#UniversityLibraries
Join me today (March 6) and contribute to support CU Boulder and the community we love. #BuffsAllIn #CUBoulder #UniversityLibraries https://giveto.colorado.edu/schools/UniversityofColoradoBoulder/buffs-all-in/pages/libraries
What’s gained, what’s lost in the evolving university library
"It’s not just that the era of peak books on campus has passed—peak reading itself appears to be in decline"
Recently noticed more frequent reports with regard to university teaching that reading/being able to read long texts is no longer a matter of course for freshmen. Maybe it's a more broader issue than just "everything used to be better"
#libraries #universityLibraries #education #reading #digitization
#Libraries usually have to pay quite a lot of money for digital subscriptions and such subscriptions come with a number of restrictions. To allow access to more people might force the library to drop another subscription.
The problem is likely less to do with library policy and more to do with the state of academic publishing (as well a underfunded libraries).
I know that most academic libraries have been trying to change the system for years but they are fighting what are essentially cartels.
It isn't surprising that so many students, or even academic staff, turn to #piracy and use shadow libraries such as #SciHub or #LibGen. Since most authors, or even editors, don't get paid by the publishers it doesn't really hurt them at all.
A planned higher VAT on #books in the #Netherlands hinders access to research.
The planned increase in the #VAT rate on books and #scholarly #information resources in the Netherlands from 9% to 21% will have a major impact on the #accessibility of #HigherEducation.
#Dutch #UniversityLibraries and the National Library of the Netherlands support http://geenhogerebtw.nl and http://boekenpetitie.nl.
We encourage everyone interested to sign these petitions.
What a fabulous job our university libraries do, including making public-funded research available & searchable!
The University of Geneva has a superb Archive Ouverte where we must post all our written work, in whatever version (pre/post publication) can be shared.
https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/home/search?view=list&search=Juliet%2520fall
I'm reading...
'Leading the way: University libraries advancing sustainable development goals.'
Authored by Modiehi Rammutloa and Lorette Jacobs.
#SDGs #AcademicLibraries #AcademicLibrarians #UniversityLibraries
My library is hiring for a Head, Natural Sciences and Engineering and Science Librarian position! There's an informational session on Zoom on 4/19. Find out more here: https://library.duke.edu/about/jobs/headnse #academiclibraries #academiclibrarian #universitylibraries
I'm hosting 2 interns in my university #library reference department next semester. I want to make a reading/watching list for them. Does anyone have readings or recordings that they have found particularly helpful for early career reference academic #librarians? Reference, instruction, marketing, scholcomm, privacy, assessment - really anything that a new librarian might find helpful. I'll make the list public. Thanks, all!
#AcademicLibrarian #UniversityLibraries @libraries @librarians
I’m so excited about this project! Been involved as Chair of @CILIPSW but #LibrariesOfSanctuary is a personal passion. So much progress this year with #Librarians from #HealthLibraries, #UniversityLibraries, #PublicLibraries, #FELibraries, #SpecialLibraries Great opportunity! Interested in removing barriers to #Libraries for new arrivals? Are you organised? Capable of managing a project? Want to help embed the concepts of welcome, safety & inclusion? #FixedTerm #Vacancy https://www.swrls.org.uk/post/project-coordinator-peninsula-of-sanctuary-libraries
Welp.
"Prices [for Elsevier’s journals package] increase significantly every year for reasons that are unclear.... The pace of such price increases is the natural consequence of a business model that restricts access to research, reinforces inequities in scholarly publishing, and undermines the mission of public research universities to create, share and apply knowledge for the betterment of humankind."
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