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The one change that worked: I found an escape from online life by swapping my home office for the library

The Guardian Higher Education

And, as I did as a child, I lose myself in a world of books. Last September, I started walking to the library every day. As a University College London alumnus, I get free membership of both the Senate House library and the universitys main library. That the destination is a library only compounds that.

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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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A legal blow to Internet Archive, controlled digital lending

Confessions of a Community College Dean

copyright law when it digitized countless physical books from four major book publishers and offered them online. million books protected by copyrights, including 33,000 of the publishers’ titles—was swift, landing days after the March 20 hearing. Koeltl of the U.S. District Court in Manhattan wrote.

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Integrating Arts as a Healing Force

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Louisville native Dr. Jabani Bennett is an interdisciplinary visual artist, yoga instructor, community-engaged educator, leadership consultant, dancer, and mama. The students are always the teachers in my book about which community-engaged practices to implement in a space,” she says. “I

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4 Reasons College Campus Visits Are a Waste of Time & Money

Great College Advice

There were certain must-see items (the Tower Room in Baker Library), and there were certain spots that were emphatically not included on the tour (Fraternity Row and the ugly dorms of the Choates and the River Cluster). Or they may passively observe “real” students in the dining halls or libraries. But interact?

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Does Volunteer Work Matter for College Admissions?

Great College Advice

To make the point, consider the young man who spends four hours every Saturday shelving books at the local library. He shows up at 10am, collects the piles of books that have been checked back in, sorts them into stacks according to where they should be reshelved, and then starts putting books back on the shelves until 2pm.