Technological breakthroughs mean that content can now be delivered in multiple formats and through many channels. As a result, there have been radical changes to how primary and secondary education is delivered, with some fortunate consequences – teaching resources are more flexible and appealing than they have ever been – and some unintended ones: manyContinueContinue reading “From Books to Bits”
Category Archives: Learning from Libraries
“Budget is an issue but there are deeper challenges.” – An Interview with Mimi Calter
A conversation with Mimi Calter, Chair of the Academic and Research Libraries Section of IFLA and Vice Provost and University Librarian at Washington University St Louis (WashU). This interview is the last in our current series Librarians Investing Ahead. In it, Mimi describes the sweeping changes that are taking place in librarianship and the fundamentalContinueContinue reading ““Budget is an issue but there are deeper challenges.” – An Interview with Mimi Calter”
“Service is our watchword” – An Interview with Mazmin Mat Akhir
This blog-post is the fourth of the Librarians Investing Ahead series within the De Gruyter Brill Conversations series that explores how librarians continue to triumph in the increasingly resource-squeezed Higher Education environment. This month’s interview in the Librarians Staying Ahead series is with Madame Mazmin Mat Akhir, University Librarian at Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia. MazminContinueContinue reading ““Service is our watchword” – An Interview with Mazmin Mat Akhir”
Guardian of the Past, Enabler of the Future – An Interview with Amanda Rust
This blog-post is the third of athe Librarians Investing Ahead series within the De Gruyter Brill Conversations series that explores how librarians continue to triumph in the increasingly resource-squeezed Higher Education environment. An interview with Amanda Rust, Associate Director of Research and Learning, University of Massachusetts Lowell [UMass Lowell], University Library. Amanda Rust, Associate DirectorContinueContinue reading “Guardian of the Past, Enabler of the Future – An Interview with Amanda Rust”
Librarians staying ahead: making the most of what we have
Megan Heady is the Director of Knowledge and Resource Management and the Associate University Librarian at West Virginia University. She kindly agreed to talk about how her library is taking the initiative to meet modern research and teaching needs. LB: Could you tell us a little more about West Virginia University? MH: West Virginia UniversityContinueContinue reading “Librarians staying ahead: making the most of what we have”
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