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University libraries are increasingly becoming entwined with technology, from online catalogs to the merging of computing labs with the library. The EDUCAUSE resource center offers an array of information on topics such as digital libraries, electronic publishing, electronic resources, disability access, information discovery and retrieval, IT-library collaboration, and information commons.

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Adoption of E-Book Readers among College Students: A Survey: September 22, 2011

Author Nancy Foasberg, looks into the use of E-Readers on a college campus. This article was published in the September 2011 issue of Information Technology and Libraries . To learn whether…
An Open Educational Resource Supports a Diversity of Inquiry-Based Learning: February 9, 2012

This article from the January 2012 issue of The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning , explores how open education resources (OERs) are actually being used. This c…
Temple U. Project Ditches Textbooks for Homemade Digital Alternative: February 8, 2012

"A pilot project at Temple University this fall gave 11 faculty members $1,000 each to create a digital alternative to a traditional textbook." …
Dramatically Bringing Down the Cost of Education with OER: How Open Education Resources Unlock the Door to Free Learning: February 7, 2012

This issue brief from the Center for American Progress and EDUCAUSE seeks to provide a substantive understanding of OER and at the same time inform the emerging public debate over their use in p…
Physical Sciences Case studies: information use and discovery: January 26, 2012

"The RIN, the Institute of Physics (IOP), Institute of Physics Publishing (IOPP) and the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) have recently published a set of case studies which pr…
eTexts: A Perishable Opportunity for Higher Education?: January 24, 2012

What role, if any, should colleges and universities play in the shift from print to digital textbooks (eTexts) ? One perspective is that eTexts are a consumer transaction between a publisher …
Sustainably Growing a Streaming Reserves Service: March 14, 2012 | A session at the NERCOMP Annual Conference 2012
Demand for streaming reserves services at Dartmouth College has been rapidly growing over the past three years. The number of classes we support has increased by 58%, and the number of streaming fi…
Making Metadata: Students and Scholars Enriching Digital Collections: March 14, 2012 | A session at the NERCOMP Annual Conference 2012
Brown faculty and students are working with library staff (metadata specialists and digital humanities staff) to make detailed page- and image-level metadata for books in digitized special collecti…
Academic Libraries: 2010 First Look: December 13, 2011

The Academic Libraries: 2010 First Look summarizes services, staff, collections, and expenditures of academic libraries in 2- and 4-year, degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the 50 sta…
Does the Medium Matter? The Impact of Digital Textbooks on Student Learning Outcomes: February 14, 2012
Digital textbooks are proliferating rapidly, and while adoption rates are still low, experts predict they are here to stay due to their added flexibility, low cost, and availability for mobile devi…

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