Editor's Note

When it comes to library cuts, the materials budget is the easiest to chop—and, perhaps, to restore. At the University of Wyoming, the administration supported the library's effort to qualify for membership in the Great Western Library Alliance. For now, however, the $4.3 million promised has been cut, and a 50% cut in the collections budget is making for a tough year. Yet the library dean makes a good case for optimism—just on a slower timetable. See the story for more details, and enjoy the Newswire.—Josh Hadro, Editor, Academic Newswire

• New Company SkyRiver Sparks Cataloging Competition with OCLC
  Will budget-conscious libraries embrace a lower-cost alternative for their bibliographic services?
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• Painful but Temporary Library Cuts at University of Wyoming
  Plan to join Great Western Library Alliance delayed.
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• Revised Google Agreement Due in Court November 9
  Parties promise to address objections; D is for Digitize conference begins Thursday.
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• Queens Library Sues SirsiDynix, Charges Bait-and-Switch on ILS
  Library seeks $5 million-plus; SirsiDynix denies all allegations.
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• Peer to Peer Review—Classified Information
  Barbara Fister asks librarians why using call numbers is so hard for students.
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• From the Bell Tower—The U.S. Ministry of Higher Education
  Is the time right, asks Steven Bell, for the federal government to take a larger role in U.S. higher education?
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• Free access to swine flu resources from Gale and EBSCO; ABC-CLIO signs on with Summon; EOS.Web Academic announced
  LJ Academic Newswire's marketplace notes and announcements.
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• People
  The latest on people from the library world.
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• Best Sellers in Music and Art
  December 2008 to date as identified by YBP Library Services.
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