Around the Web, Apocalypse Edition: The End of the Universtiy as we know it, Librarians as baristas and more

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Yes, as promised I'm going to start workshopping the book I'm working on: My Job in 10 Years: The Future of Academic Librarianship. (Note title tweak.) First of all, this is all just provisional; I'm at a point where I need to stop tinkering if I just going to get something out the door. Some…
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