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This space is dedicated to the news and other reports I read on a daily basis. Much of the reading is about libraries and library related news, but some is of higher education and general interest.

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ACRL Insider

Member of the Week: Rebecca Metzger - Rebecca Metzger is Reference, Instruction, and Outreach Librarian at Lafayette College in Easton, PA. Rebecca has been an ACRL member since 2006 and is you...
12 minutes ago
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com

D. R. Tucker: The Current Climate - Betsy Rosenberg has waged a virtuous fifteen-year battle against the mainstream media's insufficient attention to climate change.
22 minutes ago
The Kept-Up Academic Librarian

Havard Announces It Will Reorganize Its Library System - Harvard University announced yesterday a sweeping overhaul of its labyrinthine library system, including the consolidation of services, the shuffling of many...
52 minutes ago
Inside Higher Ed

Keeping Score for the Federal Kitty - Minor Details The U.S. Department of Education recently announced its plan to develop and release a “College Score Card” intended to assist families compar...
2 hours ago
In the Library with the Lead Pipe

Q&A: Lead Pipe on Professional Development - This week, In the Library with Lead Pipe fields professional development and career questions from library school students at the University of North Carol...
4 days ago
Library Journal - Academic Libraries

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 p...
1 month ago
ACRLog

Embracing Discovery - This summer my library, like over 60 others, is implementing Summon. Serials Solutions’ discovery layer is meant to provide our users with that “one search...
8 months ago
District Dispatch

Massachusetts businesswoman named winner of 2011 White House Conference on Library and Information Services Award - The American Library Association (ALA) today announced that Alison Kenney, a business owner from Marblehead, Mass., is the winner of the 2011 White House C...
9 months ago
Library Journal News

Morristown, NJ, Library Recovering from Explosion, but Still Closed - Utility explosion caused millions of dollars in damage.
1 year ago
The OLE Project

Mellon foundation awards $2.3 million for OLE development - A $2.38 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to Indiana University will be used to develop software created specifically for the management o...
2 years ago
AL Inside Scoop

You’re in the archives… - Inside Scoop is now integrated into American Libraries’ new web site. Jump directly to the blog. This site will continue to exist, but not be updated.
2 years ago
AL Online News

Community Outrage Prompts Officials to Reopen Colton Libraries -
2 years ago
The Chronicle: Daily News Blog

A Chancellor Urges College Planners to Rethink Education - George P. Pernsteiner, chancellor of the Oregon University system, stood before a crowd here Tuesday to restate a question that consultants and managemen...
2 years ago
The Chronicle: Wired Campus Blog

U. of Michigan Library Will Offer 400,000 Titles in On-Demand Reprints - The library will print soft-cover books though an agreement with BookSurge, part of Amazon.
2 years ago

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