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Updated Statistics: Library Expenditures as % of University Expenditures Continue to Fall; Canadian Data Now Included
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Libraries
|Updated spreadsheets and charts now available from the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Data on University & Library Total Expenditures (formerly known as the E&G Survey) are used to produce charts and tables showing what fractions of total university spending have gone towards the research library. Since 2003, this information has not been gathered in […]
New Issue Alert: The February 2012 Issue of C&RL News is Now Online
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, New Issue, News, Open Access
|Direct to Complete Table of Contents and Full Text Article February 2012, (73.2) Articles Include (Not a Complete List): The approachable reference desk: How Norwich University Kreitzbert Library’s desk got a new look by Deborah Ahlers and Heidi Steiner MetaWHAT?: Training access services staff to partner in digital projects metadata creation by Kristy L. Dixon […]
Released today by RLUK (Research Libraries UK). From the RLUK Web Site: RLUK has published a major report by Mary Auckland on the changing needs of researchers and the effect on the subject/liaison role within libraries. As research activities evolve, research support must evolve with them. RLUK has been keen to determine what the new […]
From a News Release: Washington University Libraries has joined HathiTrust, a partnership of major academic and research libraries to preserve and provide access to the published record in a digital form, announced Shirley K. Baker, Washington University’s vice chancellor for scholarly resources and dean of University Libraries. WUSTL, which joined HathiTrust Jan. 1, 2012, now […]
CRL, CRKN, and JISC Form Partnership to Explore Challenges in Acquisition and Preservation of E-Resources
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Funding, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Preservation
|From the Centers for Research Libraries (CRL): Recently CRL collection development staff met with the senior leadership of two major national site licensing organizations: the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) and Joint Information Steering Committee of the Higher Education Funding Council, UK (JISC Collections). The meeting was to explore the special challenges of licensing and […]
New Preprint: "Deal or No Deal? : Evaluating Big Deals and Their Journals"
Academic Libraries, Data Files, Journal Articles, Libraries, Publishing
|Title Deal or No Deal? : Evaluating Big Deals and Their Journals (38 pages; PDF) Authors Deborah D. Blecic (U. of Illinois at Chicago) Stephen E. Wiberley Jr. (U. of Illinois at Chicago) Joan Fiscella (U. of Illinois at Chicago) Sara Bahnmaier-Blaszczak (U. of Michigan) Rebecca Lowery (U. of Illinois at Chicago) Source College and […]
New From ARL: SPEC Kit (#327) Looks at Reconfiguring Service Delivery
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News
|The Complete SPEC Kit is Fee-Based (Order Form). From the SPEC Kit #327 News Release: The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published Reconfiguring Service Delivery, SPEC Kit 327, which investigates whether and how ARL member libraries have reconfigured staffed service delivery points in the main library and in any branches that report to the […]
Academic Libraries: Electronic Resource Usage Soars From Off-Campus Locations According to the Latest MINES for Libraries Study
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Digital Collections, Funding, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Patrons and Users, Resources
|A New Report from the Ontario Council of University Libraries (via an Association Of Research Libraries Announcement): The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is pleased to announce the availability of the final report of a ground-breaking study on the usage of electronic resources: MINES for Libraries: Measuring the Impact of Networked Electronic Services and the […]
Librarian Salaries: Association of Research Libraries Publishes 2010-2011 Salary Survey
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Libraries, News
|From an ARL News Release: The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published the ARL Annual Salary Survey 2010–2011, which analyzes salary data for all professional staff working in 125 ARL member libraries during 2010–2011. Data are reported for 10,037 professional staff in the 115 university ARL libraries and for 3,709 professional staff in the […]
Research Libraries: ARL Publishes 2009-2010 Statistics
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Libraries, News
|From an ARL Announcement: The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published ARL Statistics 2009–2010, the latest in a series of annual publications that describe the collections, staffing, expenditures, and service activities of the 125 ARL member libraries in 2009–2010. Of these, 115 were university libraries (18 in Canada and 107 in the US); the […]