Every tech company tries to hire the best talent available, but there is a lot more to building a great team than just putting a group of talented individuals in a room. ve worked on a number of teams and witnessed varying degrees of cohesion. The following points are the most important takeaways that I’ve learned while heading up recruiting. MORE >>

Hear first hand accounts of the UK's information literacy conference: for the 5th year running we will have an hour of reports and discussion in Second Life! All welcome! When: 12 noon SL time (8pm UK time, 5pm US Eastern, see [link] for times elsewhere), Tuesday 1st May 2012. MORE >>

So many of us struggle with determining priorities in teaching. Few of us have a workload that would allow us to do everything we would like to do. We hear stories about embedded librarian programs, librarians who were able to co-grade student papers with a disciplinary faculty member, libraries that have co-taught entire classes, etc. But can we? MORE >>

Here is a poster design I’ve been working on for a while – it summarises the empirical, evidence based taxonomy development process we recommend. This is the link to an A4 pdf version. This is the link to an A3 pdf version. Let us know MORE >>

Finally a thoughtful, hype free book worth reading about digital marketing, the relationships we have with vendors and a vision for a better future where we have greater control of our personal data MORE >>