Editor’s Note: Here is the fifth and final 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.
When I started thinking about the most important observations I might share from the unique opportunities that I had to talk with people [...]

Does political scare you?
Political doesn’t scare me. Radical political scares me. Political political scares me.
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At an ALA Annual program sponsored by ACRL’s Law and Political Science Section section titled “Can Blogs Be Trusted,” Jason Zengerle of the New Republic raised questions about the objectivity and reliability of political blogs that went beyond the simple [...]

I always suspected there is a fair amount of apathy among ACRL members when it comes to annual elections. People don’t know who is running (or may not care), they may find the ALA voting system annoying, or they may be too busy to take a few minutes to log on and submit a ballot. [...]

So libraries came up with an an alternative to Google. They are working with Amazon to digitize out-of-copyright or library-owned-copyright books and sell POD copies through the megasite. Only unlike the Google library project, the libraries do all the work. And unlike Google, Amazon sells printed copies, with a kickback to the libraries that do [...]

Michael Jensen has a fascinating piece in the Chron on what authority might look like in the future – fusing values of the academy (prestige, quality, significance) with those of Web 2.0 (availability, interactivity, formation of subcultures within an abundant information landscape). Good on the Chron for making this one free!
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