With another election year comes a bevy of misinformation and sophistry. The former comes in many forms with the goal of division, and the latter has more to do with convincing others to adopt a viewpoint, as opposed to rational…
People often wonder about the modern library, curious whether Google has made libraries and their human-provided services obsolete. ChatGPT has recently amplified the question. The traditional concept of libraries–a building with lots of books, a reference librarian and a circulation…
Welcome to the Boston College Libraries for the upcoming academic year. As noted in our mission statement, we are fully committed to helping our entire community of students and faculty navigate the complex world of information, as well as providing…
The most recent three years have been like no others, insofar as political divisiveness, racial reckoning, and the pandemic have intractably divided our world. Many people a lot smarter than me have postulated insightful ideas and theories of how we…
Welcome back! Although 2020 seemed like looking into the abyss, we in the BC Libraries persevered and learned from the disruption. It was not always easy and–like all of you–we collectively experienced stress, anxiety and pessimism. But as a community…