Academic+libraries

=News of academic libraries=

A university cataloguing department's mission and vision statement
 * News in 2014!**
 * Latest update: 6 January 2014**

Improving access to research collections
 * News in 2013!**
 * Latest update: 18 November 2013**

How careers services and academic libraries can work together
 * Latest update: 14 October 2013**

The latest on academic libraries sharing cataloguing resources
 * Latest update: 30 September 2013**

Library conference in an East Midlands university: Follow the conversation on Twitter at #dwlconf
 * Latest update: 13 June 2013**

Academic libraries supporting MOOCs A potential checklist to use when embarking on a prgramme of PDA A bit late in the day (on my part) but here's a link to a paper on altmetrics
 * Latest update: 31 May 2013**

Just one word - metrics!
 * Latest update: 21 May 2013**

A look at how users are searching our resrouces using the one search box approach
 * Latest update: 16 May 2013**

Latest issue of Evidence Based Library and Information Practice here
 * Latest update: 26 April 2013**

An IFLA seminar on social media use in the academic library The academic library and diversity
 * Latest update: 22 April 2013**

An app that collects academic journal articles
 * Latest update: 8 April 2013**

Research data services in academic libraries
 * Latest update: 4 March 2013**

A Sconul report on the value of academic libraries
 * Latest update: 14 January 2013**


 * News in 2012!**

An interview with Brian Mathews A view on how to increase student engagement and retention
 * Latest update: 7 September 2012**

Academic libraries: hot trends And another view of this Academic libraries: behind the times?
 * Latest update: 18 June 2012**

How do libraries contribute to academic success - podcast
 * Latest update: 20 February 2012**

The value of e-books in an academic library
 * Latest update: 6 February 2012**

The status, privileges and rights of academic librarians Alumni and academic libraries More on the alumni / academic library relationship E-books in academic libraries
 * Latest update: 23 January 2012**

The library and student achievement
 * Latest update: 16 January 2012**

The Wikispaces blog on how wikis can help support distance learners Helping students with their writing skills
 * News in 2011**
 * Latest update: 22 December 2011**

Helping students to assess the information/resources they've found What direction academic libraries?
 * Latest updates: 11 December 2011**

Here are a couple of possible scenarios that might help academic libraries plan for the future
 * Latest updates: 5 December 2011**

Academic libraries and their use of facebook
 * Latest updates: 28 November 2011**

Useful guide to using Twitter in university research and teaching
 * Latest updates: 17 November 2011**

Excellent paper on making the best use of Twitter.
 * Latest updates: 4 November 2011**

Students at the heart of higher education.
 * Latest update: 30 October 2011**

The importance for academic librarians of keeping up Report shows that students prefer print to e
 * Latest update: 19 August 2011**

Student use of the kindle e-book reader American libraries suggest a link between spending on librariesand student learning
 * Latest update: 15 June 2011**

Are librarythingfeatures useful for use in academic libraries Future rolesin academic libraries? Academic libraries in the 21st century
 * Latest update: 11 May 2011**

Are wikisbeing used in academic libraries, more particularly in Technical Services?
 * Latest update: 13 April 2011**

Latest issue of the Sconul newlsetteravailable. Trendsand more trendsin academic libraries Higher edin 2025?
 * Latest update: 16 March 2011**

The valueof academic libraries The roleof academic librarians
 * Latest update: 16 Feb 2011**

Technological change and the futureof academic libraries
 * Latest update: 2 February 2011**

According to this report studentsprefer hard copy to e!
 * Latest update: 12 January 2011**

Open dataand academic libraries Role of the academic librarianin higher education Social networkingin academic libraries
 * Latest update: 1 December 2010**

Very interesting [|article]discussing access versus ownership and the changing role of the academic librarian [|Challenges]for academic libraries.
 * Latest update: 29 November 2010**

Take the library to the[| users]
 * Latest update: 29 September 2010**

The [|value]of academic libraries report
 * Latest update: 20 September 2010**

Some [|ideas]for academic libraries Key findings from a [|survey]of academic libraries.
 * Latest updates: 10 August 2010**

[|Information literacy.]
 * Latest updates: 16 June 2010**


 * Today's update: 28 May 2010**

*Challenges
[|Challenges]for academic libraries in difficult economic times


 * Today's update: 26 April 2010**

*Crumbling unis
Not libraries, exactly, but universities with crumbling buildings


 * Today's update: 11 January 2010**

*The academic wow factor
How to provide [|library services]for the digital native.


 * Today's update: 25 November 2009**

*Web 2.0 trends
Powerpoint presentation on [|web 2.0 trends]amongst young people in relation to the academic library

Today's update: 19 November 2009

*Disruptive technologies
A [|bibliography]of disruptive technologies in academic libraries, based on the work of Clayton Christensen


 * Today's update: 11 November 2009**

*Technology and academic libraries
Wiki entry on the effect of technology on [|academic libraries]

*Academic libraries in the next 20 years
This [|article] talks about the model for academic libraries, 2005 - 2025.

*Wikis
An article about the use of [|wikis]in academic libraries. You may need to login in to Athens to get at this article.

*29 reports
A blog that lists [|29 reports]about the future of academic libraries, with a slant towards the scicentific.

*Guardian Article
A report published as a supplement to the Guardian of Tuesday 22nd April 2008 discusses [|academic libraries]and their future.