Library Babel Fish

Reading turns up so many new year’s resolutions. Why is that?

By Barbara Fister

Everybody knows that a large percentage of our books never leave the shelf. Or do we?

By Barbara Fister

I get a lot out of connecting with a group of librarians loosely joined together under the #critlib hashtag. Here's why.

By Barbara Fister

Our political climate gone from truthiness to outright denial of facts - without penalty. What's going on?

By Barbara Fister

We have less funding for the things that really matter while paying much more to compensate for austerity policies.

By Barbara Fister

What is encryption and why are those government officials saying it's so dangerous?

By Barbara Fister

If an editorial board abandons a journal, is it still the journal it was, or is it a zombie journal?

By Barbara Fister

Reading about drone warfare in The Intercept makes me think about how much Silicon Valley assumptions about human behavior have shaped our world.

By Barbara Fister