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Leisure reading collections in the academic library – ACRLog
By Hailley Fargo, Posted on December 3, 2018 Here’s my honest opinion: I wasn’t a big fan of collection development during graduate school. When I was supervising the residence halls libraries at Illinois, putting new books in my virtual cart was always at the bottom of my to-do list. I didn’t have a good system…
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The Challenge Facing Libraries in an Era of Fake News | National News | US News
See also these new guidelines, from last year, first revision for these in 15 years… http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/ilframework .. pass along to those who are having trouble with facts vs. fiction in a post-truth era.. literacy is at the core of Democracy, capital D… In today’s environment, how might academic librarians rethink their roles? Source: The Challenge…