Horizon Report details short-and long-term technologies, trends that will impact academic libraries worldwide in the next 5 years. Spreading digital fluency is now a core responsibility of academic ...

The first draft of this blog post was written before I published a post on Jan. 22 titled “How Do Academic Libraries Spend Their Money?” That initial post generated some strong reactions on Twitter, ...

Academic libraries are buying fewer books than they used to, according to a new report by research service Ithaka S+R. The "Library Acquisition Patterns" report, published today, sheds new light on ...

W hen the pandemic hit in March of last year, administrators at Davidson College approached the library, which had instructional designers on its staff. Could those designers and other librarians help ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the future of books and the business of storytelling. Is Amazon taking over the academic library industry? That's ...

Baker & Taylor has announced that collectionHQ, the company's widely used tool to help public librarians manage their collections, will expand into the academic market with the launch of a new product ...

Blair Solon, collection analysis librarian and assistant professor at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, speaks during the "Can It Happen Here? Book challenges, censorship, and academic ...

Academic libraries are increasingly evolving to support the entire research lifecycle, with research data management (RDM) services at the forefront of this transformation. The shift towards digital ...

College campuses have long been fierce battlegrounds in the culture wars. What are the limits of free speech and neutrality? Are any campus spaces truly safe for marginalized students and communities?

Are We Headed Toward the Bookless Campus? netLibrary. Or propose that the administration use library funds to buy students and faculty members subscriptions to Questia. netLibrary. Or propose that the ...

Libraries are traditionally located in the central core as the quintessential heart of the campus. They are owned by none yet used by all. While the purpose of the library remains relatively ...

The Bermuda College’s academic library has been transformed into a “third space” for student engagement, according to the ...