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The Faculty Resource Network of New York University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As a scholar engaged in legal research, the law library of New York University School of Law, ranked in the top ten of law schools, affords one bountiful offerings of legal research tools such as HeinOnline, Lexis Plus, VitalLaw, Law Journal Library and Proquest that are not available at primarily undergraduate institutions such as my own.

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Backlash as a university says its library will be 'all digital'

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Last week, Vermont State University announced plans for an “all-digital” academic library when the new institution, formed from the consolidation of three colleges, officially launches on July 1. “What we heard was that they need and want access to library resources where they are, whether on or off campus.”

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3 Questions for Elizabeth Dellavedova, Associate Library Director at a Public Community College

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Blog: Learning Innovation Elizabeth Dellavedova, associate library director at a community college, connected with me after reading my piece “ How Do Academic Libraries Spend Their Money? Q: Can you share your concerns about my blog post on academic library spending? Encouraging students to visit the library is not enough.

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Librarians' "new normal" includes pain points

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Ithaka S+R shared results from its triennial survey published last week, which sought to capture college library deans’ and directors’ perspectives three years into the pandemic. Meanwhile, this academic year, demand for one-on-one consultations has skyrocketed. “How do students look up information?

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A legal blow to Internet Archive, controlled digital lending

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” In 2020, Hachette, HarperCollins, Penguin Random House and Wiley sued the San Francisco–based Internet Archive over its National Emergency Library, which was created when physical libraries closed during COVID-19 lockdowns. ” Libraries that engage in controlled digital lending do so in many ways.

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Librarians target incoming students, collaborative measures

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Academic library professionals across the higher education landscape are championing student success initiatives within their own spaces, particularly to equip new students for their academic careers. An older model among libraries is coming into classrooms like an English 101 course or a first-year seminar to share information.

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Back-and-forth over faculty agreement divisive at Maricopa

Confessions of a Community College Dean

While a proposal to lower pay for one group, which includes librarians, didn’t come to pass, at least in its entirety, faculty continue to feel divided in the aftermath of the process, and some worry the new agreement may still negatively affect campus libraries and relations between professors. This is like an age-old thing.”

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