ACRL Podcast: The Desk and Beyond

http://www.acrl.ala.org/acrlinsider/2008/09/05/acrl-podcast-the-desk-and-beyond/
In this podcast, College & Research Libraries News editor-in-chief David Free talks with Sarah Steiner and Leslie Madden of Georgia State University, editors of the ACRL publication The Desk and Beyond: Next Generation Reference Services. They are joined by chapter authors Meredith Farkas of Norwich University, Ross LaBaugh of California State University – Fresno, and [...]

Libraries and Facebook

http://clt.lse.ac.uk/Projects/Case_Study_Five_report.pdf
LASSIE: Libraries and Social Software in Education
Case Study 5:Libraries and Facebook
Jane Secker
This case study explores the use of the social networking site Facebook (www.facebook.com) as a
tool for libraries and librarians. The case study was launched some way into the project following the
growth and popularity of this social networking site. Many librarians have now joined Facebook [...]

Evolution to Revolution Chaos? Reference in Transistion

http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/sep08/Abram.shtml
By Stephen Abram, Vice President of Innovation, SirsiDynix
It cannot be denied that our reference stats are down, though this is not the case with our research requests, training activities, and one-on-one contact with clients. Public library circulation is way up. Website hits — from nearly any measurement data point — [...]

Best Practices for the Customer-Focused Library

http://www.webjunction.org/c/document_library/get_file?folderId=8052623&name=DLFE-1830002.pdf
from OCLC web junction. Includes academic libraries

No Brief Candle: Reconceiving Research Libraries for the 21st Century

http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub142abst.html
August, 2008. 74 pp
How should we be rethinking the research library in a swiftly changing information landscape?
In February 2008, CLIR convened 25 leading librarians, publishers, faculty members, and information technology specialists to consider this question. Participants discussed the challenges and opportunities that libraries are likely to face in the next five [...]

CLIR Issues, July-August 2008

http://www.clir.org/pubs/issues/issues64.html
Contents
A New and Necessary Coalition
CLIR’s Leadership Programs: A New Direction
NEWS BRIEFS
SCI 6 Focuses on Models for Humanities Research Centers
ASIS&T Issues Study on Graduate Information Programs and Accreditation
Humanists Receive Postdoc Library Fellowships

QUT creates experimental OA journal fund

Queensland University of Technology has created an experimental $10,000 fund to pay the publication fees at PLoS journals during 2008.

JISC Inform issue 22

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/publications/inform22.aspx
A national success story1 Interview with Professor Rick Trainor (Principal of King’s College London and President of Universities UK)
Great expectations of ICT2 New research on new students’ experiences of ICT Students talk about their expectations of ICT
Amazing space3 Richard Everett, director of e-learning at Oaklands College discusses new technology in college buildings
Equal access for all4 [...]

CAVAL Horizon – a new era for Australasian library leadership

The need for executive leadership capability in Australasian libraries has never been greater!
Horizon is Australasia’s first executive leadership program specifically designed to prepare senior library and information managers for appointments at Director-level and above.
CAVAL is very proud to announce that Annie Talve and the talented team at Make Stuff [...]

£9.84 million awarded to safeguard UK’s research journals and provide central access point for academic community

http://www.bl.uk/news/2008/pressrelease20080717a.html

Funded by the Higher Education Funding Council, the UK Research Reserve (UKRR) will be hosted by the British Library
This central repository will release up to 100 km of shelf space, saving the sector up to £29 million in capital funds

The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has announced nearly £10 million [...]