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New Issue Online: College and Research Library News (C&RL News, October 2011)
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, New Issue, News
|Direct to Complete Table of Contents & Links to All Full Text Articles C&RL News October 2011; 72 (9) Articles Include: Lifelong learning requires lifelong access: Reflections on the ACRL Plan for Excellence by Joyce L. Ogburn What are we doing here, anyway?: Tying academic library goals to institutional mission by Janet R. Cottrell Textbook […]
From the Yale Daily News: Library staff knew Yale would bring a new University librarian to campus this academic year, but some were surprised to find their own roles in the library changed. For the first time in over 10 years, the library is undergoing a major reorganization of personnel in an effort to centralize […]
Research Library Issues (No. 276) Now Online
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Libraries, News
|Complete Research Library Issue (Single PDF) or Research Library Issues (HTML) Source: Association for Research Libraries Articles (PDF) Include: “Ahead of the Storm: Research Libraries and the Future of the Research University” Author: Heather Munroe-Blum, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, McGill University “Collecting Small Data” Authors: Karen Hogenboom, Numeric and Spatial Data Librarian, University of Illinois at […]
Princeton U. Adopts Open-Access Policy
Academic Libraries, Journal Articles, Lecture, Libraries, News, Open Access, School Libraries
|Princeton U. Adopts Open-Access Policy The movement to make research freely available got a high-profile boost this week with the news that Princeton University’s faculty has unanimously adopted (PDF) an open-access policy. “The principle of open access is consistent with the fundamental purposes of scholarship,” said the faculty advisory committee that proposed the resolution. The […]
Scholarly Publishing: Full Text of Letter from bepress CEO Thanking Subscribers
Academic Libraries, Libraries, Open Access, Publishing, Scholarly Communications
|As we shared (via No Shelf Required) about two weeks ago, bepress (Berkeley Electronic Press) has been acquired to De Gruyter. Earlier this week, Jean‐Gabriel Bankier, President and CEO of bepress, wrote a letter to thank subscribers. The full text of the letter is available on the web (PDF). Here’s some of what Bankier has […]
Cataloging: SkyRiver Announces Six New Academic Library Customers
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, Resources
|From SkyRiver: Recent additions to the SkyRiver customer base include Alma College (MI), Cameron University (OK), Rhode Island College (RI), San Francisco State University (CA), Utah State University (UT), as well as ARL member, the Kelvin Smith Library of Case Western Reserve University (OH). Read the Complete Announcement
New Article from EDUCAUSE: "Digging into Archaeological Data"
Academic Libraries, Data Files, Libraries, News, Open Access
|From an EDUCAUSE Review Article by Elizabeth A. Waraksa: Among the various types of electronic resources for the study of the ancient world, open access collections of primary archaeological data—for example, the Archaeology Data Service (http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/) and the Archaeobotanical Database (http://www.cuminum.de/archaeobotany/)—are a particular boon for researchers, especially those for whom annual fieldwork may not always […]
College Press: "A Digital Library?" (Digitization Work at Yale University)
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Funding, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News
|A in-depth look at digitization at Yale (and elsewhere) that discusses costs, sustainability, sharing, copyright, and more. It was written by Zoe Gorman for the Yale Daily News. The complete article runs more than 2000 words. Several images are included. From the Article: Though Yale library administrators and staff interviewed said preserving and expanding access […]
U-M's Paul Courant on AG Lawsuit: "We Have Not Changed Our Plans or Activities in Any Way"
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Digital Preservation, Libraries, News, Reports
|From the University of Michigan Record (a Publication from the Office of the Vice President of Communications): The U-M Library continues to operate its nascent Orphan Works Project “because we remain as certain as ever that our proposed uses of orphan works are lawful and important to the future of scholarship and the libraries that […]
Direct to Full Text (34 pages; PDF) Prerprint: “Academic Librarian Research: A Survey of Attitudes, Involvement, and Perceived Capabilities” Authors: Marie R. Kennedy and Kristine R. Brancolini William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University Source: C&RL (College and Research Libraries) Abstract This article reports on the development and results of a recent survey of academic […]