Network and system administrators need to analyse network traffic for maintenance, security, and planning purposes. The volume of data on modern networks, however, make such analysis extremely difficult using existing open source tools. In this paper we argue that administrators need tools that will allow them to be more aware of the state of their networks, and we describe our vision for tools...

OBJECTIVES This article presents a taxonomy of the contributions of library and information services (LIS) in hospitals and academic health sciences centers. The taxonomy emerges from a study with three objectives: to articulate the value of LIS for hospitals and academic health sciences centers in terms of contributions to organizational missions and goals, to identify measures and measurable ...

The increased demand for consumer health information over the past twenty years has inspired many to usurp the job of the librarian. Health professionals are writing articles about the provision of health information for their patients. Newspaper and magazine articles tout the importance of health information companies as the means through which the public can pay for access to health informati...

Maria Taesil Hudson Carpenter is Director of Library Services for the City of Somerville, MA and a Doctoral Student of Managerial Leadership in the Information Professions program at Simmons College; e-mail: [email protected]. The author gratefully acknowledges the comments of the journal reviewers and Judy K. Hudson. © Maria Taesil Hudson Carpenter This study explores how directors o...

To learn about the experiences of librarians working through COVID-19, we conducted semi-structured interviews with academic from across Canada on issues such as workload, collegiality, and overall satisfaction their conditions during pandemic. Themes emerged around job security, workload changes (both in terms hours worked type work being done), home, relationships colleagues administrators (i...