Santa visits LSU Middleton Library during finals week. Student: I’ve been a good boy, Santa Santa: What would you like for Christmas? Student: A’s on my finals. Santa: I don’t know if I can quite pull that off but I’ll…
Posts Tagged ‘Library’
A Bit More On e-Books And Libraries
09
Dec
An article in The Atlantic called Library Wars: Amazon and Publishers Vie for Control of E-Book Rentals by Peter Osnos that examines the publishing world’s paranoia with e-books. They love the idea of selling them at prices comparable to print…
Opening: Director, University of South Dakota Law Library
02
Dec
The University of South Dakota’s School of Law is seeking candidates to fill a full-time, 12 month position for Director of the McKusick Law Library on July 22, 2012. The Director reports directly to the Dean of USD’s School of…
Opening: Head of Access Services, Loyola University Chicago, Law Library
29
Nov
Loyola University Chicago is accepting applications for an experienced librarian to assume the position of Head of Access Services. The Head oversees all aspects of access to the law library’s space and collections, both print and electronic. To be considered,…
Thank You LLMC. I Heart You!
28
Nov
Law journals seem to be taking the brunt of the space burden in the world of the shrinking library. My impression is that many libraries are tossing them, though there are some old fashioned librarians like me who are philosophically…
Opening: Educational Technology Librarian, The John Marshall Law School (Chicago)
28
Nov
The John Marshall Law School Library is seeking an energetic candidate for a new, full-time Educational Technology Librarian position. The Educational Technology Librarian will play an important role in the library’s efforts to create, promote, and facilitate the use of…
When May a Library Loan a Loaded eBook Reader? Four Scenarios
21
Nov
Check out Mary Minow’s answers on LibraryLaw Blog for the following: The device is empty. The only copyrighted content is the code itself that the device uses to display ebooks. The device is loaded with public domain content and/or content…
Palfrey Appointed Headmaster of Phillips Academy (Updated)
16
Nov
John G. Palfrey Jr., Henry N. Ess III Professor of Law and Vice Dean for Library and Information Resources at Harvard Law School, has been named the 15th Head of School of Phillips Academy. According to the press release, he…
Changes in Library of Congress Management
11
Nov
On Nov. 4, 2011, Librarian of Congress James H. Billington announced that Roberta Shaffer will assume the postition of Associate Librarian for Library Services on January 3, 2012 in an employee new release. In a second employee new release it…
Confusing Trends in e-Books
07
Nov
I am not sure what is holding up the transition to the stackless library. Is it standardized formats, pedagogical uncertainty, copyright, cost, or perhaps it is content? Perhaps it is just mass confusion about what to do about e-Books. I…
