Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 26, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation Professor Andrew Comrie reached out after reading my piece, How Do Academic Libraries Spend Their Money? In his book, Like Nobody's Business: An Insider's Guide to How US University Finances Really Work (Open Book Publishers, 2021), Andrew digs into academic library budgeting.

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Great College Advice

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The library may be on limited hours if it is open at all. Book your complimentary session now and start your college admissions journey today! part of the college admissions process. Unfortunately, many families struggle with finding the best time for college tours. Dorms are locked up tightly while students are away.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 13, 2023

Vermont State University has abandoned plans to go all virtual in its libraries, VTDigger reported. Earlier versions of the plan eliminated the books and all librarians from five campuses and drew widespread criticism. The new plan is to keep about 30,000 books, or about 10 percent of what the university currently has.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 22, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation How do academic libraries spend their money? The figure, created from IPEDS data collected in 2020, shows academic library spending in four categories across institution type. How much do academic libraries spend on databases vs. books vs. journals vs. everything else libraries lend?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 6, 2024

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost filed a complaint against Hebrew Union College—Jewish Institute of Religion in the Court of Common Pleas of Hamilton County, seeking to prevent the institution from selling off rare Jewish books and manuscripts housed at its Cincinnati Klau Library.

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Creatrix Campus

AUGUST 14, 2024

5 Key Features of Cloud-Based Library Management System Software admin Wed, 08/14/2024 - 06:35 Higher education libraries can be difficult to maintain, but a cloud-based library management system provides an easy-to-use but effective alternative. Students are free to provide reviews and give ratings to books.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 26, 2023

David Goetsch, associate director of recruitment compliance at Emory; Dr. Eric Solomon, visiting assistant professor of English and American studies at Oxford College; and Sarah Luce Look, co-owner of independent feminist bookstore Charis Books and More. In honor of Pride Month, college and university campuses across the U.S. Let’s Read It!:

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The Guardian Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2024

University says first owner of book by French novelist took the skin from a deceased female patient without consent Harvard University has said it will be removing the binding made of human skin from a 19th-century book held in its library because of the “ethically fraught nature” of how the unusual binding took place.

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Creatrix Campus

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Top 10 benefits of cloud-based Library Management Software. The increasing advancement of cutting-edge technologies such as cloud, mobile, digital, and analytics have transformed the way libraries offer many services. It’s the time of Library Management Software. What is cloud-based Library Management Software?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 11, 2024

She thought kindergarten that morning was “the best,” as she stroked the teacher’s hair and listened to her read aloud, as happened every night at home. Then little Rema, one of just two Black children in the school, went to recess. It happened on the merry-go-round. She had trouble with spinning, but this time she thought she could, so she did.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Vermont State University plans to repurpose libraries on its five campuses and move to an “all-digital academic library” system when it opens as a unified institution in July, VTDigger reported. The goal of the changes, Grewal said, is to provide "greater equity of access to our library services.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

She says the goal of her research is to help Black students to “freedom dream,” a term inspired by Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination , a 2002 book by Dr. Robin D.G. One of her fondest memories is of getting books from the library with her family and then discussing them in the living room. “I History at UCLA.

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Experiential Learning Depot

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Community Book Drive For this service-learning project example, students organize a book drive to collect winter reading materials for libraries, shelters, or literacy programs, helping promote learning and escape through books. Winter can be harsh, challenging, draining, and even depressing.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 17, 2023

The Internet Archive, a nonprofit library in San Francisco, has grown into one of the most important cultural institutions of the modern age. For the sake of libraries and library users everywhere, let’s hope they don’t succeed. and Penguin Random House assert that the Internet Archive is not a real library.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 31, 2023

Fitzgerald , an assessment and planning librarian at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, reached out to me after reading my piece “ How Do Academic Libraries Spend Their Money? ” In her email, Sarah shared some fantastic insights on trends in academic library spending. How do academic libraries spend their budgets?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 29, 2024

What Chua had intended as a semi-comedic study of parenting at a cultural intersection quickly became a hotly contested book. “A If you actually read the book, you realize that it gets really complicated. If you want to write the book, write the book.’” A lot of people were talking about it without having read it.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Dr. Curtis Byrd, co-author of the 2021 book Academic Pipeline Programs: Diversifying Pathways from the Bachelor’s to the Professoriate. Dr. Rihana Mason, coauthor of the 2021 book Academic Pipeline Programs: Diversifying Pathways from the Bachelor’s to the Professoriate. While the full database is only in its initial stages, Drs.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 27, 2023

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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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation The first draft of this blog post was written before I published a post on 1/22 titled How Do Academic Libraries Spend Their Money? The idea that academic library budgets are fungible shows ignorance of how these budgets work. Probably some change in how library staff are counted.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In Stephanie Land’s brave and important new book CLASS ( a follow-up to her memoir MAID , the basis for an award-winning Netflix series) she explains that even though she knew a college degree was the best chance she and her 6-year-old daughter had of escaping poverty, being deprived of food made it nearly impossible.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 18, 2023

People sat outside on blankets, chatting or reading books. In each school my white peers saw themselves reflected in the curriculum, their history was presented every day within the classroom and in the library, administrative offices, and even in the halls of the school. Dr. Ijei asked about my plans for college. Louis, Missouri.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Among her many roles at KSU is Library Data Coordinator. Laurel is, therefore, well positioned to answer some of the questions that I posed in my piece, How Do Academic Libraries Spend Their Money? Libraries can delay rehiring when necessary to use “salary savings” to manage budgets, at least in the short term.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 12, 2023

In the prisons where I work, they’re limited to no more than 10 books total,” she said. They’re always having to make these heartbreaking choices about which books they’re going to get [and which] they’re going to give away.” It becomes a normal thing, just like a law library,” he said. “I Dr. Deborah Appleman, the Hollis L.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Vermont State University plans to repurpose libraries on its five campuses and move to an “all-digital academic library” system when it opens as a unified institution in July, VTDigger reported. The goal of the changes, Grewal said, is to provide “greater equity of access to our library services.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 30, 2023

The convening continued its conversation on the mental health of African American men at the Woodruff Library in the heart of the Atlanta University Center. Two sessions continued on Thursday during the second and final day of the Black Men Research Institute’s (BMRI) Spring Symposium. These conversations are needed,” said Dr. Walter M.

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Experiential Learning Depot

JUNE 4, 2023

If you are an aspiring or even practicing experiential educator looking for more information about experiential learning or could use a boost of inspiration, I highly recommend that you start by reading some books about experiential education written by the experiential learning greats! I recommend reading all of the books if you can.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

MARCH 22, 2024

Today’s college libraries are gathering places as much as they are spots where students come to read. When it came time to renovate Sam Houston State University’s Newton Gresham Library, staff knew that the focus was going to be on a lot more than books. Higher education is…

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Clark Nesxen

JULY 8, 2024

Over the last few years, public libraries have transitioned from being buildings that only store and lend books to being fully featured community centers. The most successful public libraries are designed with people in mind and with the help of the community they serve. What is most important to those who use the library?

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Great College Advice

JANUARY 2, 2023

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). It’s true: I hate sitting through these presentations. The Student-Led Tours Are Scripted. It was pretty easy money.

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Creatrix Campus

JULY 24, 2024

5 Strategies for Improving University Library Management Services admin Wed, 07/24/2024 - 17:17 According to recent studies, improving student learning experiences globally requires efficient administration of university libraries.

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Great College Advice

AUGUST 29, 2023

Keep reading to find out if volunteering will give you a helpful boost on your college application, or if it would be better for you to put your focus on other aspects of the application. How important is volunteer work on a college application? They are not looking for a particular number of volunteer hours.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 20, 2024

The students are always the teachers in my book about which community-engaged practices to implement in a space,” she says. “I The center houses student offices and study areas, conference rooms for community gatherings, a library, a dining lounge area, and wellness spaces for lactation, meditation, and napping. “In Find your people.

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The Scholarly Teacher

JUNE 12, 2024

Content What and Why: The book used to guide our teaching and learning workshops was the evidence-based Engaged Teaching: A Handbook for College Faculty (Barkley & Major, 2022). How (Faculty Development): We expanded on book topics by bringing in guest speakers and incorporating workshop activities to provide interactive experiences.

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Creatrix Campus

DECEMBER 6, 2022

A Comprehensive Guide to Library Management System Software. Managing a house of books is not a small deal. This tough task is now simplified, thanks to the library management system software. This tough task is now simplified, thanks to the library management system software. How in general is a library managed?

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Creatrix Campus

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Top 10 benefits of cloud-based Library Management Software. The increasing advancement of cutting-edge technologies such as cloud, mobile, digital, and analytics have transformed the way libraries offer many services. It’s the time of Library Management Software. What is cloud-based Library Management Software?

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University Business

MARCH 13, 2023

Last month, full-time faculty filed a motion of no confidence to school leadership when it announced a transition to a fully digital library, which would have eradicated roughly 300,000 books across its five campuses. Vermont’s public four-year institutions in fall 2022; however, hit a whopping 12.2%

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

JANUARY 27, 2025

Recipients: University of Oregon Basic Needs Program This project exemplifies how a commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion, and social justice was woven into the collaborative efforts of the UO Basic Needs Program, UO Libraries, and faculty. Logic models have increased their staffs curiosity.

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