Universities and Libraries Envision a ‘Federated System’ for Public Access to Research
Un rapport sur les emplois dans les bibliothèques
Ce rapport analyse l'évolution quantitative et qualitative des emplois de bibliothèque dans les fonctions publiques d'État et territoriale, que ces fonctions soient exercées par des corps spécifiques des bibliothèques ou par des agents titulaires ou contractuels exerçant les mêmes métiers.
Les bibliothèques de tous types connaissant une profonde mutation marquée par le numérique, ainsi que par la mutualisation croissante dans le cadre de réseaux territoriaux ou spécialisés, le rapport trace également des perspectives concernant l'évolution à moyen terme des profils d'emplois, des recrutements et de la formation.
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How Embedded Are You?
By Brian Mathews. What does it mean to be embedded? We have workshops, blogs, and books, but I’m not sure that we have a common definition. Perhaps it circles around the act of taking content or services outside of our traditional framework (spaces, websites) and integrating them into the natural habitat of our users? But that feels too vague. If I provide office hours in a classroom building or if I interact with a class via the course management system— am I embedded? Technically, yes, but this is a gray area to me. There are different degrees of experiences. Read more...
Libraries into career centres, campus residences into senior homes
A First Look at the Digital Public Library of America
Hubs and Centers as a Transitional Strategy
By Brian Mathews. We’re still in the early stages of reshaping the role of our library but I wanted to share a document that outlines some of our thinking. Julie Speer, Tyler Walters, and I co-wrote a paper for the International Association of Technological University Libraries (IATUL) Conference. Read more...
Are online public universities the new land-grant institution?
By Brian Mathews. I see that Florida approved an online-only public university and that California is exploring faculty-free colleges that would award exam-based degrees. Combine this with the fact that the federal government is exploring different models for financial aid based on competency rather than the quantity of credit hours. And add in that accreditation bodies are warming up to more open learning models. Read more...
Free to All
“On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five,” as Longfellow put it in “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere,” Paul Revere did not merely warn the farmers of Lexington and Concord that the redcoats were coming. His “midnight message” was a call for liberty. To free Americans’ access to knowledge may not be so dramatic, but it is equally important; for Revere and all the founding fathers knew that a republic could not flourish unless its citizens were educated and informed. Read more...
DIY vs. STARTUP: choose your flavor of change
By Brian Mathews. I attended an ACRL session titled “From the Periphery into the Mainstream: Library DIY culture(s) and the academy” and I was expecting something about makerspaces and related DIY-eque topics, but that wasn’t the case. Instead the panel asked the attendees questions about org culture. I was surprised by the attitude that the session generated. There was a lot of “damn the man” talk and being a library administrator I guess I’m part of the problem now. As I listened I kept contrasting their attitude with startup thinking. Read more...