Ron Deibert conducts some of the most provoking and controversial research around today in academica. His area of study extends beyond the...

The  Vancouver Police Museum , the oldest police museum in North America, is one of my favourite visits in the city of Vancouver, BC.   ...

Image courtesy: University of Idaho Library Though difficult to imagine, the concept of the modern library with open stacks fully flushe...

3D Printing at Rodgers Library   Like a computer printer, a 3D printer processes directions from your computer and “prints out” those i...

The Horizon Report 2012 had accurately forecas t that gesture-based computing would be an important technology to watch out for.   Altho...

I recently had a chance to catch a tour of the magnificent Millennium Library , which is the main branch of the Winnipeg Public Library dur...

As librarians, decision-making is an ubiquitous part of our profession.  Whether it is systematic review searching on databases, collectio...

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...