What kind of books do innovative leaders like President Jerry Hultin like to read? Find out by browsing through his latest selection of recommended reading.  You’ll find books about big ideas, success stories, innovation and entrepreneurship.   Whether you are looking to be inspired or enlightened, this collection of books is sure to provide you […]

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The best time to start planning your future is right now.
No matter where you are in your education process, the earlier you start thinking about where you’d like to be after school the better. For great advice for job-seeking grads – and future job-seeking grads – read, Advice for Students: Start Planning Now for Life […]

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In the pre-World Wide Web days, I once believed that  the only way to see prints, maps, photographs and other archival image collections in libraries was to make an appointment, sign in, move to a seldom visited room and wait for the material to be brought. I cannot say for sure if that is exactly […]

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The hazy, lazy days of summer are here. Next time you head to the beach or park for a reprieve from the heat, bring along something to read to take your mind off work. While you’re probably used to finding scholarly articles or text books at the Dibner Library, did you know that […]

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In a good sign for those who appreciate the value of historic texts, the current wave of digitization continues to expand. Timbuktu may be a dusty mud brick village today, but it was once a thriving commercial and intellectual center. Now remnants of its past, in the form of brittle manuscripts […]

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Curious about How Well Your State’s Bridges are Doing? or about the Condition of U.S. Highway Bridges? Have a look and see the data in a visual format. The folks at IBM’s Collaborative User Experience research group use visualization “as an efficient way of transferring a large amount of information from a database into an […]

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Although the library focuses on science and technology resources, it has much more to offer eager readers: a selection of international literature, notable biographies, core classics of literature, works of genre fiction, and even contemporary international fiction. If you are in the mood to dabble in some short works of genre fiction, you may be […]

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You might be aware that there are thousands of copyright free books available online for reading. (If not, see this recent post.) There are even many open source journal sites (as mentioned in an earlier post) and open courseware pages  (mentioned in yet another another post). But did you know that there are some sites […]

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When exams are over and your last paper is turned in, indulge in some reading that doesn’t involve highlighting or taking notes. This year’s Winter Break Reading Guide explores information technology and its role in our everyday lives. The collection includes five books from Amazon’s Best of 2007 list and covers everything from […]

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Need to get inspired? Check out the Conversation Network, a listener-supported non-profit podcast network. Currently the network offers three channels IT Conversations, Social Innovation Conversations (from the Center for Social Innovation at Stanford Business School) and Media Conversations. The idea behind the Conversation Network is to offer full recording of presentations or interviews by inspiring […]

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