ALA Midwinter is just around the corner. As you start to prepare your daily conference schedule, remember to add “ACRL ULS Social” to your calendar for Saturday 26 January 5:30 pm -7:00 pm at the Elephant & Castle Pub and Restaurant in the Red Lion Hotel. Free finger food and a cash...
Many thanks to Lucy Eleonore Lyons and John Blosser, who shared information about their recently published article. Congratulations, Lucy and John! John is the Head of the Department of Electronic Resources and Collection Analysis, and Lucy is the Coordinator for Collection Analysis in the same department, within the University Library at...
From The Scientist: “Opinion: Transparency in Science Publishing,” August 28, 2012 The first substantially new business model to hit science publishing was open access, which we launched with Biomed Central over a decade ago. After a long interregnum, publishers and scientists are clearly now primed for more radical change. F1000...
Librarians, don’t be shy! ACRL ULS wants to start conversations about *your* recent research and publications. Have you had an article published in a journal or trade publication recently? How about a book? An upcoming conference presentation? We love to spread the word about ULS members who are doing creative,...
This came across the ULS Listserv; I’m crossposting it here for those who may have missed it there. ****************************** Please join us for our first monthly article discussion on the topic of student retention! Full post here. The first in our series of monthly article discussions is “The Academic Library...
Librarians, don’t be shy! ACRL ULS wants to start conversations about *your* recent research and publications! Have you had an article published in a journal or trade publication recently? How about a book? An upcoming conference presentation? ULS loves to spread the word about our members who are doing creative,...
The Cost of Knowledge Website indicates that the Elsevier Boycott continues to grow. The signatories now number 12,324 researchers in all fields from around the world. What do librarians and faculty on your campus have to say about the boycott? The Cost of Knowledge Blog has a great deal of...
Published on June 21, 2012, in Inside Higher Ed, “Conflicted: Faculty and Online Education, 2012“: Faculty members are far less excited by, and more fearful of, the recent growth of online education than are academic technology administrators, according to a new study by Inside Higher Ed and the Babson Survey Research Group....
Many thanks to Megan Gaffney, who shared information about her recently published article. Congratulations, Megan! Megan is the coordinator of Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Services at the University of Delaware Library. Gaffney, M. (2012). Interlibrary loan requests for locally available materials: WorldCat Local’s impact. College & Research Libraries, 73(1), 68-77. Retrieved...
Many thanks to Kylie Bailin for sharing information about her recent publication and presentation. Congratulations, Kylie! Kylie Bailin is Outreach Team Leader of the Science, Engineering & Medicine Unit, UNSW Library, The University of New South Wales. Bailin, K. (2011). Changes in academic library space: A case study at the University of...