Research
At Librarians' Meeting, Information Is Championed—but Not Always Books
After hearing high praise from the performer Henry Rollins, librarians delved into discussions of the library's changing role in the academic enterprise.
Featured Articles
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My Academic Metamorphosis
Four years of anguish intense enough to induce a fugue state was enough for this would-be professor.
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The Long Odds of the Tenure-Track Job Search
The Chronicle looks at the applications submitted for two positions in the humanities, where the competition is stiff and candidates are often in the dark.
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Hire and Hire
Learn who got the jobs, who were the finalists, and who else was in the pool.
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I'd Like to Thank the Academy
The place where a writer's personality is revealed clearly, if unintentionally, is in the acknowledgments.
- Learning Not to Give Too Much Advice
- The Reality of Writing a Good Book Proposal
More on Libraries
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Historian and Librarian Turns to Advising 2 Top Leaders
Edward L. Widmer has stepped down as director of a library at Brown University to advise both Brown's president and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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Research Libraries Increase Spending on Digital Materials
The shift to digital has effects on staffing as well, as new numbers from the Association of Research Libraries show.
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At Libraries, Quiet Makes a Comeback
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In Praise of Reference-Book Authors
- HathiTrust Lawsuit Highlights Authors' Fears
- On Mistakenly Shredding a Prized Collection
- Fair Use and Copyright: The Law Is the Law
The Academic Librarian
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Not Enough Time in the Library
Just because your students are computer-literate doesn't mean they are research-literate.
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Subject Experts Need Not Apply
Recent job postings and hires suggest that many academic libraries are losing interest in hiring humanities Ph.D.'s
- Academic Librarians and Rank
- The Four Habits of Highly Effective Librarians
- Show Your Librarian Some Love
- Turning Ph.D.'s into Librarians
- Endlesse Searche
- Putting Your Ph.D. to Work in the Library
