The early bird deadline to submit the 2025 ACRL Academic Library Trends and Statistics Survey is coming up on Thursday, ...

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 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 remain a cornerstone of higher education, evolving from traditional repositories of printed materials into dynamic centres of digital engagement and academic support. Their role now ...

The Library: A Fragile History is ambitious in its scope and detail-oriented in its execution. The book traces the entire history of libraries, inclusive of private, state, public and academic ...

Student employment in academic libraries is emerging as a crucial facet of higher education, offering students valuable opportunities to gain practical experience while contributing meaningfully to ...

Academic librarians have long grappled with issues of collection size, quality versus quantity, and maintaining a core collection. In previous eras, libraries provided access to content by acquiring ...

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 ...

These are turbulent times for the higher education sector and academic libraries are in no way exempt from those challenges. We are under huge pressure to reduce costs while simultaneously providing ...

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 ...

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 ...