Salary percentage increase for U.S. ARL university librarians greater than previous year, but among the smallest in decades.
With demands on the space on the rise and the fulfillment of a major Master Plan project unlikely in this economy, Cooper Library needed a way to strategically address facility changes. What we ended up
Legislation could greatly increase penalties for copyright infringement; LCA claims it "could threaten important library and educational activities."
Barbara Fister thinks some first-semester students have the right idea.
Merger to create "one public service point" for both collections.
Sometimes we may believe that no one appreciates what librarians do, writes Steven Bell, but three recent essays from non-library academics show otherwise.
Barbara Fister thinks there are lessons for all of us in those cardboard boxes.
The video archives of the first LJ Future of the Academic Library Symposium, held in partnership with McMaster University, have been edited and posted; still time to register for the upcoming Symposium being held at
Experts talked technology and pragmatism at the Library & Information Technology Association's annual conference.
The LifeTime Library will give quarter-terabyte of space to each student, with aim to expand the project university-wide.
Steven Bell argues that academic librarians are - and must continue to be- grassroots leaders at their institutions.
$20-million project will include building renovations as well.
December 2010 to date as identified by YBP Library Services.
Addition brings total ebook sets available to 200, as EBSCO develops new acquisition models.
Barbara Fister slips into a parallel universe that's strangely familiar.
David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library to house papers of noted Chilean writer.
Integrated Building Design is a potentially smarter, better, and faster way to build a new library?a process that could maximize innovation and deliver on long-term sustainability goals, and possibly decrease project costs.
Unionized librarians and archivists at the University of Western Ontario to receive 1.5 percent annual base salary increases for four years under new agreement.
Other scholars invited to add expertise to further the analysis. One early finding: The "80/20" rule may not be accurate.
Barbara Fister rips the headlines and excavates some buried ledes.
Our Internet experience to date is largely shaped by an expectation of unlimited amounts of storage and bandwidth, and Steven Bell ponders the challenges it will present to higher education when it ends.
December 2010 to date as identified by YBP Library Services.
Publishers, libraries, authors, and others worked together to establish licensing criteria
Report on ebook penetration in different library sectors will be available
Periodical prices to rise as libraries face further budget cuts.
UM says it will examine orphan works program's "flawed" processes, as questions are raised about titles on its orphan candidates list.
Demand for ebooks at libraries expected to skyrocket as popular ereader becomes compatible with OverDrive collections
Plaintiffs charge the digital repository and universities with "engaging in one of the largest copyright infringements in history."
November 2010 to date as identified by YBP Library Services.
Rural and small librarians gather in Frisco, TX, to collaborate and learn. Attendance holds firm drawing about 350 participants, the same as last year.
New deals will make some 9.5 million volumes searchable by three major discovery services?and make HathiTrust more accessible than ever.
$44K grant awarded to four libraries to build infrastructure for repository, which will hold digitized books, scholarly articles, historical materials, and more.
Following high-profile incidents involving JSTOR content, archive takes "first step" toward more access options for independent scholars.
Research material helps clarify statutory language and may be more comprehensive than other library databases
Director of Topeka and Shawnee County PL faces off against director of school library services for the New York City
Naomi Riley explains why she believes the end of tenure is the start of improvement for higher education.
October 2010 to date as identified by YBP Library Services.
Two-year project will add five million objects from major research libraries to Europeana.
Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA continues outreach effort
Researchers and students can access content via their smartphones.
University librarian says library system fortunate as university's overall appropriation reduced by 17.9 percent
As a digital repository project expands to provide scholars more access to in-copyright materials, what does it mean for the future of orphan works?
Barbara Fister is sick of breaking the bad news about copyright
What academic librarians can learn from the iconic Steve Jobs.
October 2010 to date as identified by YBP Library Services.
Part of a growing resistance to "big deals" with publishers
Will function like OverDrive app available on other types of devices; Pottermore promotion also announced.
New report from major standards group urges libraries to move more deeply into the linked data cloud and the Semantic Web.
A hot trend in academic librarianship is determining the value of our libraries. So far, there's no easy way to do that. Steven Bell looks at a new higher-education report for inspiration.
Strike could happen as soon as September 8 if no agreement reached.
Barbara Fister is intrigued by the ERIAL study results?but not surprised.
One branch taken over by LSSI as city lets funding arrangement expire; city explores closer ties to University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Voluntary staff reductions at the Library of Congress, in wake of budget-cutting legislation, to take effect by November 3.
Report shows increase in number of librarians, but overall circulation shows a decline.
Materials available under a mix of models.
Medieval specialist from German and Scandinavian departments will be first woman to lead library
Board will have time to plan for a smooth transition after Lowry's five years at helm.
September 2010 to date as identified by YBP Library Services.
Research will examine secure methods of analyzing copyrighted texts.
After confidential agreement reached, two companies jointly agree to have case dealing with patents for RFID devices and self-service circulation systems dismissed.
Integration of EBSCO Discovery Service results via Encore Discovery platform available only to customers of both services.
Second Circuit decision seen as having worse implications for libraries than Costco case.
It's a huge problem for higher education institutions - and though most academic librarians never give it a second thought, says Steven Bell, we will when our library buildings fall apart.
Barbara Fister wonders what we'll do about publishers too big to fail.
The Coalition of Open Access Policy Institutions will collaborate and advocate for open-access policies for scholarly journal articles.
Grant proposals increasingly require data management plans, and librarians help science faculty learn best practices.
Database is key source of citations and abstracts for British and Irish dissertations and theses.
Over $1 million from Mellon Foundation will foster unified open source solution.
An organization that supports wounded veterans with small-scale digital entertainment libraries brought in a Koha ILS; use of standard computer-network ports a factor in choice.
Aim to fully implement new cataloging code by 2013. Successor to AACR2 will function best in a non-MARC environment
Libraries should help scholars bring new ways of sharing knowledge out of the shadows, says Barbara Fister.
The American middle class is fed up with higher education, and Steven Bell wonders what this means for the future of our funding
Demand publishers rescind 'unreasonable prices rises of the last three years,' and pledge to walk away from unacceptable Big Deals. Reed Elsevier reports 19 percent rise in profit in first half of 2011.
2CUL partnership leads to reciprocal borrowing privileges for students, faculty, and staff
Federal Depository Library Program, Census Bureau confronting budget proposal that cuts to the bone.
A new digital format promises to upend the traditional PDF, bringing live interactivity to static documents.
The Demand Progress founder and former Open Library developer Aaron Swartz could face up to 35 years in prison if convicted of all charges.
September 2010 to date as identified by YBP Library Services.
Library teams with University of Michigan and University of Wisconsin in bid to make more full-text electronic works available.
For the extended version of this article, see the original that ran in LJ's Academic Newswire I had a great lesson in misperception correction not long ago as I was writing an LJ post called More...
Feeling depressed about scholarly publishing, Barbara Fister channels Ambrose Bierce.
ALA Annual is a big conference with big names and big events, but, Steven Bell reflects, sometimes it's the small things that matter most.
Collaborative effort highlights library instruction at Fairfield University.
For now, aid level cut 50 percent but even that could disappear after midyear review. Academic libraries also likely to suffer as higher education budgets hit hard, too.
Academic and public libraries will take part in new ILS platform development project.
Kurt Sanford, formerly of LexisNexis, to take the reins starting July 13. Marty Kahn to become vice chairman of board.
September 2010 to date as identified by YBP Library Services.
Barbara Fister doesn't care what we call it, so long as we do it. "We need to think about it as a creative process, a critical process, a social process that involves any number of
The past few months have seen a torrent of angry writing from faculty who are fed up with spoiled, entitled students. Steven Bell has a solution those faculty won't like.
September 2010 to date as identified by YBP Library Services.
Mobile apps, user experience, and social networking are top topics.
Looking across the academic fields, LJ Senior Editor Margaret Heilbrun sees a great harvest in the coming seasons.
Citing fair use, the UM Library aims to make more in-copyright, out-of-print works accessible to scholars.
Barbara Fister learns that clearing out a root directory uncovers a bit of history. "One of our current projects is launching a new look for our library's website, and that always is an occasion for
Entrepreneurial-minded academic libraries looking to provide unique services to students may want to consider offering guidance on financial literacy, says Steven Bell. "With more students taking on extreme debt, working part-time through college, and graduating
ICOLC issues statement saying STM's approach "would radically alter well-established library practices."
State attorney general's office backs bold effort to transfer content to new platform, possibly 3M
The new initiative will offer training as well as hosted support of open source tools including Evergreen, DSpace, and Drupal.
A roundup of announcements; more details to come from the ALA Annual
>August 2010 to date as identified by YBP Library Services.
Unconferences offer a new model for instruction, according to Barbara Fister: "In short, an unconference is a lot like a library."
Most academic librarians agree it's the long-time veterans who are out of touch and need to do better at keeping up, but Steven Bell thinks it's even more important for those just getting started.
When asked how they use the library, a panel of undergraduate students speakers offered a variety of striking, honest, and emotionally charged views, writes Michael Stephens.
Dueling statements may open a new front in copyright battles as librarians allege publishers resort to 'quiet' intimidation that would undermine legal resource sharing under U.S. law
The archive's founder, Brewster Kahle, hopes to build a collection to help foster new research.
LJ talks to the CEO of SAGE Publications about the company's strategic direction and trends in the Big Deal, open access, and new media.
August 2010 to date as identified by YBP Library Services.
Char Booth interviews Heather Christenson and Paul Fogel for a peek behind the scenes at HathiTrust. "In a world where commercial forces have staked out wide swaths of digital territory, HathiTrust is a digital library
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