It’s not easy being an academic librarian these days. Speculation persists that we may soon be the higher-education equivalent of the Maytag repairman, as the Internet becomes the first place students ...

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Carl Straumsheim’s 12/10 article Clash in the Stacks, and the comments that followed, should be read and discussed on every campus. How is the role of your academic library changing in response to the ...

Steven Bell wrote a great piece called What Academic Librarians Can Learn from Retail’s Meltdown. It is always fun when ideas and trends also catch the interest of a colleague, and that independently ...

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These trends will certainly shape the way students and librarians interact with library resources. How will they affect accessibility? Melissa Green, academic technologies instruction librarian at the ...

Do libraries still have a place in today’s university? This is a question I often encounter in conversation, with some suggesting that due to the web libraries have outlived their usefulness and are ...

Someone who enjoys sharing knowledge with others may like the idea of working in a library, since that is a place where visitors often seek answers to questions. In those scenarios, librarians become ...

The 2025 ACRL Academic Library Trends and Statistics Survey is now open, and your participation is essential for gathering ...