Archive for June, 2008
Georgia State Strikes Back
If the university presses that sued Georgia State over the use of electronic readings offered their students through the campus CMS, department pages, and library e-reserves were looking for a “whoops” and the kind of statement that Cornell (and other schools) have adopted – they guessed wrong.
At issue: well, it depends on how you [...]
Posted by Barbara Fister on June 27th, 2008 under Copyright.
Comments: 4
Why This is Important to YOU
Lately, I’ve been in a marketing frame of mind. The information literacy committee I’m on is busy coming up with ways to spread the information literacy word and develop new and exciting PR techniques. My regional library is just starting production of a newsletter, geared towards faculty (informational, but a marketing tool nonetheless). I’m brainstorming [...]
Posted by Melissa Mallon on June 27th, 2008 under Information Literacy, Marketing, Public Services.
Comments: 7
Sudden Thoughts And Second Thoughts
Daily Newspapers Consider Radical Change
I take a commuter train to work. My unscientific survey reveals that out of every ten newspaper readers, nine are reading the highly condensed, mostly infotainment and poorly reported – but free – commuter’s newspaper. The tenth person is reading the Philadelphia Inquirer. So it’s no wonder that this country’s metropolitan [...]
Posted by StevenB on June 25th, 2008 under Worth Reading.
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Programs for academic librarians at Annual
It’s hard to believe that ALA Annual has snuck up on us again, but here it is coming up this week! For those of you who will be joining the ranks in Mickey Mouse’s hometown, ACRLog has put up a new page on our site with a concise (ish) listing of all the programs that [...]
Posted by Kim Leeder on June 23rd, 2008 under ACRL News.
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Core Values Must Come First
In the past few weeks I attend two equally thought provoking presentations. Although the content was radically different, as were the presenters, – one a library science professor and the other a business faculty member and corporate consultant – there was a common theme in each talk that resonated strongly with me. Both talks, in [...]
Posted by StevenB on June 18th, 2008 under Administration/Leadership.
Comments: 10