The New York-based H.W. Wilson Foundation is continuing to support library and information science education with $580,000 in scholarship grants, to be distributed among 58 library schools across North America over the next four years.
H.W. Wilson Foundation To Give $580K in Scholarship Grants to 58 Library Schools
By on February 7, 2012
Walter Named DePaul University Librarian
By on February 3, 2012
ALA Midwinter 2012 Tech Highlights: iPad Kiosks, Social Integration, Freading, and More
By on January 26, 2012
At the 2012 American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting, held January 20-24 in Dallas, LJ was on the exhibit floor taking a look at library tech companies’ latest wares. Here are a few of the highlights.
Kaufman Named ACRL Academic/Research Librarian of the Year
By on January 26, 2012
ALA Midwinter 2012: From Consumer Electronics Through Post-ILS, Top Tech Trends Run the Gamut
By on January 22, 2012
This morning’s Top Technology Trends (TTT) panel at the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting in Dallas, TX, attracted its usual large audience as speakers singled out topics like user expectations, analytics, systems integration, and data interoperability as areas for the library community to watch.
ALA Midwinter 2012: Occupy Wall St. Librarians Wonder, When Did Sharing Become a Revolutionary Act?
By on January 21, 2012
“How have we come to a place where the sharing of books, and the gathering and disseminating of knowledge has come to be such a revolutionary act—one that brought the full force of the militarized New York police department down upon it?” asked an OWS librarian. “I think the reason is that today we see an all-out assault on what libraries stand for and what they do.”
Supreme Court Upholds Law Restoring Copyright to Some Public-Domain Works
By on January 19, 2012
National Library of Sweden: “No Deal with OCLC” on WorldCat Participation [UPDATED]
By on December 21, 2011
