More mainstream press attention to libraries – this time in Madison’s Capital Times. The focus is on social spaces and the availability of food and coffee: “Libraries, once bastions of silence, are quickly becoming the academic equivalent of the student union.” Included in the story, though, is the fact that funding isn’t keeping up with [...]

Once again there is discussion in the biblioblogosphere about the value of joining ALA. You can read posts about it here and here. There are good points in both of these posts – and in the comments (though I had to take issue with Meredith’s remarks about ACRL – see my comments on her post), [...]

There’s been a flurry of activity recently about using OPML (Outline Processor Markup Language) editors to create what’s referred to as a “reading list.” Steven Cohen’s posts about reading lists this week reminded me that I had first heard about this in San Antonio at a RUSA program on RSS and library blogging. I had [...]