Wikipedia: Go Forth and Cite!
Remember what it was like to put together a school report with only the encyclopedia volumes you could find ...
Is Audio Really the Future of the Book?
The upsurge in audiobooks and podcasts illustrates our heightened interest in digital storytelling, but does listening really count as reading?
A Vintage Op-Ed from Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders' February 2003: "On My Mind: The Patriot Act's Threat to Libraries" published in American Libraries.
A Critical Look at Gilded Age Philanthropy
The 125th anniversary of the opening of Carnegie Hall on May 5th provides an opportunity to examine Andrew Carnegie's legacy and philanthropy.
Do Libraries Still Matter?
With the rise of digital search tools, is there a future for big buildings filled with books and journals? Respondents to an Ithaka S + R survey say yes.
Do You Suffer from Library Anxiety?
What is library anxiety? Librarians and experts discuss how technology is changing students' attitudes toward libraries and librarians.
The Internet Before the Internet: Paul Otlet’s Mundaneum
Belgian information activist Paul Otlet envisioned some of the possibilities of today’s Web more than a century before its existence.
Visual Literacy in the Age of Open Content
We need a visual literacy to help us negotiate new ways of seeing, but also new ways of accessing, manipulating, and reusing visual content.
Los Alamos Had a Secret Library
The Manhattan Project needed an instant library in Los Alamos built from scratch and in secrecy--this is how it was done.