There comes a point in the career of every instruction librarian who teaches first year students when you throw up your hands in frustration and kvetch, “What do they teach these kids in high school? What are those high school librarians doing?” First year college students aren’t hatched out of a science fiction pod when [...]
Continue Reading →Duke is fortunate enough to have had site licenses for two citation management software tools — EndNote and RefWorks — for the last two years. Duke spends a decent amount to provide access to both tools for all faculty, students and staff. What exactly are we paying for? What kind of traffic are [...]
Continue Reading →It’s that time of year — and, no, I’m not talking about summer vacations or the heat index. Instead, it’s the end of the fiscal year that’s on my mind — and all of the stats, facts and figures that accompany it.
As I’ve mentioned before, Duke Libraries are among the many that [...]
Continue Reading →The Pew Internet and American Life Project’s director, Lee Rainie, recently gave a presentation, “How libraries can survive in the new media ecosystem.” There is a lot of interesting information about the growth of the media ecosystem (which is in itself a contested term). Rainie here uses it to describe the devices (like televisions [...]
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