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OERs Increase Access, Drop Book Expenses
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May 7, 2013
Tacoma Community College and other schools are finding that use of open educational resources (OER) in couses is saving students financially. Tac…
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What do Librarians Need to Know About MOOCs?
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April 1, 2013
Over the past several months, the proliferation of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) has been hailed as a potent defense against the rising cost and insular culture of attending a traditional c…
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Intersections of Scholarly Communication and Information Literacy: Creating Strategic Collaborations for a Changing Academic Environment
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April 1, 2013
Intersections of Scholarly Communication and Information Literacy: Creating Strategic Collaborations for a Changing Academic Environment , is a white paper published by the Association of Coll…
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For Libraries, MOOCs Bring Uncertainty and Opportunity
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March 25, 2013
"A lot of the discussion about massive open online courses has revolved around students and professors. What role can academic librarians play in the phenomenon, and what extra responsibilit…
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Sustaining Our Digital Future: Institutional Strategies for Digital Content
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January 30, 2013
This UK report, commissioned by the Strategic Content Alliance and undertaken by Ithaka S+R, "Sustaining Our Digital Future: Institutional Strategies for Digital Content", tells of how …
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The Cost and Quality of Online Open Textbooks: Perceptions of Community College Faculty and Students
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February 4, 2013
Proponents of open educational resources (OER) claim that significant cost savings are possible when open textbooks displace traditional textbooks in the college classroom. We investigated st…
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Mobile Connections to Libraries
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December 31, 2012
A new Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project report has found that library web access by a mobile device has more than doubled since 2009. This report was authored by Lee …
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Supporting the Changing Research Practices of Historians
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December 7, 2012
This study, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, uncovers the needs of today’s historians and provides guidance for how research support providers can better serve them . The…
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E-books: Developments and Policy Considerations
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October 29, 2012
"Books are undergoing a massive transformation from being a physical object to something electronic, or an "e-book". And while e-book sales still make up only a small proportion of…
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How Teens Do Research in the Digital World
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November 1, 2012
According to a survey of teachers, conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project in collaboration with the College Board and the National Writing Project, the inte…

















