en-us http://www.libraryjournal.com/community/Academic+Libraries/47109.html?nid=3285 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its http://www.libraryjournal.com/info/260304.html Terms of Use. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:28:35 MST http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6705634.html?nid=3285 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6705542.html?nid=3285 Barbara Fister has a modest proposal about publishing and libraries. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6705532.html?nid=3285 Steven Bell reflects on what happens when stakeholders take the riches before them for granted. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6705413.html?nid=3285 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6705448.html?nid=3285 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6703840.html?nid=3285 Each new school year, academic librarians are given a fresh crop of students and faculty to entice through the doors, both physical and virtual. Librarians create clever marketing that appeals to their students' intelligence. They devise games to highlight services. They foster a sense of ownership, offer exemplary service that makes their users' lives easier, lend devices their users crave, a... Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6703852.html?nid=3285 The future of reading is very much in doubt. In this century, reading could soar to new heights or crash and burn. Some educators and librarians fear that sustained reading for learning, for work, and for pleasure may be slowly dying out as a widespread social practice. Only at living history farms will we see people reading. Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6704296.html?nid=3285 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6704325.html?nid=3285 Now is a good time, says Steven Bell, to contemplate how your institution would continue to serve students if your school had to close due to disaster or pandemic—the show must go on. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6704324.html?nid=3285 Do cheap books and free information mean the end of publishing and libraries? Quite the reverse, according to Barbara Fister. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6701836.html?nid=3285 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6703507.html?nid=3285 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6703392.html?nid=3285 Barbara Fister is feeling optimistic. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6703290.html?nid=3285 Closing a special branch on campus, says Steven Bell, is likely to be both difficult and unpopular. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6702879.html?nid=3285 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6702243.html?nid=3285 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6701530.html?nid=3285 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6701728.html?nid=3285 In the tug of war between faculty and administration, says Steven Bell, librarians need to be aware of how they are perceived. Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6701870.html?nid=3285 Barbara Fister wonders why FRPAA is even up for debate. Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6701001.html?nid=3285 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST