Libraries and Museums in the Flat World: Are They Becoming Virtual Destinations?

In his recent book, “TheWorld is Flat”, Thomas L. Friedman reviews the impact of networks on globalization. The emergence of the Internet, web browsers, computer applications talking to each other through the Internet, and the open source software, among others, made the world flatter and created an opportunity for individuals to collaborate and compete globally. Friedman predicts that “connecting all the knowledge centers on the planet together into a single global network…could usher in an amazing era of prosperity and innovation”. Networking also is changing the ways by which libraries and museums provide access to information sources and services. In the flat world, libraries and museums are no longer a physical “place” only: they are becoming “virtual destinations”. This paper discusses the implications of this transformation for the digitization and preservation of, and access to, cultural heritage resources

Scholarly Communication Librarianship and Open Knowledge

The intersection of scholarly communication librarianship and open education offers a unique opportunity to expand knowledge of scholarly communication topics in both education and practice. Open resources can address the gap in teaching timely and critical scholarly communication topics—copyright in teaching and research environments, academic publishing, emerging modes of scholarship, impact measurement—while increasing access to resources and equitable participation in education and scholarly communication. Scholarly Communication Librarianship and Open Knowledge is an open textbook and practitioner’s guide that collects theory, practice, and case studies from nearly 80 experts in scholarly communication and open education. Divided into three parts: *What is Scholarly Communication? *Scholarly Communication and Open Culture *Voices from the Field: Perspectives, Intersections, and Case Studies The book delves into the economic, social, policy, and legal aspects of scholarly communication as well as open access, open data, open education, and open science and infrastructure. Practitioners provide insight into the relationship between university presses and academic libraries, defining collection development as operational scholarly communication, and promotion and tenure and the challenge for open access. Scholarly Communication Librarianship and Open Knowledge is a thorough guide meant to increase instruction on scholarly communication and open education issues and practices so library workers can continue to meet the changing needs of students and faculty. It is also a political statement about the future to which we aspire and a challenge to the industrial, commercial, capitalistic tendencies encroaching on higher education. Students, readers, educators, and adaptors of this resource can find and embrace these themes throughout the text and embody them in their work

Audit of ULS Support for Digital Scholarship: Report of Findings and Recommendations

In December of 2013, Rush Miller, the Director of the University Library System called for a project to conduct a “strategic audit” of ULS support for digital scholarship. This report, and the findings and recommendations it contains, represent the final deliverable of this project. The report details findings from interviews with Pitt faculty and key support staff, ULS colleagues, and peer libraries

Bibliographic Control in the Digital Ecosystem

With the contributions of international experts, the book aims to explore the new boundaries of universal bibliographic control. Bibliographic control is radically changing because the bibliographic universe is radically changing: resources, agents, technologies, standards and practices. Among the main topics addressed: library cooperation networks; legal deposit; national bibliographies; new tools and standards (IFLA LRM, RDA, BIBFRAME); authority control and new alliances (Wikidata, Wikibase, Identifiers); new ways of indexing resources (artificial intelligence); institutional repositories; new book supply chain; “discoverability” in the IIIF digital ecosystem; role of thesauri and ontologies in the digital ecosystem; bibliographic control and search engines

Bookmark: The magazine of the UMass Amherst Libraries

In line with the UMass Amherst Libraries’ mission, some of our most important work as an organization this past year has been affirming that Black Lives Matter. Staff created a Library Guide featuring resources on race and identity, including new books, articles, films, and other materials to support both personal and academic research and inquiry. We marked the 40th anniversary of the W. E. B. Du Bois Papers coming to UMass by documenting on film scholars’ thinking on the relevance of Du Bois’s work today. In this issue, we for the first time publish “Platform for the Progressive Party,” a piece of writing by Du Bois that shows how Americans 70 years ago were fighting for freedom. We are looking closely at our own practices within the Libraries, to see what we need to change to live our values. I am deeply grateful for the collective wisdom of staff at every level throughout the Libraries who guide our work. All of our services have been available online since March, and the Libraries opened over the summer for contactless pickup and printing, as well as by appointment for activities that need to occur in person, like using archival materials and retrieving of 3D printed objects. It is a testament to the creativity and dedication of library staff that we were able to successfully pivot to remote work while providing all the high-quality services our students and faculty depend on. We have learned significant lessons from our experience working outside of the physical confines of our building and away from our physical collections. Fortunately, our librarians have been adopting and teaching others about digital resources for 30 years, and are experts in these fields. We have learned that our work providing access to information is more important than ever. In this issue of Bookmark magazine, you will find many examples of how our work continues, such as welcoming new staff, supporting students, working with researchers and historians, bringing in new collections, making sure our resources are accessible to all, and even documenting the campus experience of the pandemic

Intersections of open educational resources and Information literacy

Comprend des références bibliographiques et un indexALA Editions"Information literacy skills are key when finding, using, adapting, and producing open educational resources (OER). Educators who wish to include OER for their students need to be able to find these resources and use them according to their permissions. When open pedagogical methods are employed, students need to be able to use information literacy skills as they compile, reuse, and create open resources. Intersections of Open Educational Resources and Information Literacy captures current open education and information literacy theory and practice and provides inspiration for the future. Chapters include practical applications, theoretical musings, literature reviews, and case studies and discuss social justice issues, collaboration, open pedagogy, training, and advocacy.Chapters cover topics including library-led OER creation; digital cultural heritage and the intersections of primary source literacy and information literacy; situated learning and open pedagogy; critical librarianship and open education; and developing student OER leaders."--provided by ALAstor

CURATION AND MANAGEMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE THROUGH LIBRARIES

Libraries, museums and archives hold valuable collections in a variety of media, presenting a vast body of knowledge rooted in the history of human civilisation. These form the repository of the wisdom of great works by thinkers of past and the present. The holdings of these institutions are priceless heritage of the mankind as they preserve documents, ideas, and the oral and written records. To value the cultural heritage and to care for it as a treasure bequeathed to us by our ancestors is the major responsibility of libraries. The past records constitute a natural resource and are indispensable to the present generation as well as to the generations to come. Libraries preserve the documentary heritage resources for which they are primarily responsible. Any loss of such materials is simply irreplaceable. Therefore, preserving this intellectual, cultural heritage becomes not only the academic commitment but also the moral responsibility of the librarians/information scientists, who are in charge of these repositories. The high quality of the papers and the discussion represent the thinking and experience of experts in their particular fields. The contributed papers also relate to the methodology used in libraries in Asia to provide access to manuscripts and cultural heritage. The volume discusses best practices in Knowledge preservation and how to collaborate and preserve the culture. The book also deals with manuscript and archives issues in the digital era. The approach of this book is concise, comprehensively, covering all major aspects of preservation and conservation through libraries. The readership of the book is not just limited to library and information science professionals, but also for those involved in conservation, preservation, restoration or other related disciplines. The book will be useful for librarians, archivists and conservators. We thank the Sunan Kalijaga University, Special Libraries Association- Asian Chapter for their trust and their constant support, all the contributors for their submissions, the members of the Local and International Committee for their reviewing effort for making this publication possible

Investigating the Needs of Agriculture Scholars: The Purdue Report for Ithaka S+R

This is Purdue\u27s final report for the Ithaka S+R sponsored mutli-institutional study, Investigating the Needs of Agricultural Scholars

Institutional Repositories Adoption in selected Academic Libraries in Tanzania: Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, the Open University of Tanzania and Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology libraries.

The study assessed Institutional repositories adoption in Tanzanian academic libraries. Data was obtained by using self-administered questionnaires and structured interview protocol, focused group discussion and observation. The study was conducted at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, the Open University of Tanzania and the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology. Specific objectives were to; establish the level of awareness of users on Institutional Repository (IR), Find out types of infrastructure used for IR, assess the software used on IR, determine the availability of IR policies, Identify challenges faced in IR adoption in selected academic libraries. Questionnaires were used to sample of 60 academic staff and 27 IR managers. In-depth interviews were conducted with 3 Library Directors. Majority 270 (94.44%) of respondents indicated that they were aware on the existence of IR. Then the results revealed that 163 (57%) of respondents learned about IR from librarians, 143 (50%) from seminars and 87 (31%) from the Internet. On the requirements for the operationalization of the IR, 256 (100%) of respondents identified Internet connectivity, software 205 (80%), ICT 128 (50%), 74 (29%) reported that uninterrupted power supply as an important infrastructure. Through Focus Group Discussions 77 (30%) librarians indicated that there are two common software used for IR establishment; Dspace and Eprints. Issues related to IR policy; two universities (90%) had put in place IR policy. Scarce funds, slow Internet, inadequate ICT infrastructure are some of the challenges. The study recommends to the university management, to allocate adequate funds for ICT infrastructure and library staff to raise awareness on the centrality of IR to users. Keywords: Institutional repository, academic libraries, digital archiving, Tanzania