What’s an Approval Profile, and Why Does the Library Want to Change Ours?

A brown-bag lunch will be held on May 3 at 12:30 pm, in the Crest Room of the McCullough Student Center, to explore the subject of the library’s approval profile. Douglas Black, the library’s Head of Collections Management, will be presenting, with some sweets and coffee to augment your own lunch. He’ll give some history […]…Continue Reading What’s an Approval Profile, and Why Does the Library Want to Change Ours?

Friday Links – May 2, 2014

At Middlebury, we’ve been using Summon as the discovery layer for our library collections for the last several years.  The recent article from the Chronicle of Higher Education about discovery tools is an interesting read: As Researchers Turn to Google, Libraries Navigate the Messy World of Discovery Tools Many professors and students gravitate to Google as […]…Continue Reading Friday Links – May 2, 2014