In The Library
Thursday 16 September 2025
- Agent Cooper Would Approve - :: Because you need to know: Good to the Last Drop: Dimensions and Cultural Implications of Coffee Service in Libraries. Latte, anyone?... (13:27 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Wednesday 4 August 2025
- E-Books in Engineering Reference Work - :: Paul Teague, National Editor of Design News, writes in a 19 July 2025 column of how Knovel is changing the way engineers are using reference books. Teague notes:Knovel's move is an extension of what other engineering websites have done.... (15:31 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Tuesday 3 August 2025
- Information Commons in a SciTech Library - :: Writing in STS-L, Janice M. Jaguszewski, U Minnesota, writes:I am looking for examples of library-based information commons, or learning commons, that focus specifically on the physical sciences and/or engineering. If you have anything to share in response to the... (08:42 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Friday 23 July 2025
- Love in the (SciTech) Library? - :: While somewhat outside the scope of STLQ, please permit me this small indulgence on behalf of an old friend. Madeleine Lefebvre is the University Librarian at St Mary's University in Halifax NS. She is also Past President of the... (09:32 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Thursday 1 April 2025
- Current Cites - New - The latest edition of Current Cites is now available.... (14:36 | 0 Comments)
Tuesday 17 February 2026
- THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE FUTURE OF THE BOOK. - Call for papers...Dear Colleague, This note is to inform you of the current round in the call for papers for THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE FUTURE OF THE BOOK. The deadline for proposals is 1 March 2004. Full details... (14:07 | 0 Comments)
Friday 9 January 2026
- Get thee to a library school! - There is no question that we need to continue to promote the strengths of our profession if we want to recruit the brightest and the best. ACRL has put together a very useful recruitment page with a number of interesting... (11:04 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Thursday 11 December 2025
- Cornell University Library cancels Elsevier journal package - :: http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle/03/12.11.03/CUL_Elsevier.html"After several months of negotiations, Cornell University Library (CUL) administrators have decided not to renew CUL's subscription with publisher Reed Elsevier for a bundled package of more than 900 journals. Beginning in 2004 the library will subscribe to a... (15:35 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Thursday 6 November 2025
- Using Weblogs for Library News - :: A few days ago, the University of Alberta Libraries converted its library news page to a weblog. This is a relatively new use of blogs in academic libraries, and I think it's a good one. There are dozens of... (17:32 | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments)
Thursday 30 October 2025
- Using Blogs in Student Projects - :: It is becoming more evident to me that students working in groups can make good use of a blog as a project management tool. Two weeks ago I helped a 4th-year mechanical engineering student create a blog for his... (23:57 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Monday 22 September 2025
- Databases and The Ethics of Sharing Passwords - :: Randy Cohen writes perhaps my favorite column, The Ethicist (ID and PW: podbay), for the NYTimes Magazine. He is the author of The Good, The Bad & The Difference: How to Tell Right From Wrong in Everyday Situations. In... (05:05 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Tuesday 8 July 2025
- Cell Phone Camera Policy - Privacy Issues - :: Is your institution or company considering a policy to cover the use of camera phones (cell phones with camera functionality) in the library? Marcia Rodney of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp is interested in the issue of cell phones... (15:27 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Wednesday 25 June 2025
- Aventis Award Nominees - :: Are these books in your library? The 2003 Aventis Prize for Science Books for an general adult audience are to be announced today. The winning author receives £10,000, and the other authors in the running will receive £1,000. Tim... (10:17 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Monday 2 June 2025
- Mixed-Bag Special 03.06.02 - :: Often students visit the campus library and ask for help with a job search. Two useful sites for engineering students are justengineers.net and The Engineer Jobs, from e4engineering.com. :: Nifty idea: MIT Libraries has created a Faculty FAQ. "This... (23:55 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Tuesday 27 May 2025
- Mixed-Bag Special - :: "Scientific papers that are not widely read and that lack any great influence can end up being classed as high-impact, claim researchers in California". Read the story here. :: Karlin Lillington recently attended the ISC Symposium in Switzerland, and... (00:21 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Tuesday 20 May 2025
- Mixed-Bag Special - :: D-Lib Magazine has a thought-provoking article by James W Marcum, entitled Visions: The Academic Library in 2012. Marcum provides a analysis of twelve papers which were winners of an essay contest on this topic, and provides links to most... (16:44 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)