Facebook is again in the news, this time over opening the site (which was once only open to .edu addresses) to a wider community. As with the news feed fiasco, some students are up in arms. Protest groups have formed; two big concerns seem to be mommy checking up on them and stalkers. I confess [...]

I think that most people would agree that the first few weeks of any new job are a little stressful and nerve-wracking; I would. New co-workers, policies, agendas, and responsibilities have kept me busy for the initial weeks of my new job as the Public Services Librarian at a small liberal arts college. Before starting, [...]

Venture capitalist Guy Kawasaki authors the blog Signum Sine Tinnitu, a popular blog that often delivers good ideas and solid advice. He has some great tip lists on things like schmoozing and presenting with PowerPoint. Just recently he offered some interesting advice for students in a post titled “Ten Things to Learn This School Year“. [...]

The ACRLog blog team is excited to offer a new feature for this academic year. We told you about the ACRL member survey , and its demographic data leads us to believe that a fair number of years have passed since many of our readers spent their first year as an academic librarian. Well, we [...]

The Wall Street Journal (free) reports that students are “outraged” over two new features in Facebook called News Feed and Mini Feed. The features “track users’ actions on the site and then keep all of their friends apprised of those developments.” Students are angered that information that they thought was private became public overnight. This [...]