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Libraries of the Future : JISC
In an information world in which Google apparently offers us everything, what place is there for the traditional, and even the digital, library? In a library environment which is increasingly moving to the delivery of online rather than print resources, what of the academic library’s traditional place at the heart of campus life?
INKE: Implementing New Knowledge Environments
"The INKE group is comprised of researchers and stakeholders at the forefront of computing in the humanities, text analysis, information studies, usability and interface design. The network is led by Canadian scholars, but includes members from the USA and the UK. It is comprised of those who are best-poised to understand the nature of the human record as it intersects with the computer. Our work is divided into four key research groupings: textual studies, user experience, interface design, and information management."
Ithaka :: Publications
Topics include shift from print to digital, sustainability models for online publication, and scholarly communication.
DigitalKoans » Blog Archive » Blog Explores Whether a Primarily Digital Research Library Is Feasible
ER&L Summary « Collections 2.0
"the main point of the conference was that electronic resources have become the most significant part of our work and our collections, but that we have yet to fully mainstream and normalize processes and procedures for these materials."
ER&L 2009
ER&L provides a forum for information professionals to explore ideas, trends, and technologies related to electronic resources and digital services.
After Migration to an Electronic Journal Collection: Impact on Faculty and Doctoral Students
"An October 2002 D-Lib Magazine article by the authors described the changes in the Drexel University W.W. Hagerty Library's operational costs associated with the migration to a (mostly) all-electronic journal collection. The present article gives the use perspective to determine whether the migration to the electronic collection has had an effect on the number of journal readings, outcomes from reading and information-seeking and reading patterns. Key findings are that amount of reading remains high; outcomes from reading continue to be favorable, particularly from library-provided articles; while 42 percent of faculty reading is from library-provided articles, faculty still rely heavily on readings from personal subscriptions; most of the library-provided reading is from electronic articles; and readers spend much less time locating and obtaining library-provided articles when they are available electronically."
The Shift Away From Print :: Inside Higher Ed :: Higher Education's Source for News, Views and Jobs
The Shift Away From Print
By Eileen Gifford Fenton and Roger C. Schonfeld
For most scholarly journals, the transition away from the print format and to an exclusive reliance on the electronic version seems all but inevitable, driven by user preferences for electronic journals and concerns about collecting the same information in two formats. But this shift away from print, in the absence of strategic planning by a higher proportion of libraries and publishers, may endanger the viability of certain journals and even the journal literature more broadly — while not even reducing costs in the ways that have long been assumed.
General Information - About the Library (Library of Congress)
Size of LC collection: 138,313,427 items
Electronic Publication and the Narrowing of Science and Scholarship -- Evans 321 (5887): 395 -- Science
"Using a database of 34 million articles, their citations (1945 to 2005), and online availability (1998 to 2005), I show that as more journal issues came online, the articles referenced tended to be more recent, fewer journals and articles were cited, and more of those citations were to fewer journals and articles."
Research + Web = More Consensus, Less Diversity (At Least, So Far) | Britannica Blog
James Evans on his Science article about impact of eresources on research
Dimensions and Use of the Scholarly Information Environment
2002 Amy Friedlander study of users attitudes toward libraries
Learning Resource Center - A. T. Still University
Online medical library.
"Available to students in residential and online studies, the Learning Resource Center (LRC) focuses on developing an extensive, integrated online collection of Evidence-Based resources. Accessed via this Web site the LRC’s online full text collections include over 2400 journals, over 550 reference and textbooks, and point of care products. The LRC is also an active participant in the National Network of Libraries of Medicine."
The Academic Library in the American ... - Google Book Search
Historical perspective on research library--access vs ownership.
Future of the Book: Can the Endangered Monograph Survive? | Scholarly Communication Program
Audio. "Panelists Helen Tartar, Editorial Director at Fordham University Press; Sanford Thatcher, Director of Penn State University Press and past President of the Association of American University Presses; and Ree DeDonato, Director of Humanities and History and Acting Director of Union Theological Seminary's Burke Library of Columbia University Libraries/Information Services discuss the economics and process of scholarly publishing and the future of the monograph. Columbia's Deputy University Librarian and Associate Vice President for Digital Programs and Technology Services Patricia Renfro introduces the panel, which is followed by a question-and-answer session."
The future of the 'research' library in an age of information abundance and lifelong learning
2005 Australian perspective on role of research library in digital environment
Google, the Khmer Rouge and the Public Good - February 6, 2006 (Mary Sue Colemena, U Mich)
U Mich president's talk on the benefits of participating in Google Books
Research Libraries’ Costs of Doing Business (EDUCAUSE Review) | EDUCAUSE CONNECT
2004 Dan Greenstein article; "Data collected recently by UC libraries suggest that where information is available in both print and digital formats, faculty and students prefer digital by an order of magnitude" Move to digital: savings in storage. Shared print collections.
About AHSL Phoenix
Arizona Health Services library: "In Phoenix you will notice a focus on the use of electronic materials, except in the case of books not yet available in digital format. "
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