“Copyright for Librarians,” A New Online Open Curriculum on Copyright Law
Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society and eIFL.net (Electronic Information for Librarians) have launched of a new, free, online, open access curriculum called “Copyright for Librarians.” It has nine modules organized into five different levels. You can read a posting about it here, but better yet is to review the Harvard Berkman Main Page […]
PR & Advertising – The Wind and the Sun
At the end of August, the Boston Sunday Globe ran its annual career development supplement and the UMass advertising presence was substantial. As usual, we had excellent advertisement placement by several sister campuses in the publication. These display advertisements serve their respective campuses well, and they create a broader type of image advertising for all […]
Distance Learning and the Digital Library
One of the many good things about distance learning is how much time and money students can save using online reading materials. E-books, e-reserves, and e-periodicals form a perfect trio. Students save cash, but the biggest saving can be time. A student in Jakarta, Indonesia or Bagram AFB, Afghanistan can’t walk to a bookstore. Also, […]



