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Hiring Librarians Blog

Michel-Adrien Sheppard
March 14, 2012 00:20

Emily Weak, a graduate of San Jose State University's MLIS program, has created the Hiring Librarians blog, which describes itself as "a venue which allowed people who make hiring decisions to explain their enigmatic thinking".Ms. Weak created an online survey to solicit information from library...

First Ever E-Only Issue of Information Technology and Libraries

Michel-Adrien Sheppard
March 08, 2012 00:16

This is a follow-up of the Library Boy post of January 12, 2012 entitled Information Technology and Libraries Changes to Open Access Format.As announced earlier this year, the journal Information Technology and Libraries has published its first issue in its new incarnation as an open-access, e-only...

Top Technology Trends 2012 From ALA Midwinter Conference

Michel-Adrien Sheppard
March 06, 2012 22:25

The American Library Association (ALA) held its annual Midwinter meeting in Dallas in January.At each ALA gathering, its LITA division (Library and Information Technology Association) holds a Top Tech Trends panel discussion. This year's session took place on Sunday, January 22, 2012.The January...

A masterpiece of misdirection

March 05, 2012 19:34

On February 28, the Authors Guild filed a memorandum in support of its “motion for partial judgment on the pleadings” in its lawsuit against the Hathi Trust and five of its partner libraries, asking the judge to rule that the activities the AG has complained about – the mass digitization of books...

The Library Of Babel Meets Fahrenheit 451

David Seth Michaels
March 04, 2012 16:46

The Great Hall of the Library of AlexandriaToday the New York Times informs us that in California someone is building an archive that will supposedly hold, when it is completed, every single book published in the 20th Century. The Times says:In a wooden warehouse in this industrial suburb, the 20th...