Information Outlook

The 2004 SLA Salary Survey results show that the average salary increases for SLA members have outpaced inflation once again. Based on salaries as of April 1, the mean percentage increase in salaries for 2004 over 2003 was 4.3 percent for U.S.-based...

Libraries deal with a wide range of issues relating to copyright, many on a daily basis. Librarians often must make decisions about whether a particular use of a copyrighted work is a fair use or is permitted under a license agreement. A copyright...

The Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC), an organizational member of SLA, has been realigned as a field activity within the Department of Defense. In its new capacity as a field activity, DTIC joins several other organizations whose work...

Involve Your Patrons in Your Work; Involve Your Library in TheirsIn September 2003, fresh from receiving my master's degree in library science from the University of Missouri, I became the first professional librarian in a mid-sized law firm. Beginning...

Employee Reviews Are More than Annual CritiquesA manager and a supervisor of a large library system meet to discuss a library's decreasing service statistics. The supervisor comments, "I don't know what the problem is. Staff seem to be really busy but...

If you want make knowledge management work, start at the top.Editor's Note: This article is condensed from the introduction to The Executive's Role in Knowledge Management, the latest book authored by Ms. O'Dell and published by the American Productivity...

Libraries and other information organizations in 37 states have won the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science 2004 NCLIS Blue Ribbon Consumer Health Information Recognition Awards. The new awards are designed to highlight libraries...

I'll admit it. I like the title of this month's column because it rhymes! It also reflects some of the issues I've been struggling with over the past year. And, indeed, I think it reflects some of the issues we are dealing with in libraries and information...

In this Librarian's View, the Future Will Be More Digital, More CollaborativeWith the constant wave of changes that have washed against libraries over the past decade, many libraries are hunkered down into a defensive position, fighting to stay alive....

Hello colleagues, Let us think outside the box for this column. Many of you know that SLA was formed in 1909 by a number of information professional visionaries who desired affiliation with an association that catered to their unique and specialized...

Lucent Technologies' Integrated Information SolutionsA friend recently joked to me that a former colleague of his was a "real librarian" because, although his office looked like a yard sale, he in fact knew exactly where everything was. He would get...