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Can Your Data Come Out to Play?
When I was planning to attend a conference in San Francisco last fall, I had to find a cheaper hotel...
Bad News, Good News: Riding the RSS Roller Coaster
Browsing RSS feeds is always an adventure, yanking me around from dystopia to utopia as I go from one link...
Finals: An All-Consuming Ritual
The library is never more packed than during fall final exams. A few students are still approaching the reference desk...
The Illusion of Google's Limitless Library
Google launched on Monday . They have a happy little video about it. It's all about choice! You can choose...
Getting Rid of Books: A Heresy
Libraries are often in a tricky place when it comes to removing books from the collection. It makes some people...
Thanks for the Internet (and Let's Make Sure We Keep It)
Can you remember what life was like before the Internet? I can ... but barely. I remember sending my first...
By Indirections Find Directions Out
Librarians and faculty in the disciplines have different lines of sight on students who struggle to find sources and use...
Puzzled by Patron-Driven Acquisitions
The buzz at the recent Charleston Conference (and practically every other recent conference at which academic librarians have gathered) is...