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Undergraduates in the Library, Trying Not to Drown
Project Information Literacy has a new report out based on surveys of over 8,000 undergraduate students at 25 campuses, as...
Argument, Inquiry, and Learning to Value Evidence
At the risk of e-mail overload, I still find it useful to belong to some old-fashioned discussion lists that engage...
Open to All: Preserving Library Values in a Digital World
As Open Access Week comes to a close, I thought I would share some ideas that bubbled up last year...
The GSU E-Reserves Case: Good News?
I've been following the Georgia State case in which publishers sued the university over e-reserves and am trying to read...
Book Futures: A Crowdsourced Thought Experiment
Last week, I was involved in a virtual summit on e-books to which I was probably invited to serve as...
The Great Disconnect: Scholars Without Libraries
I am composing this Babel post without an internet connection, trying to put it together as I airport-hop my way...
Why There's No Kindle "Freedom" in Libraries
The publishing industry should give two individuals awards for doing as much as Oprah to promote books: Jon Stewart and...
Assessing the (Enduring) Value of Libraries
It has been so long since I posted here, you may think the Babel Fish has gone fishing. In fact...