Academic library

CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the publication of “Once Upon a Time in the University Library: Storytelling Skills for Librarians», edited by Maria Barefoot, Sara Parme and Elin Woods. This fun…

CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the publication of the three volumes "Mentoring in Academic Libraries: Fostering Growth and Renewal", edited by Leila June Rod-Welch and Barbara E. Weeg. This…

CHICAGO — How can academic librarians strengthen their teaching practice and provide education through access to information, using intentional efforts to learn and share in a social context? Building and fostering Communities of Practice…

CHICAGO — Are you considering hiring? Join the Core Academic Interviews project team on Thursday, November 18 at noon CT for a free webinar to discuss our guide to interview best practices. Whether you're hosting…

Every educated person studies and learns something new for most of their life. And this is not surprising, because the world is changing very fast, early every minute. So more and more people tend to have more than one degree,…

SUNY Geneseo's Milne Library was named University Library of the Year by the Rochester Regional Library…

The resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020 has had a measurable impact on library leaders' appreciation of the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion, a recent survey of library leaders found. academic libraries of…

CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the publication of “Leading Together: University Library Consortia and Advocacyby Irene MH Herold, a detailed overview of the current work of library consortia and…

CHICAGO - Honored with numerous distinctions, including a star review in Library Journal, the first edition of “Rightizing the Academic Library Collection,” published by ALA Editions, demonstrated the…

If living through a pandemic, recession, and heightened public awareness around social justice has shown us anything, it's what it means to have "access." From toilet paper and high-speed Wi-Fi to navigation systems and scheduling…

CHICAGO - The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the publication of "Academic Library Trends and Statistics 2019“, the latest in a series of annual publications describing the collections, staff, expenditures and…

Five years after leaving the university library market, Baker & Taylor is back. In an announcement yesterday, B&T executives said they have created a new unit that will serve academic libraries around the world with a…

Amid the economic downturn and an uncertain short-term future, colleges and students around the world are looking for ways to lower the cost of post-secondary education. The Private Academic Library Network of Indiana Inc.…

CHICAGO - The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the publication of "Get the Job: Academic Library Hiring for the New Librarian" by Meggan Press, an accessible and constructive manual that can help you navigate…

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AUC Woodruff Library is the first historically black college and university library to win the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Award for Excellence in Academic Libraries. The Robert W. Woodruff Library at the…

By Addy Hatch, WSU News Data management is a major issue for university researchers. Increasingly, grant applications request detailed plans for how the researcher will handle data generated by the study, such as spreadsheets,…

?? RIT Libraries have been named the recipients of the Rochester Area University Library of the Year…

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "U.S. Student Survey, University Library Resource Use, 2018" report has been added to from ResearchAndMarkets.com offer. This major study of how US…

On March 15, the University of Toronto Libraries, in collaboration with the Family Care Office, opened a family study space at the Robarts Library, the first of its kind in Canada.Designed for current students, faculty, visiting scholars…

Great news that Google is entering the audiobook business. As of this week, audiobooks are available on Google Play. The online store has a decent selection of recently released audiobooks for under $ 10. Best of all, your first…

MONKS, Iowa and FARMINGTON HILLS, Michigan., December 13, 2017 / PRNewswire / - The State Library of Iowa, Iowa public libraries and the Iowa Academic Library Alliance have partnered with Gale, a Cengage company and a leading provider of…

Steven Bell wrote a great article titled What university librarians can learn from the retail collapse. It's always fun when ideas and trends also spark a colleague's interest, and you both independently try to make sense of what the two…

Never has the value of our academic libraries been more essential than in the days of Trump. Never have our academic librarians been more essential to the core mission of education, discovery and service of our institutions than in the…

Studentswork at the Dewitt Wallace Library. The library was recently awarded the University Library Excellence Award in the College category by the Association of College Research Libraries. Photo by Josh Koh '18. The Association of…

Edd writes: “I am a professor at Ithaca College in New York. Recently, for a research study, I followed almost all the role-playing books circulating in all public and university libraries around the world.…

Article 12/10 by Carl Straumsheim Clash in the stacks, and the comments that followed, should be read and discussed on every campus. How is the role of your academic library changing in response to the range of competitive, cost,…

The JSTOR online digital library will begin offering free access to its catalog of journals, articles and books. The Register & Read program will now allow individuals to register for the service, but members will only be able to…

The Robert W. Woodruff Library at University Center Atlanta serves the oldest and largest consortium of historically black colleges and universities.The successes of more than 100 libraries participating in the Alliance of Historic…

“Unresponsive to mortality and desperately fatal. "- Shakespeare The university library is dead. Despite an early diagnosis, a bold denial of her increasingly severe symptoms led to her deterioration and demise. The…

The university library is threatened. At first glance, the challenge facing libraries is simple: decrease funding. In an age when universities and colleges are strapped for funds, developing archival, book, journal and electronic…