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Some Assumptions about Libraries
I always enjoy reading Barbara Fister’s Library Babel Fish blog over at Inside Higher Ed. She always has insightful, thoughtful ideas and reflections about libraries that come from front-line experience as a college librarian. This is why we list her in our blogroll even though she rarely writes about government information. Her column yesterday had […]
Computer Bulletin Boards, 1990
Do you remember 1990 when the Internet was little more than a test, when the web was still a dream (there were no browsers), when “electronic bulletin boards” were an advanced form of telecommunication? If so (or even if not), you may enjoy this article, written in 1990 about the then fledgling attempt by a […]
Reference cut-backs
The cover story of the November-December 2013 California Teacher reports on the scaling back of reference within the University of California. The cover says: “Access Denied. Losing the Human Face of Reference Librarians.” Reference librarians meet complex queries with a human touch, By David Bacon, California Teacher (November-December 2013). “We no longer have a visible […]
Federal publications recalled from libraries
James R. Jacobs and Barbara Krupa of Stanford University Libraries created this list of Federal government publications that have been recalled from Federal Depository Libraries. Federal publications recalled from libraries. Entries were garnered from several resources (see below) but it may not be complete. The list was created in June of 2010 and is updated […]
Reflections on the end of a year and the beginning of a new year
January 1, 2014 / 1 Comment on Reflections on the end of a year and the beginning of a new year
James and I were both impressed to see that MLIS student Crystal Vicente posted a link on govdoc-l to her paper about the effects on government information of the government shutdown. It is great to see library students addressing the issues that confront the future of government information. We’d like to see more students […]
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