Many of us become academic librarians without much prior knowledge of the structure or practices of higher education. In time we become familiar with phrases and terms such as academic freedom, tenure, shared governance and others. In some cases we have just a surface understanding of these concepts, or we may have studied them in [...]

Last year I criticized the Horizon Report for failing to include a member of the academic library community among their Advisory Board. I finally had an opportunity to read the Horizon Report for 2007. Again, the report should be required reading for academic librarians. And again, there are no librarians on the Advisory Board. The [...]

If you go by the Maroon Opinions blog, academic library patrons have lots of concerns about the quality of the toilets. What is Maroon Opinions? It’s a blog that lists suggestions for and answers from the University of Chicago Library. Taking a longer look through the blog one sees there are a fair number of [...]