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 […]
New Resources for Scholars
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has introduced a new product to meet the increasing demands of scholarly research. The collection includes five multidiscipline databases, each […]
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 […]
Grey Areas in Plagiarism
Throughout college, I would get anxious when I submitted papers to a professor who used plagiarism software. I always cited my sources, following the […]
Monographs in the Digital World
A daughter’s interest in monographs spurred her mother to learn more than she ever thought she needed to about this declining literary form. This interesting […]
New Words Added to the Oxford
The Oxford English Dictionary recently released their list of added words as part of their June update to the more than 150-year old publication. This […]