The federal government is mandating that the knowledge and data produced from federal grants be widely available for our collective good. Libraries remain under-resourced to make this happen. Let’s add some new metrics and language to this narrative to help articulate the value of libraries.
A Federal judge’s ruling offered a stern rebuke of the Internet Archive’s National Emergency Library and its controlled digital lending service, providing a significant victory for the four publishers that had filed suit.
Who holds the particular book needed by a reader? What is the balance between the personal library and the institutional collection?
Two giants in the library technology market move the battle over who controls library catalog records to court.
Are libraries “neutral”? That question is way too simplistic to serve as anything other than a political football.
More about books about libraries and librarians, with a compilation of suggested readings.
The pandemic has wrought profound disruption on the academic sector. Today, we share findings from a major research project about the budget situation in US academic libraries.
Rebecca Bryant (OCLC) explains why cross-campus social interoperability is needed to adequately support today’s researchers.
How do libraries decide which titles to keep when they cancel the Big Deal? What do the results look like? A look at seven libraries that walked away by @lisalibrarian.
Unsub is the game-changing data analysis service that is helping librarians forecast, explore, and optimize their alternatives to the Big Deal. Librarians breaking away from the Big Deal often credit Unsub as a critical component of their strategy.
How will we meet this moment of global crisis? The Internet Archive breaks glass.
The story behind the survey for and from the academic library community as it responds to COVID-19 by @lisalibrarian + @cwolffeisenberg.
Can you prioritize privacy in user research? Simply put – yes.
We have had assumptions about the academic book market that probably are just not true.
Research publishers may acquire textbook publishers in order to increase market share in libraries with inclusive access programs