Will paper use really decline?

The End of Pax Papyra and the Fall of Big Paper - Forbes »

Perhaps it is because I know too much about paper for my own good, thanks to a decade of involvement in various kinds of publishing and a four-year stint at Xerox, but the more I explore the emerging ...

Journal subscriptions are way past the pain point...

Found this over on io9.com

The wealthiest university on Earth can't afford its academic journal subscriptions »

Yes, you read that right. According to a memorandum issued last week by Harvard Library's Faculty Advisory Council, the cost of its peer-reviewed journal subscriptions has become prohibitively expensi...

Will paper use really decline?

The End of Pax Papyra and the Fall of Big Paper - Forbes »

Perhaps it is because I know too much about paper for my own good, thanks to a decade of involvement in various kinds of publishing and a four-year stint at Xerox, but the more I explore the emerging ...

Librarian 2.0 Manifesto

Learned about this via Daniel Verbit.   Food for thought.

Library 2.0: An Academic's Perspective: A Librarian's 2.0 Manifesto »

I will recognize that the universe of information culture is changing fast and that libraries need to respond positively to these changes to provide resources and services that users need and want. I ...

The end of local authority control work?

It will be interesting to see if ILS vendors move to integrate this. Forcing individual libraries to maintain authority in their local systems is insane...

Virtual International Authority File service transitions to OCLC [OCLC] »

Virtual International Authority File service transitions to OCLC; contributing institutions continue to shape direction through VIAF Council