Library Babel Fish

A new book explores threshold concepts in writing studies and how they can be useful in practice. Librarians, take note.

The thing about privilege is that those who have it don't see it - and access to scholarship is no exception. But there are signs of change.

As we move toward open access to research, libraries will still need to help our communities navigate a complicated world of printed material, electronic subscriptions, and openly accessible knowledge.

You can make your work open access without sacrificing quality or prestige.

A visit to a class meeting in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park shows just how compelling a good research experience can be.

When fear is used to restrict rights, librarians should act on our principles.

We may think copyright law developments are somebody else's business - but keeping up with copyright is a necessity for librarians and scholars.

In my last post, I mentioned some cool tools for school. Here's how I used two of them.