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Holding to our values during difficult times

I write a lot in my American Libraries column about library values, particularly those around access and privacy. My latest column (Jan/Feb 17), which should be out soon online just…

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Is the Framework Elitist? Is ACRL?

Many of you who read my blog already know that I came to librarianship from social work, where I was a child and family psychotherapist. As a therapist, one of…

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The Next Librarian of Congress?

Late last week, I received an email from the culture editor at the New Republic about writing an article on the next Librarian of Congress. It was the first offer…

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You could learn a lot from us: community college librarians at ACRL

ACRL was ridiculously amazing this year. I feel energized, affirmed, and hopeful (and completely exhausted and sick since it ended). The programming was so high-quality and relevant that, in most…

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Read your contract: Being OA isn’t enough

So, I missed writing this for Open Access Week, or Fair Use Week, or Open Education Week, but I think these are topics that we should be focusing on every day…

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Opening up knowledge on the tenure track

I'm not a hero. I'm not an open access warrior. I'm not one of those people who would risk their career on the cross of Open Access. I'm not a…

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Mobile Learning: The Teacher in Your Pocket

There's a great new book out on mobile technologies in libraries and I was fortunate to have been asked to contribute a chapter on mobile learning and mobile instruction in…

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Living our values

I have wanted to write about so many things that have come across my desktop lately, but work and getting ready for a major trip to New Zealand with my…

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Faculty inertia and change in scholarly publishing

I loved Barbara Fister’s recent post, "Breaking News: Academic Journals are Really Expensive!", about faculty who seem surprised that journals cost the library a lot. Kind of amazing to think…

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A lot of Davids make one heck of a Goliath

In response to my post a few days ago about EBSCO, Sarah Houghton-Jan just wrote an impassioned post about unethical vendor practices, suggesting that we let our vendors know when…

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Giving and Taking

Oh Meredith, why can't you just write a nice, short, concise post? I really don't know what happens! I start writing and my fingers just seem to take over. This…

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IL2006 Day 2: Institutional Repository Basics: From Soup to Nuts

Roy Tennant, University of California While I was very interested in all of the talks in the social computing track today, I really wanted to expand my knowledge of certain…

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On skill sharing

Last November, I went to a meeting of Vermont colleges where we discussed doing more consortial activities. We broke up into groups to discuss different ideas and then reported to…

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Elf and Privacy Issues

Mary Minnow has written several posts on Library Elf and potential privacy issues. Since my library uses Voyager, I haven't tried Library Elf out yet, but it's supposed to create…

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The Max Power way

According to Techdirt, a California state senator has introduced a bill that threatens developers of file sharing applications with jail time. John Borland at CNET, writes, “if passed and signed…

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A new corporate approach to intellectual property

IBM is making 500 of its patents available for free to people doing open source projects. Rock on! From the New York Times: I.B.M. executives say the company's new approach…