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Archive for May, 2007

Why Do Students Read?

Barbara’s post about promoting reading for pleasure reminded me of something Twyla Tharp wrote in her book The Creative Habit:
I read for a lot of reasons, pleasure being the least of them.
Tharp goes on to describe the various reasons she reads–to compete with other people, for personal growth, and mostly for inspiration. She talks about [...]

Field Guide To Generation Y

Looking for insight and guidance into the inner workings of your twentysomething library workers? Look no further than the latest issue of Fortune (May 28, 207) for the article “You Raised Them, Now Manage Them“. By their definition a Gen Y worker was born between 1977 and 1995. Given the unique generational personality of Gen [...]

Notes From The Campaign Trail - Part Three

Editor’s Note: Here is the third post in a series from Scott Walter, ex-ACRLog blog team member, in which he shares his learning experiences as a candidate for ACRL office.
Recruitment and retention in the profession are critical issues for our future, and they are equally important for an organization like ACRL that draws its strength [...]

The Changing Nature Of Authority: Doctors

Medical doctors have long been considered paragons of authority and expertise in our society. Their authority derives from long, rigorous academic training and is refined through continual clinical practice. We should listen to doctors because they are the best chance we have to get a reliable diagnosis based on the best science available. Or [...]

Time For Academic Librarians To Tune In To The Semantic Web

Editor’s Note: We present this guest post by Brett Bonfield, a graduate student in the LIS program at Drexel University, intern at the Lippincott Library at the University of Pennsylvania and an aspiring academic librarian.
What if your refrigerator automatically charged and discharged items, maintained standing orders, and weeded its collection? These are the sort of [...]