Kay Cunningham's List: Academic Libraries

'Welcome to the ACRL Information Literacy website, The ACRL Information Literacy Coordinating Committee's gateway to resources on information literacy. These resources will help you understand and apply the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education to enhance teaching, learning, and research in the higher education community.'

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information information_literacy higher_education ACRL on 2009-11-08

'The authors describe the way Oregon State University has adopted Boyer’s definition of scholarship – which embraces not just discovery of new knowledge, but application, teaching, and integration. After examining what librarians have been doing, they concluded the problem isn’t being productive, it’s explaining the “breadth and impact” of librarians’ scholarly work. This includes not only traditionally-published research, but additional modes of communicating ideas.'

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academic_librarians tenure on 2009-11-07

'the university library of the future will be sparsely staffed, highly decentralized, and have a physical plant consisting of little more than special collections and study areas.'

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'Opportunities to raise scholarly communication issues come up in a variety of settings when interacting with faculty. Librarians can often take advantage of these opportunities to increase awareness of those issues and new developments in scholarly publishing. Discussions may result in a faculty member’s use of, and support for, new services created by the library’s scholarly communication initiatives. Some faculty may even become advocates for introducing changes in the institution’s strategies of disseminating locally generated scholarly content. The following real life cases are just a few examples of how you can take the information from throughout the Toolkit to create change on your campus.'

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libraries academic_librarians librarians faculty communication tools on 2009-10-01 and saved by 2 people

"summarizes services, staff, collections, and expenditures of academic libraries in 2- and 4-year, degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the 50 states and the District of Columbia."

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higher_education academic_libraries statistics research libraries staffing colleges on 2008-12-19

'It was as if we were talking about the next frontier – even though digital reference is hardly new. But digital reference is emerging as the library service – and technology – that best moves us into the next Web revolution.'

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digital_reference reference_service libraries academic_libraries web_2.0 technology on 2009-08-29 and saved by 4 people

"So the libraries will lose $215,500 for operations, $1.48 million for materials, and $1.94 million in personnel, with 30 positions eliminated through vacancies and retirements, plus an unspecified number of layoffs."

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academic_libraries higher_education economic_downturn on 2009-06-21

"SUL has lost 58 full-time positions, with 32 layoffs and 26 vacant positions eliminated. Other cost-cutting actions include reducing the materials budget; closing Green Library at 1 a.m.; eliminating patron outreach programs, including the semi-annual magazine Imprint; and eliminating most staff travel. The Physics Library will close in the summer of 2010 and transfer its holdings to two other locations."

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academic_libraries higher_education economic_downturn on 2009-06-21

"Considering that the Cornell University Library spends nearly $18 million dollars on collections, $50K seems like pocket change. From an management standpoint, it may take much more that $50K in staff and faculty time to administrate and process author charges one article at a time.
This would lead a skeptic to question why such funds are necessary if there is little demand, especially at a time when libraries are asked to make deep cuts in both their staff and existing journal subscriptions. Of course, low demand may not be the future for author publishing funds, and this is where governance becomes a significant issue. "

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open_access journals publication academic_libraries scholarly_communication on 2009-06-12 and saved by 2 people

"Many academic libraries are facing major planned or potential budget cuts as the nation's economic meltdown plays itself out. Online reports and announcements from major U.S. universities show that significant budget cuts may be widespread among members of the Association of Research Libraries and other college and university libraries across the country."

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higher_education economic_downturn economy academic_libraries on 2009-05-15

"While we may think of our own academic libraries as sacred space, we would be remiss in taking for granted the idea that all of our campus partners think likewise. We find ourselves in challenging economic times, and disruptive information technologies lurk around every corner. When it comes to the future of academic library buildings there are no guarantees, and at least one large research university CIO made clear his beliefs that library buildings are completely irrelevant."

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higher_education academic_libraries on 2009-05-15

"Seven Association of Research Libraries member libraries are facing major planned or potential budget cuts: Cornell University Library, Emory University Libraries, MIT Libraries, UCLA Libraries, University of Tennessee Libraries, University of Washington Libraries, and Yale University Library. These examples suggest that significant budget cuts may be widespread in ARL libraries."

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economic_downturn budget_shortfalls higher_education academic_libraries on 2009-04-29

Blog entry. "Whether we enjoy it or not, all of us academic librarians work with technology every day — assisting patrons, providing new services, and completing the myriad tech chores that are part of working in libraryland."

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libraries academic_libraries librarians technology on 2009-02-21

"We kick off the LJ Academic Newswire’s 10th Anniversary year with our list of the top ten stories of 2008, in two parts, and the potential for these stories to make even more news in the coming months."

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LJ libraries academic_libraries lists news on 2009-01-10

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academic_libraries Google Educause on 2008-11-29

Report on the current use of Web 2.0 in academic libraries, impact of disintermediation, effect on library faculty.

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web_2.0 academic_libraries Educause on 2008-11-23 and saved by 2 people

ACRL Blog on academic and research libraries.

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'Helping Academic Librarians "Keep Up" With News and Developments In Higher Education'

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