MORE 'ACADEMIC-LIBRARIES' POSTS
From Ezra (Cornell’s Quarterly Magazine) by Gwen Glazer: Faculty members, as well as students and staff, are using Cornell’s library more than ever. In 2011, the library posted its highest-ever use statistics: Physical facilities saw more than 4 million visits and digital resources were accessed more than 7 million times. [Clip] “In the digital age, […]
Update: Digitizing the Long Civil Rights Movement in North Carolina
| Academic Libraries, Digital Preservation, Funding, Interviews, Libraries, Resources
From the University of North Carolina Library: Six months ago, the digital production centers at UNC Chapel Hill and Duke University began scanning more than 35 archival collections related to the long civil rights movement—a substantial undertaking by the Triangle Research Libraries Network (TRLN). Drawing on collections from Duke University, North Carolina Central University, North […]
From The Brown Daily Herald: As the University continues to embrace the digital age, libraries have undergone a dramatic transformation in order to keep up with students’ needs and preference “The landscape has changed,” said Edwin Quist, associate University librarian for research and outreach services. [Clip] Though he and many of his colleagues appreciate Wikipedia, […]
Title Library Publishing Services: Strategies for Success: Final Research Report (March 2012) Authors James L. Mullins, Purdue University Catherine Murray-Rust, Georgia Institute of Technology – Main Campus Joyce L. Ogburn, University of Utah Raym Crow, Chain Bridge Group October Ivins, Ivins e-Content Solutions Allyson Mower, University of Utah Daureen Nesdill, University of Utah Mark Newton, […]
Title Assessment 360: Mapping Undergraduates and the Library at the University of Connecticut Author Susanna M. Cowan Undergraduate Education Team Leader University of Connecticut Libraries Source CLIR (Council on Library on Information Resources) From the Executive Summary In January 2009, two members of the brand-‐new Undergraduate Education Team at the University of Connecticut Libraries attended […]
"Cornell Library Collections Lag Behind Peers’, Professors Say"
| Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Funding, Libraries
From The Cornell Daily Sun: From 2005 to 2010, the median increase in funding for digital and print collections for the top 10 research libraries in the U.S. was 35.6 percent. At Cornell, however, funding for these expenditures increased by only 1.7 percent, according to a report by Cornell’s University Faculty Library Board. At a […]
From The Daily Titan (Cal St University Fullerton): The librarians at CSUF’s Pollak Library are willing to help students find relevant material for projects and personally locate specific information. “That is why most of us became librarians,” said Will Breitbach, head of Instruction and Information Services at the Pollak Library, “we relish the hunt for […]
Wisconsin: Libraries on the Front Lines of Advocating for Freedom of Information
| Journal Articles, Libraries, Open Access, Public Libraries
From The Oshkosh Northwestern: The Forrest R. Polk Library at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh serves as a repository for state and federal documents, including papers on government funded research and records from legislative hearings.”One of the major battles being fought now is in the area of open access to research funded by the federal government […]
New Article: "The Informatics Transform: Re-Engineering Libraries for the Data Decade"
| Data Files, Journal Articles, Libraries, Management and Leadership
Title The Informatics Transform: Re-Engineering Libraries for the Data Decade Author Liz Lyon Director, UKOLN Source International Journal of Digital Curation Vol 7, No 1 (2012) Abstract In this paper, Liz Lyon explores how libraries can re-shape to better reflect the requirements and challenges of today’s data-centric research landscape. The Informatics Transform presents five assertions […]
From the Announcement: EBSCO Publishing has released its first subscription eBook collection. eBook Academic Subscription Collection supplies full-text eBooks covering a broad spectrum of academic subjects from business to science and engineering to the humanities. Nearly 70,000 titles are included in eBook Academic Subscription Collection. [Clip] Book Academic Subscription Collection is offered on an annual […]
