A recent blog post at the University of Venus, “When Tenure Disappears,” argues that PhD training is limited to training people to become future faculty…

Late last week, hearings were held in Congress on whether federal agencies that pour billions of tax dollars into research should follow the National Institutes…

Dorothea Salo has an interesting post at the Book of Trogool. She wonders about the mission of academic libraries, and about one paradox in particular:…

There was an interesting story in the New York Times Magazine this past Sunday on a simple, inexpensive, and effective means of bringing malnourished children…

I am composing this Babel post without an internet connection, trying to put it together as I airport-hop my way to a conference. It’s a…

Libraries are often in a tricky place when it comes to removing books from the collection. It makes some people think we we are so…

One of the things we hope students will learn by seeking out information in the library and online is the value of using evidence in…

I’ve been mulling over the bizarre new move by a major publisher to get more blood out of a turnip – or rather, to try…

When Google launched what Jeffrey Toobin called “Google’s Moon Shot” – its audacious move to digitize the holdings of research libraries in order to make…

I am a huge fan of open government and of the Freedom of Information Act. The right of the people to request information from public…