From now on, the Encyclopedia Britannica will only be published online Encyclopedia Britannica ends print, goes digital

Librarians book their places at UCT

A learning curve: Librarians from Johannesburg have chosen to further their studies at UCT as part of a Carnegie-funded project.

Anti-open access bill suffers sudden death

Legislation in the US Congress that would have stopped funding agencies stipulating that research they fund with taxpayer dollars be made publicly available has collapsed. The dramatic development could signal a pivotal shift in scientific publishing.

Journal Publishers Oppose Bill That Would Require Access to Published Research

Eighty-one publishers of scholarly journals today expressed their strong opposition to the proposed Federal Research Public Access Act, or FRPAA. The bill, introduced as HR 4004 in the U.S. House of Representatives and as S 2096 in the Senate, would require the results of federally supported research be made public within six months of publication.

How Do You Cite a Tweet in an Academic Paper?

The Modern Language Association likes to keep up with the times. As we all know, some information breaks first or only on Twitter and a good academic needs to be able to cite those sources. So, the MLA has devised a standard format that you should keep in mind.

Sacrificing Our Privacy at the Electronic Altar

Since it's plausible, if not likely, that e-books will become dominant, it's a good idea to consider issues that seem to be getting lost in the transition. What exactly do we "own" when we buy an e-book, and what privacy are we willing to sacrifice in the names of speed and convenience?

Fighting Fat

We are not the only ones who have been putting our Libguides "on diet"! This short article from the Duke Libraries' Instruction and Outreach blog was written by Diane Harvey who was my mentor at Duke University.

U. Delaware Is First ARL Library to Adopt WorldShare

The University of Delaware Library is switching to the cloud-based OCLC WorldShare Management Services. Some 33 libraries have begun using OCLC WorldShare Management Services since its launch in July 2011 (as Web-scale Management Services; OCLC rebranded it in December 2011). Some 117 libraries worldwide have committed to using the service. However the University of Delaware Library is the first academic research library and the first member of the 126-library Association of Research Libraries(ARL) to implement WorldShare.