EDUCAUSE | EDUCAUSE Review Articles and Library Planning

The Changing Information Services Needs of Faculty

ckeller — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:01:42 -0500

The authors discuss recent studies conducted to gage the academic librarian's and faculty member's view on the increasing use and offering of electronic resources. One could conclude from the studies that the "transition to an electronic environment poses significant strategic and management challenges for higher education" and that there is a "need for libraries to take leadership in helping academia's transition to the new environment".

If the Academic Library Ceased to Exist, Would We Have to Invent It?

drupal — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 16:20:59 -0600

The author provides a glimpse into the future without academic libraries and how that will affect the students and faculty.

Changing a Cultural Icon: The Academic Library as a Virtual Destination

drupal — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 11:21:40 -0600

Deep into the digital age, academic libraries have relinquished much of their fundamental and sustaining role. For most people, including academicians, the library—in its most basic function as a source of information—has become overwhelmingly a virtual destination.

Place as Library?

drupal — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 11:37:01 -0600

The author discusses two new roles for the university library. Collaborators in the creation and dissemination of knowlege, and the collector, organizer and disseminator of institutional research.

When Bigger Is Not Better

drupal — Wed, 24 Dec 2003 10:57:00 -0600

The author discusses two primary challenges to research library collections; one is how to maintain current paper based collections while keeping costs down and investing digital collections. The second challenge is how to maintain a research library's academic standing when collecting less and less print collections.

Virtual Continuity: The Challenge for Research Libraries Today

drupal — Tue, 12 Sep 2000 13:49:37 -0500

Research libraries must shape an information environment that has sustainable, reliable systems of access to enduring information resources.

Panel on the Future of Libraries

drupal — Thu, 16 Mar 2000 17:26:34 -0600

Clifford Lynch, Patricia Battin, Richard E. Lucier, Carol A. Mandel, Deanna B. Marcum, and Duane Webster respond to questions regarding the future of libraries.