A colleague informed me of the following interesting news from BMJ: http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/336/7659/1450.
Basically BMJ will be presenting articles continuously as they become available. At first this sounds ho hum, not a big deal. But then I got to thinking about it and I think this turn of events is significant. One of the [...]

I now have, at last, the post print of my chapter in hand. Woohoo! There is so much that I wish I had done differently, especially in terms of length (it’s way too short). Oh well. I can’t wait to get a print copy of the book (E-Journals Access and Management, ed. [...]

Just heard from Wayne Jones that the book to which I contributed a chapter, E-Journals Access and Management, will be published sooner than expected. It’s now due sometime in July as opposed to this fall. Good news!

Last week, Valerie Bross, co-chair of this year’s NASIG Continuing Education Committee (CEC), asked for proposals for CEC funding for the coming year.  I decided to submit a proposal for creating a pilot online course focusing on best practices and case studies for e-resources management.  I don’t know yet if it will be accepted or if [...]

One of the things that came up in conversation a few times when I was at NASIG this past weekend was that last year I made a proposal to UIUC GSLIS for a new, advanced course on electronic resources management. My intent in proposing this new course was that an existing course that I [...]

Next week I will be speaking about electronic resource management at UIUC GSLIS. At the end of May I will be joining a panel of friends who are speaking at NASIG about alternative career experiences in libraries. These are my only speaking engagements for the foreseeable future. I continue to be amazed [...]

“Thoughts on the future of e-journal management and access” is the title of a book chapter I wrote and submitted late last year for a book edited by Wayne Jones entitled E-Journal Management and Access. It is the concluding chapter of that work, which will be published sometime this year. My piece will also [...]

I recently read a final report from the task force on the university library at The University of Chicago, written by Andrew Abbott, a professor of sociology there. It is fascinating reading and I hope it will receive widespread attention because it touches upon many issues that large academic and research libraries are facing. [...]

It has always bothered me when a link to the library of a particular organization is not prominently featured on the home page of its website. This is particularly bothersome for educational institutions given the de facto role of the library as a centerpiece of learning. In fact when I browse the web [...]

My big news is that I will shortly begin a new job. Yesterday I accepted a job offer from one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, to manage their library’s systems as well as their technical services operation. I am really excited about this opportunity. I’ve worked for two large, academic [...]