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A Blueprint for College Students’ Sense of Belonging

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Indeed, belonging is proudly displayed on a larger-than-life sign at Kent States library. Strayhorn isPresident/CEO and Senior Research Scientist of Do Good Work Consulting Group. J'Quen Johnson is a research associate and consultant at Do Good Work Consulting Group and a Ph.D. Its a button at William & Mary.

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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

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. And, as I did as a child, I lose myself in a world of books. It unknots me.

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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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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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Jerry Falwell Jr. Sues Liberty University, Alleges Trademark Infringement

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

s likeness without consulting the family, Religion News Service reported. s name is “synonymous with Liberty University, and for decades has been used across campus, including on buildings such as the Jerry Falwell Museum and the Jerry Falwell Library,” a Liberty spokesperson said in a statement. Jerry Falwell Jr. Falwell Sr.’s

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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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