The Latest News and Views from the Richland College Library

Library Patrons Research at Home

Read this article. Then realize that everyone who is affiliated with the DCCCD--students, faculty, staff, and administrators--can do their research at home as well. All that you need to do is go to

http://tscecr.dcccd.edu/wam/v2/library/databases_alpha.htm

Thanks to TexShare and the DCCCD Libraries, you have remote access to more than 100 online databases.
posted by Fearguth at 4:36:00 PM

Shortage of Academic Librarians

The current shortage of academic librarians has a dark side and a bright side. First, the dark side: for the foreseeable future, academic libraries in the U. S. are going to be losing many of its best and brightest librarians (due to death and retirement) and, at the same time, library schools won't be able to produce enough candidates to fill these vacancies because of reduced enrollments over the past decade. Second, the bright side: future students who decide to become academic librarians will enjoy an unprecedented sellers' market, wherein they will be able to command salaries their predecessors could only dream about.

Unfortunately, there will be a hiatus between the dark and bright sides--how long, no one knows--when students in colleges and universities will not have access to enough professional librarians who can meet their needs.
posted by Fearguth at 6:54:00 PM

PublicRadioFan

Are you a fan of public radio? Did you say, "Yes?" If so, this website is a directory of public radio stations around the world. But it's more than a directory; it also gives you instant access to those public radio stations that broadcast on the World Wide Web. Is this a cool service? Did you say, "Yes?" If so, click on the link above.
posted by Fearguth at 3:56:00 PM

Searching for Perfection

Google is great, but are there other players in the search engine game you should know about? Yes, according to this article from Time. Click on the link above and learn more about AlltheWeb, Kartoo, and Teoma.

posted by Fearguth at 4:40:00 PM