Editor's Note

Last call for Movers & Shakers: Do you work with an outstanding librarian? Know somebody leading the profession forward? Now's your chance to nominate them for the 2010 class of Movers & Shakers, to be profiled in the March 15 issue of LJ. The deadline is November 13, so get those nominations in now.

This week, don't miss our report from the Charleston Conference currently underway and, as always, enjoy the Newswire.—Josh Hadro, Editor, Academic Newswire

• In Charleston Conference Keynote, Lankes Urges Librarians To Embrace Social Action, Conversation
  New mission for librarians: knowledge creation.
  more » » » 
• Study: In Downturn, Academic Libraries To Focus on Value, ROI
  More than one-third of institutions have received budget cuts of at least 5%.
  more » » » 

• Utah State University Press Merges Into Library
  Move a reaction to budget pressure and effort to pursue digital, OA publishing.
  more » » » 
• San Jose State Breaks with California Library Association Over Drexel Agreement
  No longer to host mailing list; dispute over whether CLA promised to consult SJSU first.
  more » » » 
• After Another Library Suicide, NYU Considers Security Changes
  Barriers installed after 2003 deaths apparently were not deterrent.
  more » » » 
• Summon and EBSCOhost To Debut New Mobile Interfaces
  Better access to content resources promises more consistent mobile experience for library users.
  more » » » 
• Drawing First-Year Students Through the Library Doors
  Each new school year, academic librarians are given a fresh crop of students and faculty to entice through the doors, both physical and virtual. Librarians create clever marketing that appeals to their students' intelligence. They devise games to highlight services.
  more » » » 
• SirsiDynix Report on Open Source: Promoting Debate or Sowing Fear?
  Marketing document from ILS vendor touches off a flurry of reaction.
  more » » » 
• Best Sellers in Language
  March 2009 to date as identified by YBP Library Services.
  more » » » 
• Peer to Peer Review—If It's Broke, Fix It
  Barbara Fister has a modest proposal about publishing and libraries.
  more » » » 
• From the Bell Tower—Is the Library an Entitlement or a Privilege?
  Steven Bell reflects on what happens when stakeholders take the riches before them for granted.
  more » » » 
• LJ Design Institute, Going Green
  Join LJ and other academic and public librarians at the free LJ Design Institute, to be held December 11 in Dallas. Among the possible "design challenges" submitted for architect-led breakout sessions are several on academic library building and renovation, all integrating Green Design. In addition to the breakouts, you'll hear about LEED and other environmentally sound and cost-saving trends. For more information and to sign up, go here.
  more » » » 
• Librarian of the Year Nomination Guidelines
  Submit your nominations for Library Journal's Librarian of the Year Award. Any working professional librarian in any type of library in North America is eligible. "Professional" means those with a master's in Library and/or Information Science and/or holding a position designated "professional" in a library or library service. Deadline is November 13.
  more » » »