A Miami University computer-science professor has created an augmented-reality app that allows library workers to scan a shelf's worth of books and quickly figure out which ones are misshelved. Will it save enough time and drudgery to catch on? Read More at Wired Campus (CHE) »
Writing
“Librarians Talk Google Books, Orphan Works, and What’s Next”
A report from an ACRL session about what to do about orphan works now that the Google Books settlement has been derailed. Read More at Wired Campus (CHE) »
“In Search of a Modern Sense of Place”
A Q&A with the editor of The Common, a new literary journal dedicated both to place and to print. Read More at PageView (CHE) »
“Cornell U. Library Takes a Stand With Journal Vendors: Prices Will Be Made Public”
There's been a groundswell among academic libraries, especially at public institutions to resist signing nondisclosure agreements with publishers. NDAs prevent libraries from disclosing what they pay for access to journals and other scholarly material. Now a major private institution says it's had enough of NDAs too. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) »
“Judge Rejects Settlement in Google Books Case, Saying It Goes Too Far”
At last, a ruling. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education »
