Horizon Report details short-and long-term technologies, trends that will impact academic libraries worldwide in the next 5 years. Spreading digital fluency is now a core responsibility of academic ...

Academic libraries around the globe are navigating unprecedented challenges driven by rapid technological innovation, evolving user expectations and shifting organisational frameworks. In response, ...

Thirty years ago, American Libraries published “Spotlight on Women Managers” a series of interviews with several women who had been recently appointed to library management positions about their views ...

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 ...

Library management must balance the rising collection and labor costs against the decreasing amount of money available for academic libraries in shrinking university budgets. In this environment, ...

For academic institutions seeking to thrive amidst the constantly shifting world of higher education, libraries have become the heart of the spirit of collaboration and innovation–going beyond being ...

Lucknow: Dr Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (BBAU) researchers received patent on design of an intelligent book sorting ...

Academic library learning spaces have evolved remarkably from traditional, quiet repositories of books into dynamic, multifunctional environments that support a diverse range of academic activities.

Donald A. Barclay does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

The academic library has died. Despite early diagnosis, audacious denial in the face of its increasingly severe symptoms led to its deterioration and demise. The academic library died alone, largely ...