Seeing “alt-” in front of a word tells you something new and different is taking hold. Steven Bell expects to see “alt-” becoming more common in higher education.

We want our academic libraries to be tolerant of noise and food, and thus more inviting, but establishing civility is a challenge, writes Steven Bell. How do faculty handle it?

Despite the uncertainties of the academic library job market, the loan debt incurred from a library education, and the slim odds of a big salary payoff, people still want to be academic librarians. Why?

Many academic libraries are open to their surrounding communities. Serving the public is a noble cause, but not without strains and stresses, writes Steven Bell.

It turns out this year in higher education was a little less crazy than the last, but more people started asking if going to college was a crazy—and wasteful—way to spend a few years, writes Steven Bell.

As an academic librarian, if you truly abhor anything having to do with the world of business, stop reading this column right now. Just skip right over to Barbara Fister’s column—or go read it again. You may not want to go any further here, because what I want to share this week is just one [...]