By Barbara Fister. “We protect each library user's right to privacy and confidentiality with respect to information sought or received and resources consulted, borrowed, acquired or transmitted.” American Library Association Code of Ethics Adopted 1939, last amended 2008. More...
By Barbara Fister. Amazon is a stand-in for a newspaper that annoys the president -- and other bad news. More...
By Barbara Fister. It’s International Fact-Checking Day, a project of the Poynter Institute. What a quaint concept! It’s intrinsic to good journalism, but it can’t be done by algorithm or en masse – it’s lovingly hand-crafted work in pursuit of nailing down something that’s often ambiguous and needs to be considered in context and without confirmation bias. In an era when the deadline is eternally now (newspapers are no longer put to bed, they have to be up and at ‘em 24/7) and lies travel to the top of Google search results before the truth can get its pants on, there’s little time to check the facts and few staff to do. More...
By Barbara Fister. Not long ago, our interlibrary loan manager pointed out that a journal article requested by two of our patrons was posted to an academic social site. Normally, she wouldn’t refer our patrons to an article posted online because authors often post things without regard to the fact they surrendered their legal right to do so. More...
By John Warner. As non-tenure-track faculty fight for better pay, students and teachers rediscover the value of liberal education in that very struggle. More...
By John Warner. Presented with a dead end off the tenure track and foreseeing a future where I would come to resent that which I loved, I’ve been finding a way to stay involved with these issues I care about – teaching in general and teaching writing in specific – while also forging a path with potential for new challenges and continuing growth. More...
By John Warner. If you gave the average student a choice between a $1000 per year reduction in tuition or their college having an intercollegiate sports program, what would they choose. More...
By John Warner. There is no more humbling experience in my life as a writer than reviewing the copyeditor’s work on a book manuscript. More...
By John Warner. We often look at competition through the lens of winners and losers, but sometimes, in competition, even the winners lose. More...
By John Warner. According to a study by the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO), 46.4 percent of all educational revenues come from net tuition revenue. In 28 states, net tuition revenue is a greater source of educational revenues than state contributions. More...
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