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By jdupuis on December 3, 2011.
  • On Changing Reading Habits or Savoring the Experience
  • Who decides what a library should be? Those who use it or those who pay for it?
  • The rise of the new information gatekeepers
  • Exploding The "Influentials" Myth
  • "Ambitious, Unfunded, and Possible"
  • Grad Students and Digital Education
  • How to Get Past Your Customers' Lies
  • Regarding Snobbery
  • Copyright Policy and Practice in Electronic Reserves among ARL Libraries
  • Should you enter the academic blogosphere? A discussion on whether scholars should take the time to write a blog about their work
  • Cutting their own throats
  • The degree is the job: a modest proposal for the PhD
  • Invention vs. innovation: Edison meets Tesla?
  • What Is the Future of Knowledge in the Internet Age?
  • Provosts' Report: Redefining the Academic Library: Managing the Migration to Digital Information Services
  • Ebooks on Fire: Controversies Surrounding Ebooks in Libraries
  • What purpose do book publishers serve?
  • Upheaval at the New York Public Library
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