Archive for 'Top Issues'
Academic Librarians Are Not Salespeople - But They Should Be
Have you seen the latest set of “Provocative Statements“ from the 2009 Taiga Forum yet? The statements were released a few weeks ago, and I think there’s been little discussion about them thus far. By contrast the first set of provocative statements generated in 2006 created a great deal of discussion. So far I think [...]
Posted by StevenB on March 24th, 2009 under Top Issues, Worth Reading.
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Adventures in Wonderland
Here’s an interesting blog post that was recently brought to my attention. Olivia (my fellow first-year-blogger) and I were going to both make comments, because there’s lots of great stuff here that is useful both for long-time librarians and newbies like us. Unfortunately Olivia had to bow out of this joint project, though she did provide many of the [...]
Posted by ssmith on March 5th, 2009 under First Year Academic Librarian Experience, Professional Development, Top Issues.
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Planning For Transformational Times
Did you know that the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is currently in the process of renewing its strategic plan? I didn’t and despite regularly monitoring what’s happening at ARL this somehow evaded tracking on my radar screen. Since my own library is also currently engaged in a new planning process, I was pleased to [...]
Posted by StevenB on February 10th, 2009 under Open Access, Research Issues, Scholarly Communications, Top Issues.
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Academic Freedom Is About The Task At Hand
You may think you learned everything you needed to know about academic freedom when you took ACRLog’s Academic Freedom Quiz. The reality is that our understanding of academic freedom will continue to evolve as higher education experts and others continue to examine the exact nature of academic freedom and how we can best intepret the [...]
Posted by StevenB on December 2nd, 2008 under Top Issues.
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The Question They Forgot To Ask
Make no mistake that the newly released Ithaka Report titled “Ithaka’s 2006 Studies of Key Stakeholders in the Digital Transformation in Higher Education” is essential reading for all academic librarians - and it’s chock full of easy-to-grasp charts - so you won’t get bogged down in reams of text in getting the important messages. But [...]
Posted by StevenB on August 22nd, 2008 under Faculty, Top Issues, Worth Reading.
Comments: 15