionals has been lampooned in a variety of comedies, like sitcoms or sketch shows like […]
Digital Shakespeare?
Digital content is everywhere. According to a recent survey, sixty-two percent of school districts have digital content and curriculum strategy, and more than half of […]