The Bottom Line: Volume 17 Issue 4

Measure by measure: assessing the viability of the physical library

During the past decade, many university faculty and students have changed the way they find and use information, getting what they need from online sources rather than visiting…

Executive compensation in libraries: an oxymoron?

Pay, benefits, perquisites, the work environment and the intrinsic rewards that it offers, all need to be used to attract the executive a library needs and wants. To that end…

Is it working? Assessing the value of the Canadian Data Liberation Initiative

This paper examines the assessment of the Data Liberation Initiative (DLI), a data consortium, from the perspective of the program's functionality and fulfilment of stakeholder…

Simple basics: little things that make us look stupid

This list of 41 “Stupid Things that Libraries Do” was largely culled from public library practitioners’ postings on the PUBLIB electronic discussion list. Libraries must take…

Special events: defining goals, planning and measuring success

Successful special events planning and execution are part of a library development officer's job. Understanding the need to set goals early and then properly evaluating the event…

Work is not play

Bibliographic instruction has evolved from classroom sessions to present‐day online tutorials that range from brief Web pages to fully‐functional distance‐learning modules. Though…

Awards for Excellence

Mary K. Conwell bids NYPL a fond farewell

Noteworthy and newsworthy

Ghosts don’t call first, or, I see dead people

Note from the publisher