“Re-Skilling” Resolutions for the New Year
By Christa Williford As we enter the season of self-improvement, I’ve been reminded of a stimulating discussion from this fall’s THATCamp Digital Humanities and Libraries, held
January 3, 2013
A Genuine Logjam
By Charles Henry Fourth in the Beveled Mirrors Series We are accustomed to using the term logjam as a metaphor for any number of clogged and dysfunctional circumstances.
December 20, 2012
Finding the Fit: Matching Aspirations and Resources
By Mike Furlough Based on the discussions in the hallways and attendance in sessions at the most recent DLF Forum in Denver, it’s clear that
December 13, 2012
The Bright Side of Competition
By Molly Schwartz This past August, I attended the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions(IFLA)2012 World Congressin Helsinki, Finland, as CLIR’s Rovelstad scholar. At this exhilarating
December 6, 2012
Hacking the Conference Experience: The 2012 DLF Forum
By Rachel Frick Social media tools and platforms and the network effect have changed the way we work, connect, and collaborate. We have meetings with
November 28, 2012
A Most Ancient Symmetry Abandoned
By Charles Henry Third in the Beveled Mirrors Series In a recent blog I wrote about Stonehenge and Newgrange, megaliths in Britain and Ireland whose construction
November 15, 2012
Creating Narratives: The Value of Archival Research for Literary Studies
By Amy Brady It is no question that the field of literary studies, the field to which I belong, has long benefited from the research
November 8, 2012
Framing the Sun
By Charles Henry Second in the Beveled Mirrors Series Today the most prominent interpretation of Stonehenge argues that it was an astronomical observatory. The tall brackets
October 25, 2012
More than Building a Product, Process, or Portal
By Rachel Frick Earlier this week Dan Cohen, of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University, wrote a thoughtful
October 19, 2012
Beveled Mirrors
By Charles Henry As discussed in an earlier blog, new digital projects have begun to flourish within higher education that, if successful, will create genuine interdependencies:
October 11, 2012
Leading Change: What’s in a Name?
By Joanne Kossuth The question is often asked, “What is in a name, anyway?” The answer, when it comes to the newly titled EDUCAUSE/CLIR Leading
October 5, 2012
Reimagining Publishing: Anvil Academic and the Service-Oriented Press
By Korey Jackson Coming to the academic library as a CLIR postdoctoral fellow from the strange wilds of the English department, I’d never had a
September 20, 2012
