Like many other organizations, libraries are eagerly establishing World Wide Web home pages, links, and content to establish a place in cyberspace. But the nature of the places they're establishing is rapidly changing—and needs to ... Read More »

Imagine: Your library has recently launched a reference service via electronic mail. It’s an attempt to be responsive to a community increasingly networked and aware of the powers of information technology. You are a little ... Read More »

Doctors have beepers, electrical engineers can find the fuse box, but no one ever asks, “Is there a librarian in the house?” Until now. Overnight, we bun ladies and bow tie gents have a new ... Read More »

Like many new parents, I have rediscovered the world of the lending library after a prolonged absence. I am a long-time user of Toronto's excellent public reference library, primarily as a professional resource in my ... Read More »

I expected Singapore to be different from Toronto when I arrived for a six-month fellowship at Nanyang Technological University. It would be hot and humid. There would be lots of palm trees and snakes (I’ve ... Read More »

I’ve never paid very close attention to what Bill Gates has to say about this or that, but I confess I like what the Microsoft chairman had to say about libraries in the Ottawa Sun ... Read More »

Technology is making it possible to be electronically – rather than physically – present at conferences. So, why not just telecommute to library events? One answer is that there are still many advantages to be ... Read More »

I’ve run out of reasons to explain why I'm leaving my job. It's increasingly difficult to explain why I'm exchanging a good salary and the warm world of books and kids, the fun of literary ... Read More »