by Don Brower, Sandra Gesing, Rick Johnson, Natalie Meyers, Jessica Meyerson, and Mikala Narlock Institutional repositories (IRs) have proliferated over the past two decades. University, disciplinary, and professional society users depend on IRs for preservation and...
A Faculty Member’s Perspective on Learning Analytics By Kyle Jones, Assistant Professor, Indiana University-Indianapolis (IUPUI) School of Informatics and Computing, Department of Library and Information Science I am not unfamiliar with learning analytics. In fact,...
Faculty Perceptions on the Function of Library as an Archive: Library’s Evolving Role in Preserving Scholarly Content by Oya Y. Rieger, Senior Advisor, Ithaka S+R & Cornell Computing and Information Sciences (arXiv) One of the conclusions of the recent Ithaka S+R...
By Evan Simpson, Associate Dean for Research and Learning Services, Northeastern University Library Survey results show once again that faculty are most likely to search for scholarly information using a specific scholarly database. Libraries must continue investment...
Guest Edited by Leah Hinds, Executive Director, Charleston Conference, and Christine Wolff-Eisenberg, Manager, Surveys and Research, Ithaka S+R Table of Contents Introduction by Leah Hinds After attending the presentation premier of the Ithaka S+R 2019 Faculty Survey...
Included in this special online issue are essays written in response to the six key findings in the Executive Summary of the 2018 Ithaka S+R Faculty Survey Results. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction, by Leah Hinds (Charleston Conference) Discovery and Access: Lettie...
WVU Libraries joins MIT Press Open Access Publishing Initiative Library Technology Guides notes that "MIT Press announced the launch of its Direct-to-Open framework. In this model, rather than purchasing licenses to eBook titles individually or through packages,...
WVU Libraries joins MIT Press Open Access Publishing Initiative Library Technology Guides notes that "MIT Press announced the launch of its Direct-to-Open framework. In this model, rather than purchasing licenses to eBook titles individually or through packages,...
Music Library Association Opens Publications at Internet Archive According to Caralee Adams and the Internet Archive Blog "For librarians who specialize in caring for music collections, it can be challenging to keep up with the latest technology and resources in the...
OCLC releases more than 150 million WorldCat Entities as the foundation of a linked data infrastructure Citing an OCLC press release, Library Technology Guides reports that "OCLC has completed a project, funded in part by a grant from the Mellon Foundation, to...
NASA and CHORUS sign participation agreement to expand public access to results of its funded research KnowledgeSpeak reports that "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has signed a participation agreement with CHORUS to expand public access to the...
