- When did addiction become a good thing?
- Getting scientists to take ethics seriously: strategies that are probably doomed to failure.
- Why I Pay for Content (And Why That Makes Me Feel Like a Sucker)
- On the importance of networking in academic settings
- Two things prompted by a new website: space as a service and full library discovery
- Still Here: A funny thing happened on the way to its predicted obsolescence.
The library became more popular than ever (NYPL renovation) - Understanding Digital Civics
- Should we learn from the Masters or from the Pupils? (should students read the original papers on important developments?)
- Moving towards an open access future: the role of academic libraries (and a response from The Library Loon)
- The Dialogue with the Gates Foundation: What happens when Profits drive Reform? (who drives educational reform?)
- The Reimagination of Publishing
- Why I have a love-hate relationship with Twitter
- With 'Access Codes,' Textbook Pricing Gets More Complicated Than Ever
- Is a Science Ph.D. a Waste of Time? Don’t feel too sorry for graduate students. It’s worth it.
- Grappling with New Media, Can The Association of Medical Illustrators Find A Way Forward?
- Ten recommendations for libraries to get started with research data management
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Via a mailing list, the Top 1000 Books in the US, ranked in order of library holdings. The Top 25 (after the cut):
As is occasionally my habit when a big story breaks, I have gathered together all the relevant documents I could find concerning the recent controversy about the Canadian Conservative government's recent consolidation of the libraries at their Department of Fisheries & Oceans.
7 Things Librarians Are Tired of Hearing
Library without books debuts at Florida’s newest college
Thanks to Mark Spicer for bringing this item to my attention. Note that the site I'm linking to sells printer cartridges, but still has some cool content.