As seen on FaceBook (thanks H.D.) and Youtube: On Dec. 9th, 2008 in order to break up the stresses of fall semester exam week, UNC students flash raved their Undergraduate Library. Without warning to those that were unaware, hundreds of students packed the library lobby and brought it hardcore for over 8 minutes. That looked [...]

I’m leaving tomorrow morning for Savannah, GA to attend the SLA Leadership Summit. Keynote speaker is Stephen McGarvey. I will also officially start my term there as Chair of the Information Technology Division. It will be my first visit to this Southern Belle of a city and I’m really looking forward to it.

Recently on the STS-L list, someone asked for good sources for book reviews in science and technology. As one of the reasons I started EngLib all that time ago was to create my own archive of interesting-things-to-know-and-remember, I will list the suggested items here by the various contributors to the thread (thanks to them). Choice [...]

The Library Journal just published a story on 2008′s top 10 news in academic libraries, in two parts. In Part 2 are the Honorable Mentions: Honorable Mentions: The LJAN Top Ten Stories of 2008, 4-10 . And the top three are: #1 Georgia State University Sued by Publishers over E-Reserves #2 Harvard’s OA Mandate #3 The Google [...]

SLA’s Inside the Box Connections blog announced today that the 2008 SLA Board of Directors voted in December to approve the formation of the Academic Division of SLA. The scope of the Division is to focus on topics of interest to academic librarians from all subject disciplines. This division is committed to improving the quality of teaching [...]

LISNews published a post today about a 2004 story on the membership libraries. The main library featured intrigued me as I didn’t know of it before. The Mechanics’ Institute Library and Chess Room was founded in 1854 in San Francisco and is the oldest library on the West Coast and one of the oldest chess clubs [...]

Jeffrey R. Young lists, in the December 19 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education, the top 10 threats to universities’ IT systems. Phishing, malware, smart phones, social software, students and faculty all pose a security risk. Why? Sometimes your Friend is not your friend, students tend to share their password info and faculty are [...]

EngLib has returned. We’re no longer a site exclusively aimed at SciTech Librarians. EngLib: The Engaged Librarian will deal with the trials, tribulations, and excitement of the University library.

All employment listings are quoted from the source document, website, or listserv post. Library Associates is seeking an experienced Corporate Librarian who has excellent literature searching skills, particularly with databases dealing with oil and gas, and ideally some cataloging experience. This is a temporary part-time position (30 hours a week) that will last 2-3 months [...]

The students have an essay award and so do SLA Engineering Division members looking at continuing their education. The IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Continuing Education Stipend is $1000 given to the SLA Engineering Division member who submits the best essay on how he or she would benefit from a continuing education course. [...]

If you were a Librarian, in charge of the science or engineering collections, how would you go about promoting databases within your collection to the appropriate departments that can benefit from it? What could the database producers do to assist in your efforts (e.g., send you promotional items, etc.). Explain how your efforts will benefit [...]

John Donne didn’t write “No librarian is an island,” but he might have had he been a part of the SLA Engineering Division. They’re looking for nominations for the Engineering Division Team Award. This award is offered annually to honor a team. It is sponsored by the SLA Engineering Division and highlights the accomplishments and [...]