Library Babel Fish

Bruce Schneier's new book pairs nicely with a new report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project.

Yet another foundation tells higher ed how to cut costs through technology, eliminating frills like libraries, research,and face-to-face learning.

Was it illegal for Elsevier to sell open access articles to unsuspecting buyers? Maybe not, but it was wrong.

Don't you just read books all day? You need a degree for that?

Results from the second phase of a lifelong learning study are out - and it gives academic librarians plenty to think about.

There's a world of information, and most of it isn't in the form of scholarship. Are our graduates ready to engage with it?

We say we value patron privacy. If so, we have a lot of work to do.

Some news this week brings a variety of issues back into focus.