ARL Salary Survey: U.S. Academic Librarians’ Salaries Up 1.5 Percent
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) released its annual salary survey today which showed academic librarians' salaries in 2010-2011 increased 1.5 percent in the United States and two percent in Canada.
In its ARL Annual Salary Survey 2010-2011, ...
They Really, Really Like Us | From the Bell Tower
Sometimes we academic librarians get down on ourselves. We may think our future outlook is bleak. We may even think we're facing an imminent crisis. We may believe that it's because no one appreciates what we do—or even knows what we do, for that matter.
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It’s Simple: Open Access, Open Minds | Peer to Peer Review
Photo by Debora Miller
Last week I sat down with a faculty member to plan out an instruction session. She wanted to bring her first term seminar students to the library so they could learn how to publish their ideas to the world. The topic of the semin...
Library Copyright Alliance Voices Concerns Over Anti-Piracy Legislation
The Library Copyright Alliance (LCA)—whose members include the American Library Association, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and the Association of College & Research Libraries—yesterday released a letter [PDF] written to the ranking members ...
Oregon State Merges Archives and Special Collections as Part of Overall Reorganization
Oregon State University (OSU) Libraries recently announced that it was merging its University Archives and Special Collections units as part of an overall reorganization of OSU and its libraries which began in 2009.
The merger, which began following the r...
Why the Occupy Wall Street Movement Has Libraries | Peer to Peer Review
Photo by Debora Miller
In the first news stories, the fact that Occupy Wall Street had a library seemed a bit whimsical, sort of like that iconic photo of a dancer perched on the back of the equally iconic statue of a charging bull. How funny! A libr...
How the W3C Has Come To Love Library Linked Data
(Editor's note: Since the initial publication of this article, the W3C has published permanent links to the final report and the supporting reports.)
The number of influential libraries publishing their metadata onto the web as linked open data, which is ...
LJ/McMaster Future of the Academic Library Symposium: Archive Videos Available
The video archives of the first LJ Future of the Academic Library Symposium, held in partnership with McMaster University, have been edited and posted (see embedded below).
The videos cover sessions from the day-long program, held May 17, 2011 at McMaster...
Academic Librarians Are Grassroots Campus Leaders, Too | From the Bell Tower
You are probably familiar with the phrase "Every librarian a leader." A search on the phrase indicates it's commonly used to share the idea that in order to propel this profession forward, we need to take the initiative when we see opportunities to creat...
LITA National Forum 2011: Practically Minded
Rarely has a conference subtitle been as apt as at this year's 14th Annual LITA (Library & Information Technology Association) National Forum: "Rivers of Data, Currents of Change." The roiling tech landscape for both public and academic libraries—from the...