February 13, 2012
Depending on your library, you may be required to contribute to your field of studies much like faculty do through tenure-track. This process for anybody can be gruelling along the way, but the light at the end of the tunnel keeps many motivated to continue on the path to job security and personal success. What happens [...]
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February 9, 2012
The Academic Division is now accepting submissions for two of its awards: the Springshare Innovation in Academic Libraries Award and the Stacey Greenwell Outstanding Division Member Award. The Springshare Innovation in Academic Libraries Award recognizes a new program or service that demonstrates an innovative approach to academic librarianship. Deadline for submissions is April 1st, 2012. [...]
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February 8, 2012
Elsevier is notoriously known as being one of the most expensive and challenging publishers to bargain with in the academic publication world, and many academic library budgets feel nearly overtaken with Elsevier journals. Libraries have had to hold their breath as they pay their invoice, and in some instances have been forced to drop big deals altogether when a [...]
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February 3, 2012
Public libraries have traditionally been seen as the geographical center of town, a place where communities could congregate, learn and spend leisure time. Academic libraries have been viewed more as places of serious research, but as more academic libraries are consolidating or going virtual, the idea of the library as a place is being challenged [...]
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January 30, 2012
Today begins Round 8 of the excellent Library Day in the Life project. Inspired by a blog post from Bobbi Newman in 2008, the event has grown tremendously since. From the project’s wiki: Whether you are a librarian or library worker of any kind, help us share and learn about the joys and challenges of working in a library. Join us by [...]
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January 27, 2012
Perhaps it all started with a tweet announcing that the entire Harvard library staff has been fired. Since then, a lot of information has been circulating regarding Harvard’s attempt to restructure their libraries and lay off employees as part of the plan. Town hall meetings were used to announce the layoffs, followed by asking employees [...]
January 26, 2012
The SLA Academic Division is honored to have received the Member Recruitment award at this year’s SLA Leadership Summit in Atlanta! Details and (hopefully) pictures are forthcoming… but we’re thrilled. To all the new members out there, thank you: we will make it worth your while. And to all the hard-working members who have gone [...]
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January 23, 2012
It is no secret that publishers are sitting on the edge of their seats in an ever growing open source world. Last week, the New York Times posted a write up on open source places for the science fields. In addition to arXiv, new Facebook-like platforms are emerging to further facilitate sharing data, research and [...]
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January 20, 2012
In case you missed, two weeks ago HahtiTrust released a time line of progress for digitizing now 10 million volumes that are in the public domain. This link provides some great visuals regarding language distribution, publication date, and the time line chronicling the growth of HathiTrust since January 2008. Keep informed with the HahtiTrust Digital [...]
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January 19, 2012
SOPA/PIPA legislation continues to lose ground in both the House and the Senate. Washington is listening to the loudly protesting voices of individual sharers, online content providers, and information mavens, including the internet blackout actions undertaken by thousands of websites yesterday. However, lawmakers are not the only SOPA/PIPA supporters who need to seriously consider these [...]
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