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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SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

million to repair its library, which was damaged by pro-Palestinian protesters who occupied the building for four days in the spring, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported. Portland State University spent five months and $1.23

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

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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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 19, 2024

Davidson College, a private, liberal arts institution in North Carolina, has secured an $85 million donation to expand its library with a focus on bringing it into the digital age.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Since opening in 1977, the University of Arizona’s Main Library in Tuscon has served as a central hub for students to study and conduct research, but it hadn’t changed much in four decades. The university recently completed major library renovations, and the first two floors have now been transformed into a bright, colorful and airy space…

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 24, 2023

Celia Rabinowitz, Assistant Vice-President for Academic Engagement & Director of the Mason Library at Keene State College, reached out after reading my piece How Do Academic Libraries Spend Their Money? One represents the trends and challenges most of us in academic libraries are reading about. If not, ask why.

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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. then versus about 1.5%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 12, 2023

Neelam Bharti Neelam Bharti has been appointed associate dean of research and learning services for Florida State University Libraries. Bharti earned a master’s in library and information science from the University of Missouri and a doctoral degree in bio-medicinal chemistry from Jamia Millia Islamia in India.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Hubbard holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Michigan as well as a Master of Library Science degree and an MBA from Wayne State University. Daren Hubbard Daren Hubbard has been appointed vice president for information technology and chief information officer at Princeton University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 19, 2024

She served the university as director of development for University Libraries. Robin Schimandle Robin Schimandle has been named director of development for the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology, and Natural Resources at the University of Nevada Reno.

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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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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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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

MARCH 16, 2023

The Carole and Marcus Weinstein Learning Center – in the Boatwright Memorial Library – will integrate and expand student academic services, including effective speaking, writing, and peer tutoring. “We Carole and Marcus Weinstein.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MAY 2, 2023

Berkeley Students Rally to Save a Library Scott Jaschik Tue, 05/02/2023 - 06:28 AM

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University Business

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Register now Date & Time: Wednesday, October 16 at 12pm ET As technologies, space utilization, and institutional identities evolve at a rapid pace, higher ed libraries are undergoing a fundamental transformation to new modalities, redefining their roles as temples of knowledge and community hubs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 12, 2023

Dr. Bryn Geffert The move by UVM Press – overseen by UVM Libraries – is meant to eliminate financial hurdles and barriers to peer-reviewed research that traditional publishing and access models impose. It is indeed completely free,” said Dr. Bryn Geffert, dean of libraries at UVM. “It

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

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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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. What is going on?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2023

Debra Hanken Kurtz Debra Hanken Kurtz has been named associate dean of technology and digital scholarship for Florida State University Libraries. Kurtz holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Arizona State University and a Master of Library Science degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 26, 2024

Jayadeva holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science and a Master of Library and Information Science from Queens College as well as a Ph.D. He served as the information technology director of enterprise applications at Touro University in New York City. in education, instructional design, and technology from Liberty University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The school library is the place where they are taught how to effectively search for, access, evaluate and use resources that are found online.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 14, 2023

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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 6, 2024

She previously served in senior advance roles at the University of Washington, Washington State University, and the University of Southern California, where she spent a decade leading fundraising initiatives at the Sol Price School of Public Policy and USC Libraries.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 18, 2023

The lawsuit is asking for the affected books to be put back on school library shelves. "[PEN Pérez added that these changes would most affect students with the fewest resources, those who depend on school libraries. Overwhelmingly, young people tell you: 'These are issues we're facing in our real lives.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Klingenstein Library at New-York Historical. Through the CUNY SPS, which is historically tapped into a more diverse community of students – and professional studies in particular, these are sometimes people who are looking to make career changes,” said Paley, who oversees the program on behalf of the American museum and library.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 1, 2024

The annual Freedom to Learn DC Rally convenes at the Library of Congress, and participants will march to the U. ET and march from the Library of Congress, 68 First St. Organizers with the Freedom to Learn (F2L) network and the Right to Learn (R2L) coalition are planning a rally May 3 in Washington, D.C. NE, Washington, DC 20543.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 25, 2023

UC Berkeley Student Protest Keeps Anthropology Library Open—Kind Of Featured Image at Top of Article Anthro pic.jpeg Ryan Quinn Tue, 07/25/2023 - 03:00 AM

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 7, 2023

The University of California, Berkeley, will shutter three libraries—the anthropology, physics-astronomy and mathematics statistics libraries—in the next few years, part of a long-term plan to save money, Berkeleyside reported. Currently, libraries make up 1.3 percent, or $42 million, of the university’s $3.2

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2024

In CUNY's case, it looks like utilizing the public library system in New York makes a lot of sense. FAST will begin April 12 and continue until the end of this September, a CUNY spokesperson said in an email. The initiative is for students seeking financial aid for college this coming fall. to be able to be walked through it.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

There will be a seminar room, study space, and lounge, all headquartered on the first floor of the library. The library symbolically serves as the central point of academic learning in an academic institution.” So far, administrators have already set aside over 6,000 square feet of space to house the college.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The money will also go towards buying up to 150 laptops for campus and community use at Sheppard Library and its upcoming cybersecurity and information technology training center, as well as hiring faculty in technology. The upgrades are meant to improve and strengthen network infrastructure.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2023

Lauren Di Monte Lauren Di Monte has been appointed associate university librarian for research and learning at Yale University Library. Di Monte holds a bachelor’s degree in visual studies and a master’s in information from the University of Toronto and in interdisciplinary studies from York University in Toronto.

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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

JULY 22, 2024

A prominent scholar, he directs the Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project and is the former director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a division of the New York Public Library. Muhammad previously served as an associate professor at Indiana University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 4, 2024

The platform also offers access to a mobile app, comprehensive financial aid and scholarship information, online portfolios, and an extensive library of counselor resources in English and Spanish. More than 3 million students, teachers, and counselors use the Common App platform each year to simplify the college application process.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The community walk will begin on campus and make stops at pivotal places during Renfrow Smith’s time while living in the town of Grinnell, including her high school, her family’s church, and the local library.

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