Trying to Keep Pace with SLA Members
Yesterday, the New Orleans Times-Picayune, one of the most storied names in the newspaper industry, announced that it would cease its daily publication schedule and instead print only three days [...] Read More »
Needles in a Haystack
The term information overload was popularized in the 1970 book Future Shock by Adam Toffler, who correctly foresaw an era of rapid technological and sociological change that would leave many [...] Read More »
Copyright and Libraries
CCM500 Library & Special Library Copyright Issues starts on Wednesday, March 28th, and we'd like you to be there! This online course focuses on the copyright-related concerns that arise in [...] Read More »
Competencies: Not as Cut-and-Dried as Might Be Expected
"If I'm going to bother going to a special librarian, I want to find an incompetent one." Granted, that's Seth Godin talking, and Seth is known for making provocative statements. [...] Read More »
A Global Disconnect?
In Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, a seaman who has just returned from a long voyage recounts a scene in which there was "Water, water, every [...] Read More »
Several Pieces of the Puzzle
Recognition from management. "Face time" with senior leaders. Customers who consider you to be critical to their success. Sound too good to be true? Not if you know how to [...] Read More »
Finding Middle Ground on Licensing E-Resources?
In real estate, the three most important things are location, location and location. In the world of electronic resources, the three most important things are licensing, licensing and licensing. That's [...] Read More »
Going the Way of the Dinosaurs
Remember the Gary Larson cartoon titled "The real reason dinosaurs became extinct"? It showed three dinosaurs huddling behind a large rock, puffing on cigarettes. An updated version of this cartoon [...] Read More »
Under New Management
Each issue of Information Outlook is unique, but the October/November 2009 issue (Vol. 13, No. 7) will differ from its predecessors not only because of the content it contains but also because of who's [...] Read More »
Eight Will be Great
What’s so great about eight? I’m sure many of you were asking that question when you received your January/February issue of Information Outlook. A flier included with the magazine stated [...] Read More »
