MORE POSTS FROM OCTOBER 2020
Key Findings From the 2019 ACRL Academic Library Trends and Statistics Report
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Funding, Libraries, News
|From ACRL: ACRL announces the publication of 2019 Academic Library Trends and Statistics [fee-based] the latest in a series of annual publications that describe the collections, staffing, expenditures, and service activities of academic libraries in all Carnegie classifications. [Clip] The 2019 data show that library expenditures for collection materials averaged $5.6 million for doctoral degree-granting […]
Interview: “Pamela Wright on Leading Digital Innovation at the National Archives”
Archives and Special Collections, Interviews, Libraries, News, Profiles
|From Government Executive: Pamela Wright was installed as the first chief innovation officer at the National Archives and Records Administration in 2012 and has been leading the agency’s digital transformation effort since. “People may think that when you work at an agency, you have the same job for all those years. That has not been […]
University of Pittsburgh Library System (ULS) Acquires Archive of Renowned Playwright August Wilson
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Awards, Interviews, Libraries, News, Profiles, Video Recordings
|Updated Post November 11, 2020: University Of Pittsburgh Library System (ULS) is Seeking a Candidate For the Position of the August Wilson Project Archivist Updated Post November 10, 2020 How Pitt’s Library Acquired the August Wilson Archive and What it Means For Pittsburgh (Interview with University Librarian Kornelia Tancheva, Hillman University Librarian (via Next Pittsburgh) […]
News Roundup (October 29, 2020)
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, News, Publishing, Roundup
|67 Bricks Forms New Partnership with University Of Michigan Press Library Association of Ireland Backs Investigation Into Ebook Publishing and Calls on Irish Government to Take Action (via Campaign to Investigate the Academic eBook Market) Project Muse Announces New Subjects, Additional Publishers For 2021 Book Collections
The article linked below was published earlier this month by Quantitative Science Studies. Title Who’s Writing Open Access (OA) Articles? Authors Anthony J. Olejniczak Academic Analytics Research Center (AARC), Columbus, Ohio Molly J. Wilson Academic Analytics Research Center (AARC), Columbus, OhioSource Source Quantitative Science Studies. Posted Online October 07, 2020 (Early Access) DOI: 10.1162/qss_a_00091 Abstract […]
From the National Archives and Records Administration: Every four years, on the first Tuesday (after the first Monday) of November, we cast our votes for President of the United States. The National Archives and Records Administration has a unique role in the election process: NARA’s Office of the Federal Register administers the Electoral College. On […]
Research Article: “Characterizing Social Media Manipulation in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election”
|The following research article was recently published by First Monday. Title Characterizing Social Media Manipulation in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election Authors Emilio Ferrara University of Southern California Herbert Chang University of Southern California Emily Chen University of Southern California Goran Muric University of Southern California Jaimin Patel University of Southern California Source First Monday […]
Michigan State University Begins Transition to the FOLIO Library Services Platform
Academic Libraries, EBSCO, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Patrons and Users
|UPDATE: Also Announced on October 28, 2020: The Five College Consortium Adopts FOLIO Electronic Resources Management (ERM) (via UMass Amherst) From EBSCO: Michigan State University will be transitioning to the FOLIO Library Services Platform (LSP) and plans to fully implement FOLIO in 2021. Michigan State will be utilizing EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) for EBSCO FOLIO […]
From New York University: The number of students who accessed digital assignments from their teacher plummeted in many states, with the loss largely concentrated in high-poverty schools. Remote learning expanded dramatically due to the pandemic, but the number of students who accessed digital assignments from their teacher plummeted in many states, with the loss largely […]
News Roundup (October 28, 2020)
Academic Libraries, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Funding, Interviews, Libraries, News, Profiles, Roundup
|Baker & Taylor Returns as Full-Service Vendor to Academic Libraries Canada: Western Libraries Joins HathiTrust Chancellor Gardner Appoints Pawlowski as OhioLINK Executive Director CHORUS Partners with AGU on NSF Data Citation Best Practices Grant The Role of Publishers in Implementing Fair Policies and Practice In RDM: Interview with Joris Van Rossum and Eefke Smit, STM […]