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Preprint: "A Study of Faculty Data Curation Behaviors and Attitudes at a Teaching-Centered University"
Academic Libraries, Data Files, Journal Articles, Libraries, Management and Leadership, Resources
|Title: “A Study of Faculty Data Curation Behaviors and Attitudes at a Teaching-Centered University” Source: C&RL (College and Research Libraries) Authors: Jeanine Marie Scaramozzino, Marisa L. Ramirez, and Karen J. McGaughey Affiliation (All Authors): Robert E. Kennedy Library, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA Accepted for Publication: August 2011 Anticipated Publication Date: May […]
Preprint: "Book Lovers, Technophiles, Pragmatists, and Printers: The Social and Demographic Structure of User Attitudes Toward E-Books"
Academic Libraries, Libraries, Management and Leadership, Publishing
|Title: “Book Lovers, Technophiles, Pragmatists, and Printers: The Social and Demographic Structure of User Attitudes Toward E-Books (22 pages; PDF)” Source: C&RL (College and Research Libraries) Authors: + Andy Revelle (Social Sciences Librarian, Miami University) + Kevin Messner (Life Sciences Librarian, Miami University) + Aaron Shrimplin (Assistant Dean for Reference and Collection Services, Miami University) […]
University of Georgia Libraries Prepares to Move Special Collections to New Building
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Libraries
|From the Athens (GA) Banner-Herald: After years of planning and waiting, moving day is finally at hand for the University of Georgia’s main library on North Campus. A week from today, workers will begin moving thousands of boxes containing millions of items from the building into UGA’s nearly completed special collections library. [Clip] Librarians are […]
From a California Watch Report: Driven by dramatic budget cuts that will shutter four campus libraries, staffers at UC San Diego are removing roughly 150,000 books and journals from their collections by summer’s end – selling volumes to the highest bidder or donating them. If UCSD students or researchers want to check out the selected […]
The Digital Revolution and Higher Education By Kim Parker, Amanda Lenhart, Kathleen Moore Report Also Available in PDF (29 Pages) Below is a summary of key findings: The Value of Online Learning. The public and college presidents differ over the educational value of online courses. Only 29% of the public says online courses offer an […]
New White Paper from ProQuest: Scholarly Publishing: “Extending the Reach and Impact of Graduate Works”
Academic Libraries, Journal Articles, Open Access, Publishing
|The focus is on dissertations. “Extending the Reach and Impact of Graduate Works” (PDF) by Austin McLean, Director of Scholarly Publishing at ProQuest Included in the 16 page white paper is a discussion about alternative sources for dissertations, digital repositories, and open access on pages 11-15.
Cornell, Duke, Emory, and Johns Hopkins Join HathiTrust Orphan Works Project
Academic Libraries, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Scholarly Communications
|From the Announcement: Leaders at Cornell, Duke, Emory and Johns Hopkins universities jointly announced today that they would begin making the full text of thousands of “orphan works” in their library collections digitally accessible to students, faculty and researchers at their own institutions. [Clip] With the announcement, the four institutions formally join the University of […]
Canadian Library Briefs: IFLA's News President and a Possible Work Stoppage in Ontario
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News
|1. University of British Columbia University Librarian First Canadian to Head Global Group (via UBC Public Affairs) A bit more here. 2. University of Western Ontario: Librarians, archivists in legal strike position See Also: U. of Western Librarians and Archivists Committee: UWOFA-LA Strike FAQ and UWOFA-LA Strike FAQ – Faculty
From an Intro by the Chairman of RLUK, Phil Sykes: This is the second of our strategic plans under the title The Power of Knowledge, and outlines our strategy for the period 2011-14. The funding and policy environment in the UK is in the midst of significant change, and research libraries are facing the challenges […]
From the Intro of The Mindset List 2015: This year’s entering college class of 2015 was born just as the Internet took everyone onto the information highway and as Amazon began its relentless flow of books and everything else into their lives. Members of this year’s freshman class, most of them born in 1993, are […]