Faced with falling budgets and dim prospects for improvement on the horizon, the collected library consortia of ICOLC made a few observations worth recording. First, the groups at ICOLC strongly believe consortial action is important to maintain.  This may be somewhat self-serving, but it appears true nonetheless.   Anecdotes of attempted “divide and conquer” tactics from [...]

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The Wall Street Journal reviews a new book on plagiarism. In surveys, nearly 70% of college students admit to having taken material from the Internet without properly crediting its source. Ms. Blum comes not to scold these miscreants but to understand their motives. “If more than half of all students plagiarize,” she reasons, “then there [...]

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The International Coalition of Library Consortia is meeting in Charlottesville, Virginia.  The hot topic is worldwide budget crisis.  Gathered here groups from Japan to Norway, including NYSHEI, are sharing strategies to protect library budgets, obtain better pricing options from publishers and generally support libraries. NYSHEI Executive Director Jason Kramer offered remarks to the plenary session [...]

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