Libraries

Louisiana State University’s new database of museums, libraries, and other cultural-heritage institutions will highlight risks and suggest steps to prepare for extreme weather and natural disasters.

Done wrong, the movement will just reproduce the old monopolies.

Two visions of the university are clashing. It’s clear which side is winning.

The scholars’ exodus from Elsevier’s NeuroImage shines a spotlight on the difficult economics of academic publishing and the open-access movement.

A years-long attack on their status is bad for all of us.

In a move hailed by open-access advocates, the White House released guidance dictating that taxpayer-supported research be made freely and immediately available to the public.

Scholars can now publish open-access research in the prestigious Nature journals. But university-system representatives say the deal isn’t perfect.

Librarians sound off on how their jobs and institutions are changing.

Want to find out quickly and easily whether that book you’re looking at on Amazon is available at your local library? Amy Cavender points readers to a Chrome extension that will not only do that, but will also let you know whether it’s available at any other libraries you choose.

The Library Research Building - a concept in which the library manages space for a variety of faculty research projects.