I'm always interested in the present and future of libraries. There's a steady stream of reports from various organizations that are broadly relevant to the (mostly academic) library biz but they can be tough to keep track of. I thought I'd aggregate some of those here. Of course I've very likely missed a few, so suggestions are welcome in the comments.
- Shaping the Future of Monograph Publishing in the Liberal Arts: Results of a survey to Oberlin Group Faculty
- 2014 Planning Guide for Data Management
- ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2013
- Higher Education's Top-Ten Strategic Technologies in 2014
- The Ever-Present Demand for Public Computing Resources
- Ithaka S+R US Library Survey 2013
- Ithaka S+R | Jisc | RLUK: UK Survey of Academics 2012
- US Faculty Survey 2012
- Supporting the Changing Research Practices of Chemists: Research Support Services: Chemistry Project
- Ithaka S+R Can't Buy Us Love: The Declining Importance of Books and the Rising Importance of Special Collections
- From Distant Admirers to Library Lovers–and beyond: A typology of public library engagement in America
- Digital Life in 2025
- Millennials in Adulthood: Detached from Institutions, Networked with Friends
- The Rising Cost of Not Going to College
- Draft Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education
- Value and benefits of text mining
- Learning the Ropes: How Freshman Conduct Course Research Once they Enter College
- Opening Science: The Evolving Guide on How the Internet is Changing Research, Collaboration and Scholarly Publishing
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I'm always interested in the present and future of libraries and higher education. There's a steady stream of reports from various organizations that are broadly relevant to the (mostly academic) library biz but they can be tough to keep track of. I thought I'd aggregate some of those here.
Librarians as faculty? It's a red herring.
Why I think faculty status for librarians is (generally) a bad idea
I'm Not Your Sweetheart (& interesting counterpoint)
Some interesting ferment happening in repository-land, notably this discussion of various types and scales of repositories and how successful they can expect to be given the structural conditions in which they are embedded.
Excellent reading list; I have read a few of these but was not aware of some others. Thanks!
One could also read the 2014 NMC Horizon Report for Higher Education. http://www.nmc.org/publications/2014-horizon-report-higher-ed
Thanks, Joe. I'll also add What do Canadian researchers really think? A Canadian-centric look at scholarly science and technology publishing trends 2014 which is also very useful.