Christine Wolff at the Texas Library Association Conference

  • April 22, 2016
Christine Wolff will present on "Using the Ithaka S+R Local Surveys to Understand Your Users" at the the 2016 Texas Library Association Conference in Houston. Christine will be joined by Debra Kolah of Rice University and Posie Aagaard of the University of Texas, San Antonio, who will discuss their libraries'…




Roger Schonfeld at Allen Press's Emerging Trends in Scholarly Publishing Seminar

  • April 21, 2016
Roger Schonfeld will deliver the keynote address at Allen Press's Emerging Trends in Scholarly Publishing Seminar in Washington DC on April 21. Schonfeld will talk on "Adaption—The Changing Nature of Libraries." Abstract: Sometimes survival means being faster, stronger, or smarter. Sometimes it means being flexible, alert, and able to adapt. To fulfill their mission,…




Roger Schonfeld at ER&L; Conference

  • April 6, 2016
Roger Schonfeld is on the "Researching Researchers: Developing Evidence-Based Strategy for Improved Discovery and Access" panel at the 11th Annual Electronic Resources & Libraries Conference in Austin, Texas. Leading libraries, publishers, and vendors regularly study the practices and needs of academics and students, in order to serve them better. In…




Finding and Keeping an Audience in a Competitive Environment
A Workshop at UCLA

  • March 14, 2016
Registration is now open for "Finding and Keeping an Audience in a Competitive Environment." The workshop will take place at the Charles E. Young Research Library at the University of California, Los Angeles, on Monday, March 14 from 9:00 am to noon. Sarah Pickle, assessment librarian at the Claremont Colleges Library,…




Introduction to Business Planning for Your Library
A Workshop at UCLA

  • March 11, 2016
Registration is now open for "Introduction to Business Planning for Your Library." The workshop will take place at the Charles E. Young Research Library at the University of California, Los Angeles, on Friday, March 11 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. Sarah Pickle, assessment librarian at the Claremont Colleges Library, will…



Research Practices and the Disruption of the Research Library
Nancy Fried Foster Talk at RLUK

  • March 10, 2016

Nancy Fried Foster and Cornell University Library's Korneila Tancheva will discuss "Research Practices and the Disruption of the Research Library" at the RLUK Conference on Thursday, March 10.

The academic research library has always played a crucial role in building collections and services to support research. Current technological,…




Deanna Marcum to Deliver Miles Conrad Memorial Lecture at NFAIS Conference

  • February 22, 2016
Deanna Marcum will be the recipient of the National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) 2016 Miles Conrad Award. She will receive the award and deliver the Miles Conrad Memorial Lecture on Monday, February 22, at 4:00 pm at the NFAIS 58th Annual Conference in Philadelphia. For more information about the Miles Conrad Award,…



Liaison Librarianship: Assessment and Ambivalence
A Webinar with Roger Schonfeld

  • February 18, 2016
Roger Schonfeld will be presenting on a webinar hosted by The Partnership, Canada's national network of provincial and territorial library associations, on February 18 at 1:00 pm. Registration is open at The Partnership's Education Institute. Liaison Librarianship: Assessment and Ambivalence The drumbeat of assessment has become the cadence of higher education.…



Workshop for the Research Support Services Project on Religious Sudies

  • February 11, 2016
On February 11-12, Ithaka S+R will hold a workshop at Columbia University in New York City for the participants in our Research Support Services project on Religious Studies. Through the Research Support Service series, Ithaka S+R collaborates with libraries and scholarly societies to take a deep dive into a particular discipline to…



Evidence-Based Planning & Decision-Making in Academic Libraries
A Workshop for AMICAL Members

  • January 22, 2016
On January 22-23, Nancy Fried Foster and Roger Schonfeld are conducting a workshop hosted by John Cabot University in Rome for members of the AMICAL Consortium. The workshop is limited to 14 participants. Like other academic libraries, AMICAL libraries face budget limitations and cutbacks while also managing shifts in teaching,…