I have recently been asked “are we still under a hiring freeze?”  The simple answer is “no” and a reminder that the hiring freeze was always internally imposed by the Libraries and not the University.  However, our approach to filling positions is very different than it may have been in the past.  Let me elaborate. [...]

One of the things that happens at the end of each calendar year is the submission of our ARL statistics data for the year ending June 30, 2011.  Many of you are engaged in providing portions of that data.  Quanetta Batts has taken responsibility for the gathering and submission of this data and has been [...]

Every January, EBSCO holds an Executive Seminar at ALA Midwinter for the Directors of ARL Libraries.  For several years, I was the director that planned the program for these seminars.  They are open only to the directors and have been of the quality to ensure strong attendance.  EBSCO also generally publishes the presentations in an [...]

Guest posting by Beth Black How do college students use computing devices to study and learn within campus libraries at “crunch time” (i.e. end of the term)?  What individualized information spaces, consisting of web sites and applications, do students create for themselves?  The latest Project Information Literacy report, Balancing Act: How College Students Manage Technology [...]