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Brenda Johnson, who currently serves as University Librarian at the U.C., Santa Barbara, has been named Ruth Lilly Dean of the Indiana University Libraries, Provost and Executive Vice President Karen Hanson announced today (N (Read More)
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Folks have been warned about not giving out personal information, but they may have never thought an old library book could hold their social security number.It's happening at the University of Toledo campus and likely all ov (Read More)
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If you could rebuild your campus library from the ground up, how would it be different? Would the impact of digital technology significantly alter the features and design? For many university administrators and library execut (Read More)
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Yesterday at the EDUCAUSE conference two ARL library directors went head-to-head in a debate about the future of the library building. In this corner Suzanne E. Thorin, dean of libraries at Syracuse University said the librar (Read More)
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William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library at Ohio State University is now open, and columnist Joe Blundo in the Columbus Dispatch calls it 'a Taj Mahal of a library' (as it should be at the cost of $108.7 million).The place has (Read More)
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When even Impact Factors don't help any more: How bad does a library budget have to get when even these journals are not subscribed to any more? How 'excellent' is a university which doesn't recognize the basic needs of its s (Read More)
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Austin Statesman: Nathan Snyder worked as a bibliographer and cataloguer at the Perry-Castañeda Library, the main library on the U. of Texas campus. The Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies at UT dedicated a library to him i (Read More)
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Salt Lake Tribune reports: No formality was overlooked at Monday's rededication of the University of Utah's Marriott Library.But in a break from tradition, U. President Michael Young bypassed a ribbon cutting in favor of a bo (Read More)
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2008 Academic Library Trends and Statistics, the latest in a series of annual publications that describe the collections, staffing, expenditures and service activities of academic libraries in all Carnegie classifications, is (Read More)
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Since it opened in 2003, the main branch of the Salt Lake City Public Library has been an iconic gathering place. But police became concerned about one group there this spring as citizens called tip lines and the Mayor's Offi (Read More)
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SFGate.com City Brights Blog: In 49 BC, parts of the priceless Library of Alexandria burned, when Julius Caesar set a fire to the Egyptian fleet in the harbor and the fire spread. Portions more burned or were destroyed by bar (Read More)
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If you’re interested in text/SMS reference in libraries, please check out my latest Stacking the Tech column, Text Message Reference: Is It Effective?“The biblioblogosphere is replete with posts announcing the launch of new S (Read More)
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Burning Windows:
The concept of “maximizing profits” is so embedded in our American culture that even “research” is code for “business.”That said, I’ve been playing around a lot with how I can relate online key-word tools to research for Unde (Read More)
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Several hundred UC Berkeley students took over the anthropology library for 24 hours this weekend to protest UC-wide budget cuts, in particular Saturday closures of small campus libraries that students use for studying and re (Read More)
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New York Times: “THE fundamental reasons why the electric car has not attained the popularity it deserves are (1) The failure of the manufacturers to properly educate the general public regarding the wonderful utility of the (Read More)
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Article Title: Nonaffiliated Users in Academic Libraries: Using W.D. Ross’s Ethical Pluralism to Make Sense of the Tough QuestionsAuthors: Mark Lenker, Elizabeth Kocevar-WeidingerAccepted: September 29, 2009Anticipa (Read More)
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Harvard buys Updike archive: Harvard University has acquired the manuscripts, correspondences, and other papers of John Updike, a celebrated member of the Class of 1954 who kept a Harvard library card and frequently visited t (Read More)
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Somerset Reporter: On Wednesday, October 7, libraries from across New Jersey will participate in another Snapshot Day, to collect photos and statistics of how libraries are being used, the number of people using them and how (Read More)
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Two points of view:
from students at the University of Washington(thanks vigilant readers) and
from students at Princeton University. (Read More)
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Deadheads rejoice! UC Santa Cruz has received a major grant to help digitize the Grateful Dead Archive at the University Library.The campus was awarded a National Leadership Grant of $615,175 from the Institute of Museum and (Read More)
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