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By jdupuis on April 12, 2012.
  • The Decline and Fall of the Library Empire
  • Do Librarians Work Hard Enough?
  • Academia, Libraries, Work, and the Public Good
  • Library-only 2.0 is dead. Long live Library 2.0!
  • What Will Library/Information/Knowledge Graduates Be Doing 25 Years Hence?
  • The Last Enclosures (Washington Post article response)
  • Answering questions about library impact on student learning
  • Libraries as software - dematerialising, platforms and returning to first principles
  • An Elite University ... From Scratch?
  • A New "Elite University" Gets $25 Million in Seed Funding
  • Dear CEOs and senior managers, it's no longer ok not to know how Social Media works (directed at library managers)
  • Books Are The New Apps
  • Has Harry Potter just slain eBook DRM?
  • The Biggest 'Pirates' And 'Freeloaders' Of Them All? College Professors And Librarians
  • How We Will Read: Clay Shirky
  • Decoupling the scholarly journal
  • Going Digital â  Lower Textbook Prices
  • Giving Women the Access Code (getting more women to major in CS)
  • Is Science Really Moving Faster Than Ever?
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