New librarians and scholarly communication

Journal ArticleIncluded in the mission statement of many academic libraries is a phrase similar to this: "The library supports the research and instruction of the university." Scholarly communication is essential to this mission and it is critical that the problem of the lack of resources and access to scholarship be solved

Transforming the Library: The Case for Libraries to End Incremental Measures and Solve Problems for Their Campuses Now

In an article published in the Chronicle of Higher Education, University of Texas System Chancellor Mark Yudof wrote, Mark Twain would recognize the situation. Everyone talks about the governance and financing of higher education, although, as in the case of the weather, few feel that they can do anything about it \u27 Much agony has been expressed over higher education\u27s immediate future in the United States and elsewhere, given the movement to regulate academic and financial management from the outside. Many colleges and universities respond to societal pressures by pursuing change in small, incremental steps. Yet those same pressures for accountability, affordability, and access to education require an institutional response that demonstrates agile planning to achieve high performance, including for libraries. What possibilities are there for transformational change in libraries? A case for appropriating transformational models in academic libraries will be explored in the article that follows, focusing in particular on libraries in public colleges and universities

Listening to the Millennials: Thoughts for Literature Librarians

the author relates a panel discussion among literature librarianson the topic of the Millennial generation

Review of Present/Tense: Poets in the World by Mark Pawlak.

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Review of Prison Legal News

Reviews of Prison Legal New

New Librarians and Scholarly Communication: Get Involved

Two librarians report on what new librarians should know about scholarly communication

Transforming the Library: The Case for Libraries to End Incremental Measures and Solve Problems for Their Campuses Now

In an article published in the Chronicle of Higher Education, University of Texas System Chancellor Mark Yudof wrote, "Mark Twain would recognize the situation. Everyone talks about the governance and financing of higher education, although, as in the case of the weather, few feel that they can do anything about it"[sup1] Much agony has been expressed over higher education's immediate future in the United States and elsewhere, given the movement to regulate academic and financial management from the outside. Many colleges and universities respond to societal pressures by pursuing change in small, incremental steps. Yet those same pressures for accountability, affordability, and access to education require an institutional response that demonstrates agile planning to achieve high performance, including for libraries. What possibilities are there for transformational change in libraries? A case for appropriating transformational models in academic libraries is explored, focusing in particular on libraries in public colleges and universities

Review of Prison Focus journal

Review of Prison Focus journa