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The article focuses on Facebook, a social networking site. It says that many people including librarians are disappointed to the failure of Facebook to offer coherent and clear assurances on how information and online routines would be used. It mentions that Dan Yoder posted top ten reasons to drop out of Facebook including the sharing of private data with applications, its war on privacy, and one-sided terms of service. Moreover, the benefits of Facebook outweigh the risks of being on Facebook.

An interview with Selden Lamourex, an electronic serial librarian at the North Carolina State University Libraries, is presented. When asked about fantasy pricing, she explains that it is the practice of establishing a journal's subscription price that, for the most part, appears largely divorced from production and distribution costs. She discussed the impact of pricing disparity on larger libraries. Selden was also asked on the future of scholarly journal pricing models.

The article presents several library-conference experiences of lead piper members. It includes the experience of Ellie Collier who attended Arizona Library Association (ALA) Annual, ALA Midwinter, and Texas Library Association (TLA). It also includes the experience of Hilary Davis while attending LITA forum, among others. It also mentions the experience of Brett Bonfield and his experience and obsession on ALA annual.

The article explores the ways on how to broaden professional perspective and thus, minimize the possibility of professional deformation, which implies unilateral view of things in one's profession. It suggests ways on how to avoid the deformation which include attending conferences and events outside one's professional setting in the specific context of library setting. It also provides statements from various people who achieved transformative learning by stepping out of their own mental mode.

The article discusses the importance of graphical data visualizations for public libraries. It states that these data visualizations are able to communicate trends, express value, and test assumptions regarding library services and collections. The article focuses on popular tools including the Google Gadgets, ManyEyes, and Swivel.

The article outlines steps of serials and databases review from the perspective of an academic library and reveals some of the big issues and questions that face the profession as surfaced through the experience of conducting a review. These include the identification of serials and databases, communication with users, and feedback evaluation. It suggests that librarians need to take a lead role in shaping their future to remain central to learning and teaching.

The article explores the return on investment (ROI) approach used by libraries to demonstrate value. It notes that ROI is how much librarians get back for what they put into something that is based on dollars and cents. However, it states that in some cases, a strict ROI metric may demonstrate that a library is not providing a good return on investment.

The article discusses the impact of economic recession on librarianship. The author explores the historical patterns of employment rates and salaries for librarians at times of recession and the role of libraries during recession events. In addition, several charts are presented depicting the comparison of gross domestic product (GDP) percent change and average librarian salaries from 1930-2007.