In Focus

Some colleges look to put a face on the library by assigning undergraduates "personal librarians."

The new engineering and technology library at U. of Texas at San Antonio holds no printed volumes -- a realization of a goal many libraries have set as a vision for the future.

As tighter belts lead to closer scrutiny, an academic library group tries to help academic libraries articulate why they are valuable.

Daytona State says switching to only electronic textbooks will lighten the cost burden on students.

As publishers and analysts again wonder if e-books are about to take off, the growing popularity of rental options may play as important a role as technology.

Criticism from librarians prompts JSTOR to promise changes to its recently redesigned database portal.

Academic publishers are trying to encourage professors and students to use e-books by pushing digital content through learning-management systems.

A major libraries association makes some bold predictions about the future of higher education.

The staff of the Johns Hopkins medical library is leaving the building -- and setting up camp everywhere else.

Will the decision of many college libraries to encourage students to text queries from their phones cheapen the research process, or rescue it?