Overdue at the Library: Good Guides on How to Use It
Academic librarians, at the American Library Association's annual meeting, learn that users don't understand the resources they have available.
Featured Articles
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Reaching the Last Technology Holdouts
Instructors who cling to outdated practices may be holding back sorely needed teaching innovations.
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My Journey From Industry to Academe
Laid off by his pharmaceutical company, a chemist makes the transition to faculty life.
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Quirky Perks
Gourmet food, sports tickets, and vacation cabins are zesty additions to the standard benefits menu offered by most colleges.
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On the Pleasures (and Utility) of Summer Reading
Reading serious, substantive books can make you smarter, but enjoying mass-market novels doesn't necessarily make you dumber.
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More on Libraries
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Meet the Star of the Old Spice Video Parody
The star of Brigham Young University's Old Spice parody gets a whiff of success.
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'Anything Is Possible When You're in the Library'
The first video parody we've seen of the Old Spice commercial comes out of Brigham Young University, and it's a winner.
- He's Not on a Horse
- E-Books Will Make Up Majority of Saint Leo U.'s Library Come Fall
- Academic Libraries Must Keep Redefining Themselves
- 21st-Century Research Collections: Mostly Digital, Ever Larger
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Do Libraries Still Matter? Ohio State U. Has a Clear Answer
The Academic Librarian
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Not Enough Time in the Library
Just because your students are computer-literate doesn't mean they are research-literate.
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Subject Experts Need Not Apply
Recent job postings and hires suggest that many academic libraries are losing interest in hiring humanities Ph.D.'s
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- Show Your Librarian Some Love
- Turning Ph.D.'s into Librarians
- Endlesse Searche
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