Credo Reference Blog

In response to the work of Voices for the Library, a UK campaign aimed at spreading the value of public libraries, Libraries Thriving, a collaborative space and community for e-resource innovation, has decided to drum up some attention… Read More…

Today is National Libraries Day in the United Kingdom. It’s a nation-wide celebration of libraries, librarians and library staff.

The celebration highlights the importance of reading, commemorates the roles that libraries and librarians play in their communities, and also… Read More…

On Friday, November 4, 2011, Credo’s Libraries Thriving and Against the Grain’s Multi-Grain hosted an Oxford-style debate at the 2011 Charleston Conference entitled “Even When ‘Something’s Gotta Give’ Libraries Are Thriving.” The debate was held in the Francis… Read More…

On October 1, 2009, President Barack Obama issued a proclamation establishing October as National Information Literacy Awareness Month in response to the vast amount of information easily accessible to 21st century learners and the shift in how 21st… Read More…

The Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable  says that ‘To Cut One’s Teeth’ means to ‘gain early experience of’.   My teeth are on my mind because I just got braces, just in time to embark on a heavy schedule of… Read More…