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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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What is a ‘research culture’?

SRHE

With the abolition of HEFCE, public infrastructure funding for research (laboratories and libraries) was to be allocated by Research England which was placed within the new UK Research and Innovation. The review also had something to say on the effect the REF was felt to have on early career researchers.