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Librarians' "new normal" includes pain points

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: DENVER—As snow fell from gray skies on Tuesday, higher education professionals, publishers, librarians, information technologists, government researchers and others met this week for the Coalition for Networked Information spring membership meeting. “How do students look up information?

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

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Five hundred of the approximately 5,000 students across the three soon-to-be-merged institutions responded, and those students indicated, “We want information as quickly as possible, and digital is better,” according to Grewal. Students had been invited to weigh in via an email that included a link to the online survey.

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5 Strategies for Improving University Library Management Services

Creatrix Campus

The college library management system helps to maintain the catalog, acquisition register, assets register, and reports and integrates barcode, RFID, smart cards, and biometric systems. Here are the five strategies to improve library services: Enhancing University Library Management: 5 Key Strategies 1.

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Welcome to the February issue of Teaching Matters: Library and University Collections

Teaching Matters Academic Support

We provide the core Library services and resources that directly support the teaching and learning which takes place in the University, and we provide new ways for students to creatively engage with library collections and technology.

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5 High Tech Solutions that Enable High Touch Campus Experiences

University Business

One Stop Shop for Student Services: Modern solutions unify student information systems with payment and engagement technologies to provide comprehensive views of the student. Listen: Learn how the University of Louisiana at Lafayette improved campus card operations.

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Dissertation Week in the Library: 11-15 November 2019

Teaching Matters Academic Support

Christine offers specialist library support to the School of Divinity and the School of Social and Political Science , curating digital resources, information and advice in Library Subject Guides.

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The Growth of Online Education Provides Opportunities: The Changing Face of Higher Ed Part 9

The Change Leader, Inc.

These include engagement with faculty about their needs, a supportive and responsive information technology team, an effective and well-supported campus technology network, effective server support, online student services (registration, billing, and payments), online bookstore services, and online library services.