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

Confessions of a Community College Dean

In planning for the new library, the financially challenged institution seeks to forge a path that balances cost with quality, while also reaching a wider swath of the state’s rural residents. As part of the transition, the university has planned for an “all-digital” academic library, which it announced in a Feb.

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Vermont State U Will Make Libraries All Digital

Confessions of a Community College Dean

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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Vermont State U Will Make Libraries All Digital

Confessions of a Community College Dean

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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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. “We haven’t had time to assess this new cadre of students,” Trunnell said, adding that many college libraries are short-staffed.

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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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5 High Tech Solutions that Enable High Touch Campus Experiences

University Business

Library Services: An increasing number of automated and self-service solutions have hit the market to help manage library resources such as checking out books and devices. It’s quick, easy and integrated with ID management systems.

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Dissertation Week in the Library: 11-15 November 2019

Teaching Matters Academic Support

In this post, Christine Love-Rodgers, College Lead for Library Academic Support (CAHSS), provides an in-depth assessment of the University’s first Dissertation Week event that took place in November 2019… The University of Edinburgh Library held its first Dissertation Week on November 11-15 2019.