Reported by Jonathan Stempel and published by Reuters. Google Inc on Thursday won the dismissal of a lawsuit by authors who accused it of digitally copying millions of books for…
The tagline for Google Helpouts is "real help from real people in real time." Doesn't that sound awfully similar to a librarian? Learn how libraries may face a new threat.
Written by Mélanie Berliet and published by the New York Observer. For a grand total of $225 per semester, Felix rents nine small cubbies, which he has named according to…
If you're a librarian, you've probably come across the op-ed by MG Siegler on Techcrunch. It can be interpreted as "outsider baits group and revels in group response." Put in the context of other anti-library pieces, one may discover some patterns.
My general track record with MOOCs falls in line with most students. I sign up; sit through a video lecture; and then I walk away. However, I signed up for…
Are you a librarian or graduate from an ALA-accredited graduate program? If so, how do you define the library profession? What does it mean to you, and in which direction would you like to see it move? Is there a split occurring among those who identify with the profession, and if so, what’s causing that rift?
Yesterday, the Pew Internet and American Life Project published a report, "Younger Americans' Library Habits and Expectations." To summarize, 16-29 year-olds love libraries and use them more than older age…
Written by Eric Pfanner and published in the New York Times. One of the European Union’s measures would grant Internet users a “right to be forgotten,” letting them delete damaging…
R. David Lankes announced on his blog yesterday he will be teaching a free, online class in new librarianship along with Jill Hurst-Wahl, Megan Oakleaf and Jian Qin. The course description reads: Libraries…
When Schema.org came out, a conversation about using microdata in digital collections ended before it began, because Schema.org was the product of Google, Bing, and Yahoo, and was not an…