Monthly Archives: January 2009
From Educator to Organizer?
On his Embedded Librarian blog, David Shumaker recently mused about the difference between working as partners with our faculty/clients/users/populations/patrons and working to serve them. Shumaker is a former corporate librarian who now researches embedded librarianship, and his brief thoughts on … Continue reading
Filed under Uncategorized
Finally DRM-free music at iTunes, but…
Apple announced yesterday that they are now offering iTunes Plus songs (News release – there doesn’t seem to be a permalink). iTunes Plus files are DRM-free, so that is nice. The not so nice part is that if you want … Continue reading
Filed under copyright, technology
the price of funding
Capital campaigns and other fundraising efforts Academic institutions, both private and public, are under enormous pressure to raise money from individual or corporate donors. We all seem to be on a competition to get donations, big donations. But I worry … Continue reading
Filed under funding, government