Librarians see knowledge as things, while faculty see it as people. Every day I help students find the "things," but so many of them seem to miss the idea that it is also conversation between people. Once you have that mindset, "things" like a literature review make more sense. But in an environment where everyone is online and most interactions are procedural, how do you help students make the shift?
What’s the safest way to store all that digital data? Old-fashioned magnetic tapes are making a comeback.
Israel has settled their own e-reserves copyright case, on terms that are much more pro-fair use than we’re seeing in the Georgia State case.
Scientific American outlines the benefits of paper over screens. Even Bill Gates is still in the paper realm (I share his disappointment with ebook note-taking, but I still love reading novels on my ereader).
The Director of a library in Naples, full of priceless books, is on trial for selling them.
The We Are All Criminals project asks Minnesotans to confess to their uncaught crimes. Here’s a great one from a librarian (who knew that Library Club was so prestigious!?) It reminds me of the library school professor who confessed to her own library-related malfeasance. We've all got things in our pasts . . .
U Penn study finds that almost all of their MOOC students already have a degree. You can read their study. This isn't exactly breaking news, but it does change the way we should think about MOOCs in higher education. If most MOOCers already have degrees, it's more of a way to save money on professional development than it is a game-changer for those with poor access to higher education.
Open access now coming to monographs.
Authors try to have their names removed from research implicated in medical fraud case.
First book printed in (what became) the U.S. sells for $14.2 Million. New owner plans to lend it to libraries.
India is planning its first liberal arts college. Not that I have anything against engineers, but there's been so much anti-liberal arts talk recently. It's nice to see someone stand up for other types of learning and thinkin.
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