October 30, 2009 – 1:16 pm
nbsp;http://www.ala.org./ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/…
How Surveys and Interviews Enhance, Enrich, and Expand Your Research Findings
A traditional mixed methods research model of citation analysis, a survey, and interviews was selected to determine if the Bruce T. Halle Library at Eastern Michigan University owned the content faculty cited in their research, if the collection was being utilized, and what library services [...]
October 21, 2009 – 9:14 am
http://significance.collectionscouncil.com.au/home
Significance defines the meanings and values of a cultural heritage item or collection through research and analysis, and by assessment against a standard set of criteria.
Significance 2.0 was written by Roslyn Russell and Kylie Winkworth for the Collections Council of Australia.
This website allows you to:
read Significance 2.0 on screen and print by the page NEW!
contribute [...]
October 19, 2009 – 9:13 am
http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Special-Collections-as/8490/?sid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en
Washington–Don’t lock your special collections away in neglected corners of the library — use them to teach students about the possibilities and principles of research. Such collections should be put to use as laboratories where students work hands-on with primary documents, incorporate them ….
source: Chronicle of Higher Education
October 16, 2009 – 12:31 pm
nbsp;http://www.library.cornell.edu/news/0910…
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded $385,000 to the libraries at Columbia University in New York City and Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., to support the development of an innovative partnership dubbed “2CUL.” This new relationship has the potential to become the most expansive collaboration to date between major research libraries.
Starting this fall, Cornell [...]
October 5, 2009 – 7:15 am
nbsp;http://www.arl.org/news/pr/spec313.shtml
Washington DC—The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published E-book Collections, SPEC Kit 313, which examines the current use of e-books in ARL member libraries; their plans for implementing, increasing, or decreasing access to e-books; purchasing, cataloging, and collection management issues; and issues in marketing to and in usage by library clientele.
By the May deadline, [...]
September 30, 2009 – 2:55 pm
nbsp;http://www.ithaka.org/ithaka-s-r/researc…
A new report from Ithaka S+R examines when libraries can rely on digitized journals and responsibly save shelf space by withdrawing print collections
New York, NY September 29 – As large-scale digitization efforts ensue, how do libraries determine when to retain print collections? What to Withdraw: Print Collections Management in the Wake of Digitization [...]
September 22, 2009 – 3:07 pm
nbsp;http://www.collectionscouncil.com.au/med…
The Collections Council of Australia plans to develop and promote a new model for
sustainable scientific and cultural collections in Australia.
The Council’s Chair, Noel Turnbull, said today that such a model is an urgent national
priority for nation-wide benchmarks, policy development and funding of the collections
sector.
He said the Council plans to consult with the sector and look [...]
nbsp;http://www.neh.gov/ODH/Default.aspx?tabi…
Abstract: Digital Humanities Initiative Level 1 Start Up funding is requested to support a series of site visits and planning meetings among personnel working with the born-digital components of three significant collections of literary material: the Salman Rushdie papers at Emory University’s Woodruff Library, the Michael Joyce Papers at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center [...]
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Dear Colleagues,
We would like to kindly request your participation in a survey on libraries’ changes to their approval plans. We are gathering data for a presentation to take place at the Timberline Acquisitions Institute in May [...]
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