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Around the Web: Love in the time of austerity and other stories of library apocalypse

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By jdupuis on March 11, 2015.
  • Love in in the time of austerity: Library advocacy in tough times
  • Never trust a corporation to do a library’s job
  • Google’s slow fade with librarians
  • The Library is Not for Studying
  • Libraries don’t need more advocacy, they need better advocacy
  • Check this out: Halifax councillor proposes finding a new name for libraries
  • MLS Required
  • Talk to your librarian
  • The near and far future of libraries
  • Ryerson Learning Centre lets users reshape the space
  • The Sixth Estate
  • Time to consolidate law school law libraries?
  • Learning Commons as Symbol: the new heart of our communities?
  • Seven things I’ll miss about the traditional library
  • Librarians! What Are We Hiding?
  • The Cathedral of Computation
  • Digital Literacy, Engagement, and Digital Identity Development
  • Finish him! The feminist battle for Gamergate victory isn’t done
  • #DitchTheSurvey: Expanding Methodological Diversity in LIS Research
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