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By jdupuis on February 23, 2012.
  • 'Academically Adrift': The News Gets Worse and Worse
  • The Case for Publicly Owned Internet Service: Susan P. Crawford
  • On the 10th Anniversary of the Budapest Declaration
  • By one benchmark at least, we are probably halfway through the (r)evolution
  • Will Business Step Up or Step Out?
  • Attendance, Retention, and College Success
  • How to Enjoy a Sabbatical
  • TOC 2012: LeVar Burton, Libraries and The Bookstore of the Future
  • RLUK library trends
  • Why the book and the Internet will merge
  • Libraries Receiving a Shrinking Piece of the University Pie
  • Joining the Movement: A Call to Action
  • Google Director Explains How To Avoid 'The Innovator's Nightmare'
  • Ebooks and Libraries Don't Mix
  • An academic librarian without a library
  • The Future of the Bookstore, the Bookstore of the Future
  • As ebook lending skyrockets, libraries and publishers look for a Canadian-made licensing solution
  • A Study of Open Access Journals Using Article Processing Charges
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