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The year I turned 13, I didn't want a birthday party. It was not that I had a history of bad parties. My mother was a diligent planner. It's just [...]

You may have heard of Michelle Carter, the Massachusetts woman who, as a 17-year-old, convinced her boyfriend to take his own life. The man, 18-year-old Conrad Roy III, had talked [...]

While there will be only one LBJ at your Field Correspondent's house for a hypothetical dinner party--that would be Lyndon Baines Johnson--we're definitely developing a soft spot for today's version, [...]

When librarians talk about equality, diversity, and inclusion, they're typically referring to welcoming people of all sexualities, genders, nationalities, political affiliations, religions, etc. But should Nazi supporters be 'included' in [...]

Authentication, authorization, and proxy are the keys to success At Vanderbilt--as I'm sure it is at other libraries--we focus much of our attention on finding ways to provide remote services […]

Innodata Corp. has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Bell & Howell Information and Learning to provide XML digital-content services for its ProQuest Historical Newspapers project (http://www.bellhowell.infolearning.com). […]

Libraries are finding ways to expand services to remote library users Virtual reference service--the delivery of personalized reference resources to users outside the physical library--has become a major issue in […]

The Library of Congress has announced that it has added to and expanded some of its collections available online from its American Memory Web site at http://www.loc.gov. American Memory is […]

In 2013, millions of visually impaired people worldwide may be given the prospect of gaining easier access to copyrighted published works. This is a goal of the World Intellectual Property [...]

The Shanghai Library contributed 2 million holdings to WorldCat, including about 770,000 unique bibliographic records for books and journals published from 1911 to 2013. As the largest public library in [...]

Now that the long, wonderful days of June have arrived, our minds are undoubtedly filled with thoughts of summer ... vacations, special projects, and a relaxed pace. But for many […]

I'm not exactly sure how the subject came up, but in the middle of college football bowl season, one of my customers was talking about the advertising during television sporting […]

Lots of libraries, both public and academic, have their public service staff share a desk, so that library patrons go to one spot to check out books, ask reference questions, [...]

The American Psychological Association (APA) has announced that in response to needs expressed by libraries to retain access to digital repositories of journal articles, it has developed an archive policy […]

Innovative Interfaces, Inc. has announced that Glasgow University in Scotland will be a development partner for the company's digital library initiatives. The university will work with Innovative Interfaces to assist […]

In April I had the pleasure of speaking about shared catalogs at a library conference. My role was to describe the virtual catalog approach that underlies Kudzu, a system that […]

My library is thinking about recharging stations for mobile devices. So I'm looking into outlets with USB slots, special stands, etc.... That also made me think--why shouldn't the library be [...]

Content! Content! Content! The ancient cry still reverberates. But in a world of tsunami-sized abundance, a second battle cry emerges: Curation! Curation! Curation! The size limitations of mobile devices make [...]

Although libraries should provide equal access to all patrons, that doesn't always happen, especially for those who are print-disabled. To address these concerns, the International Federation of Library Associations and [...]

Pacific Bell is investing $100 million in California public schools and public libraries to start them rolling on the communications superhighway. 'Most California public schools and libraries are at a […]

CampusBooks, a mobile app developed to help students compare prices for college textbooks, added books on sale at local libraries to its search results through WorldCat. Developed by CampusBooks .com, [...]

Some patrons aren't just heading out to the Grinton I. Will Branch Library to pick up their reserved copies of the latest best-seller. This branch of the Westchester Library System […]

My editorial this month is dedicated to all the reference librarians around the world. During the CM-Professionals' Summit in California this spring, one of the participants described the attitude of […]

It's not that I hold grudges or anything, but the other day, I ran across an infotoday.com NewsBreak that I wrote last October, and I started musing about a negative […]

A new online learning package showcasing The British Library's services is now live. The package--supported by the Society of Chief Librarians--has been designed as a virtual 'tour,' showing public librarians […]

When sister Meg laments, "November is the most disagreeable month of the year," Jo March, heroine of Louisa May Alcott's timeless Little Women and my all-time favorite fictional character, replies, […]

The SUNY/OCLC Network, a regional affiliate of OCLC Online Computer Library Center, will change its name to Nylink (New York Library Network). Nearly 350 institutions, geographically dispersed throughout New York […]

Academic Book Center has announced the release of online management reports in BookBag, Academic's Web-based collection management database. 'Academic's printed management reports are widely considered to be among the best […]

The Library of Congress has announced that it has added to and expanded some of its collections available online from its American Memory Web site at http://www.loc.gov. American Memory is […]

WLN, a library network in the Pacific Northwest, has announced that it is designed a new interface for cataloging on the WLN Online System. The foundation for this new software […]

As of September 3, the OCLC PRISM service is available 24 hours a day, five days a week, giving libraries an additional 34 hours each week to use the world's […]

The Sports Network announced last month at the National Online Meeting in New York that the real-time sports wire would furnish its service at no charge to any library for […]

The American Library Association is seeking U.S. libraries to serve as host libraries for overseas librarians for three to 12 months as part of the Library Fellows Program. The deadline […]

Seventeen major library service networks have joined together to form the Alliance of Library Service Networks (Alliance). These networks provide to more than 9,500 libraries and information centers an array […]

EBSCO Subscription Services will make it easier for customer to comply with copyright laws by offering the Copyright Clearance Center Report. This report will include all titles a library has […]

AMIGOS Bibliographic Council, Inc. has initiated specialized cataloging services to help libraries alleviate cataloging backlogs and staff shortages. To date, several libraries of varying types and sizes have utilized these […]