Filter & Sort
No More Double-Spending
In an effort to reduce the hundreds of thousands of dollars students spend each year on course material to which they have free access, colleges are looking to technology and internal cooperation.
'Could Have Done More'
Six months after Aaron Swartz's suicide, report says MIT acted appropriately but missed opportunity to be leader on key legal and technology issues. Critics call it a whitewashing.
Opinion
Digital Public Library of America
Making books, artwork, and historical documents of all kinds universally available for free is a great ambition. Scott McLemee thinks the job will require a little more, though.
Librarians and Lawyers
A second librarian's blog becomes the target of a potential lawsuit from a disgruntled publisher.
Unwelcome Intervention?
Supporters of university libraries are worried by the Justice Department's unexpected interest in filing a brief in the battle over e-reserves.
Journal Archive Opens Up (Some)
After a successful pilot, JSTOR is launching its Register & Read program, which lets anyone read up to three articles from 1,200 of its journals every two weeks in exchange for demographic information.
The Customer Is Always Right
To measure and improve the quality of student services, Marymount University administrators enlisted students to act as mystery shoppers and critique its offices.
Assessing Campus Libraries
Survey says students are generally satisfied with campus libraries, although a significant minority view them as irrelevant to academic success.