Collection Development Librarian Jill Emery has an article in the latest Serials Review. In it, she interviews several people who worked on the Orbis Cascade Alliance demand driven e-book project. In May, Jill was awarded the NASIG Marcia Tuttle International Award for her project Techniques in Electronic Resource Management (TERMS). Social Sciences Librarian Kim Pendell […]
On July 27 thirteen librarians from all walks of life gathered in a Eugene Brewery and formed “SWiVL: Southern Willamette Valley Librarians.” SWiVL is intended to be a regular, informal gathering of librarians from all types of libraries as an opportunity to meet, network, and of course eat and drink. This foundational gathering achieved all […]
As academic librarians and their colleagues in higher education in the United States continued to navigate the “new normal,” characterized by stagnating budgets, unsustainable costs, increased student enrollments, and reduced staff, the pressure on higher education to demonstrate value took on new urgency and importance in 2011–2012. While several stinging reports concluded that learning outcomes […]
NEWS For Immediate Release May 29, 2012 Contact: David Free Explore the future of the book with ACRL CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) has released a new report, “Futures Thinking for Academic Librarians: Scenarios for the Future of the Book (PDF),” to help librarians reexamine their assumptions, which may be grounded […]
THE FUTURE IS N.O.W.! Networking Oregon Washington Mark your calendars. The Joint OLA/WLA Conference will be held at the Hilton in Vancouver, Washington on April 24-26, 2013. The request for proposals will be available July 1, 2012.
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