Massive Open Online Course (MOOCs) has been dominating discourse in academia the past year, and is only going to continue to heat up.  Th...

010 - 2013012755 (Library of Congress Control Number) 020 - 9780393082876 -(International Standard Book Number, ISBN - softcover) 020...

As a critic of social media and all its glorious benefits, BJ Mendelson is an ideal individual as he comes from the point of a view as a ...

Daniel Pink's  To Sell is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others  is a fascinating look into the "art" of  moving ...

It's almost 2013, and with that, I wish everyone sincere wishes to a wonderful new year.  Although not quite 2013 yet, the tenth edi...

Best known for his coinage of the "long tail" and then the "free economy," Chris Anderson editor of Wired magazine i...

No Shelf Required® is a blog about eBooks, loosely defined to discuss eBooks, audio books, and other digital content found in libraries a...

Over the next while, I intend to profile innovative libraries.   Surrey Public Library's City Centre Library branch is the first o...

I am really pleased to have co-published with my colleague and friend Ada Con, librarian at the Fraser Vallery Regional Library (FVRL).  O...

Having just returned from Netspeed 2012 , I feel refreshed in the library profession.  Some great speakers presented, some great ideas exc...

Happy thanksgiving, everyone, from Canada.   Even though it's weeks away from Thanksgiving in the US, it's always important to give...

It's really amazing to see the all out war between once former friends.  It's always sad to see how allies can disintegrate into ...

In 2008, the  Cultural Heritage Information Professionals (CHIPs) made a proverbial dent in the world of information professionals.  A j...

I've profiled some developments of gesture-based computing in previous postings.  Now I want to take a closer look at one library...