Library Administration and Management

Digital Library Accessibility Policy and Practice Guidelines

Mon, 22 Jan 2024 18:07:03 Z

The Digital Library Federation developed this document to help Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums (GLAM) institutions work to adopt accessibility best practices in their digital libraries by implementing an accessibility policy.

Academic Library Strategy and Budgeting During the COVID 19 Pandemic

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 18:17:19 Z

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Ithaka S+R surveyed library directors nationally to examine the strategic changes libraries have made to continue operating.

Research Libraries as Catalytic Leaders in a Society in Constant Flux: A Report of the ARL-CNI Fall Forum 2019

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 16:31:43 Z

This report on the 2019 ARL-CNI Fall Forum summarizes the presentations of the keynote speaker and panelists, highlights specific breakout discussions, and outlines a set of shared recommendations for research libraries as leaders in a changing society.

Library Integration in Institutional Learning Analytics

Mon, 26 Nov 2018 17:45:50 Z

How might library engagement in learning analytics change the ways in which students interact with the library?

Design for Diversity Towards Inclusive Information Systems for Cultural Heritage

Tue, 23 Jan 2018 18:48:21 Z

This session will present “Design for Diversity,” a project supported by an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) National Forums grant that focuses on the ways in which information systems embody and reinforce cultural norms, and asks how we can design systems that account for diverse cultural materials and ways of knowing.

Building Capacity for Digital Humanities: A Framework for Institutional Planning

Tue, 30 May 2017 14:24:44 Z

This paper outlines a practical framework for capacity building to develop institutional digital humanities support for IT staff, librarians, administrators, and faculty with administrative responsibilities.

Expanding Research Data Services

Wed, 08 Mar 2017 19:25:52 Z

“More Than Data Management Plans: Exploring New Outreach Opportunities Through Expanded Research Data Services” recounts Georgia State University Library's team and services that support research and data literacy across multiple disciplines involving quantitative, qualitative, business and spatial/GIS data, and “Bigger on the Inside: Integrating Research Data Services in Campus-Wide Research Networks” discusses efforts by the University of Virginia Library’s Research Data Services to collaborate with a growing number of partners to unify expertise and support for data- and computationally-intensive approaches to a wide range of disciplines.

Report of a CNI-ARL Workshop: Planning a Digital Scholarship Center 2016

Fri, 12 Aug 2016 13:52:26 Z

The event, convened by the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), was designed to assist institutions in the planning or early implementation stages of a DSC.
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Connect, Collaborate, and Communicate: A Report from the Value of Academic Libraries Summits

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:32:18 Z

As part of ACRL’s Value of Academic Libraries Initiative, a multiyear project designed to assist academic librarians in demonstrating library value, ACRL joined with three partners—the Association for Institutional Research, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, and the Council of Independent Colleges—to sponsor two national summits held November 29–December 1, 2011, in Chicago.

Leading the Student Experience: Super-Convergence of Organisation, Structure and Business Processes

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:33:07 Z

This group of case studies from the United Kingdom organization, Leadership Foundation for Higher Education, focuses on the UK higher education student experience.

Academic Libraries: 2010 First Look

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:27:58 Z

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 states and the District of Columbia.

Evaluating IT and Library Services with the MISO Survey

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:28:30 Z

This ECAR research bulletin offers a detailed look at the Measuring Information Service Outcomes (MISO) Survey.

The ARL 2030 Scenarios: A User's Guide for Research Libraries

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:26:47 Z

The "ARL 2030 Scenario Set" is a rich description of four possible futures. Each future scenario presents a particular exploration of many critical uncertainties in a way that considers the dynamics that might unfold over a 20-year time frame, as well as synergies and interactions between uncertainties.

Value of Academic Libraries: A Comprehensive Research Review and Report

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:27:11 Z

The ACRL publication Value of Academic Libraries: A Comprehensive Research Review and Report is a review of the quantitative and qualitative literature, methodologies and best practices currently in place for demonstrating the value of academic libraries, developed for ACRL by Megan Oakleaf of the iSchool at Syracuse University.

Library of the Future Debate

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:21:42 Z

What is the library of the future? This public question and answer debate discussed what information and library provision mean in these changing times; technology has had a huge effect on the behaviour of both information consumers and service providers.

Institutional Repository on a Shoestring

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:21:39 Z

In this article, the authors, three members of the Humboldt Digital Scholar (HDS) Steering Committee, describe the process of setting up and managing a digital repository: hardware and software selection; customizations; gaining campus support; developing collections; accepting submissions; and planning for the future, including participation in a system-wide effort to create a shared repository for the CSU.

No Brief Candle: Reconceiving Research Libraries for the 21st Century

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:18:26 Z

In February 2008, CLIR convened 25 leading librarians, publishers, faculty members, and information technology specialists to consider this question.

The ARL Youth Movement: Reshaping the ARL Workforce

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:15:55 Z

The author gives a statistical picture of what the ARL libraries workforce looks like currently and will look like in the future.

Leading in the "Converged" Library/IT Organization

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:14:25 Z

Connecting Libraries and Learning Analytics for Student Success

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 16:52:48 Z

To support dialogue both among librarians and between librarians and their educational partners, this document includes a series of discussion questions throughout the text and closes with suggested reading lists, including relevant privacy resources. It is hoped that this report will stimulate discussions about the role of libraries in institutional learning analytics, enable the technical capabilities necessary for libraries to contribute to institutional understanding of student learning, and ultimately enable libraries to employ a new approach to supporting student learning and success.