Since the 19th century academic librarians have helped students navigate the complex world of information. In today’s unpredictable information environment, how might they rethink their role?
- Deputy University Librarian, University of California, Merced
The public pays for academic research and then again to read the published results of that research. A new initiative proposes a radical Open Access model. Can it work?
Aux Etats-Unis, les bibliothèques se développent et leur fréquentation est à la hausse. Malgré la masse d'informations disponible sur Internet.
The popularity of libraries has not diminished. Numbers show more people are going to libraries than ever before. Here’s why.
A copyright law that has frozen the entry of many works into public domain is approaching its end. Will a further extension of its term be detrimental to the common good?
Sales of scholarly books are dropping, even as their prices are rising. Will academia give up its resistance to an open-access digital model?
Keeping a printed book in a campus library comes with steep costs. How are campus libraries evolving?
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