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OCTOBER 31, 2017 | ITHAKA S+R | EVENTResponsible Use of Student Data in the Digital EraMartin Kurzweil and Stanford University’s Mitchell Stevens are holding a pre-meeting workshop, “Responsible Use of Student Data in the Digital Era,” at the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference in Philadelphia on October 31 from 12:30 pm – 4:00 pm. Digital...
Read More OCTOBER 22, 2017 | JSTOR | EVENTJSTOR @ SAISLearn more at the SAIS conference website. The post JSTOR @ SAIS appeared first on About JSTOR.
Read More SEPTEMBER 15, 2017 | ITHAKA S+R | EVENTUniversities Speak Up for Low Income StudentsOn September 15, from 10:15 am - 11:30 am, Martin Kurzweil will take part in a panel discussion, "American Talent Initiative: Universities Speak Up for Low-Income Students," at the NACAC Conference in Boston. The American Talent Initiative (ATI) was...
Read More SEPTEMBER 05, 2017 | JSTOR | EVENTJSTOR Platform OverviewWant to know what’s new with JSTOR? Sign up for this one hour tour! We’ll cover common platform features, search techniques, and equip you with the knowledge you need to become a JSTOR power user. Register now The post JSTOR Platform Overview appeared...
Read More AUGUST 24, 2017 | PORTICO | NEWSIM Publications to Preserve e-journals with PorticoIM Publications will preserve e-journals with Portico, ensuring that they will be secure and available into the future. IM Publications have been established for over 25 years and now specialize in Open Access and free-to-read periodicals. Their...
Read More AUGUST 23, 2017 | ITHAKA S+R | NEWSInnovation through CollaborationIn today’s economic climate, where there is an increasing demand from students and families for academic programs that are likely to lead to well-paying jobs, the pressure to innovate is high for many higher education institutions. This pressure is...
Read More AUGUST 17, 2017 | ITHAKA S+R | NEWSOpen Educational ResourcesOpen educational resources (OERs), which are licensed as freely available for people to use and repurpose, have become a driving force as the education sector looks to reduce costs. OERs are associated with numerous benefits for students, including...
Read More AUGUST 14, 2017 | JSTOR | NEWSITHAKA at the European e-Accessibility ForumWhat lessons did we learn in making JSTOR accessible to people with disabilities? And what challenges now lie in making Artstor, a resource steeped in visual art, more thoroughly accessible? This summer, Lauren Trimble, ITHAKA’s User Advocacy &...
Read More AUGUST 11, 2017 | JSTOR | NEWSA smart take on smartphones from JSTOR DailyA recent piece in The Atlantic highlighted the negative social and mental health effects smartphones are having on American teens. Not so fast, says Alexandra Samuel, JSTOR Daily’s tech columnist. Samuel shifts the focus to the effects of smartphone...
Read More AUGUST 10, 2017 | JSTOR | EVENTIntroduction to JSTOR: A Platform OverviewWant to know what’s new with JSTOR? Sign up for this 45 minute tour! We’ll cover common platform features, search techniques, and equip you with the knowledge you need to become a JSTOR power user. Register now The post Introduction to JSTOR: A Platform...
Read More AUGUST 09, 2017 | PORTICO | NEWSPortico’s Stephanie Orphan elected to OASPA boardThe members of the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) have elected Stephanie Orphan, Portico’s director of publisher relations, to serve on the board of directors for a term of three years. OASPA’s mission is to support and represent...
Read More AUGUST 08, 2017 | JSTOR | EVENTJSTOR for Library AdministratorsAre you an account administrator for JSTOR? Join us for a free 30 minute webinar that will cover access methods, usage statistics, and resources for making JSTOR findable and usable for your institution. Register now The post JSTOR for Library...
Read More AUGUST 08, 2017 | ITHAKA S+R | NEWSUniversity Libraries Are Putting the Student FirstLast week’s article in The Guardian from Alterline’s Ben Hickman, entitled “University libraries need to start putting the student first,” proposed that university libraries need to put evidence on student needs and practices at the heart of their...
Read More AUGUST 07, 2017 | ITHAKA S+R | NEWSReflections on “Elsevier Acquires bepress”We are today in the midst of a profound reconfiguration of all sorts of information industries, impacting everything from journalism to entertainment. Libraries and scholarly information providers are not alone. Last week’s news of the bepress...
Read More AUGUST 03, 2017 | JSTOR | NEWSScientific American now available in JSTORJSTOR now offers the complete run of Scientific American from 1845 to 2012, with new content to be added each year. Scientific American is included in the JSTOR Life Sciences collection, where it joins more than 150 other esteemed publications. The...
Read More AUGUST 02, 2017 | PORTICO | NEWSPortico Access Alert: Stewart Postharvest ReviewPortico has made the content from Stewart Postharvest Review available through the Portico archive. The content for the volumes and issues listed below is no longer available through any online platform; therefore, it has “triggered” and is available to...
Read More AUG.02.2017 | ITHAKA | NEWSJSTOR Expands in the Sciences with Scientific AmericanJSTOR Expands in the Sciences with Scientific American We are pleased to announce an agreement with Springer Nature to include Scientific American in JSTOR. Scientific American is the authority on science and technology for a general audience, with...
Read More AUGUST 01, 2017 | JSTOR | NEWSJSTOR’s new look–now easier to search and browseYou may have noticed that JSTOR has become easier to use. That’s because we recently rolled out a new visual design that enhances the searching and browsing experience, and clarifies access options. The functionality you’ve come to expect remains the...
Read More JULY 25, 2017 | ITHAKA | EVENTMeetup: Continuous Integration, Delivery, and QualityJoin our Meetup at ITHAKA's Ann Arbor offices on July 25th from 5:30 to 8:00 PM. Our focus will be sharing strategies, challenges and processes used to achieve continuous integration, delivery, and product quality. Event Schedule: 5:30 - 6:00 Snacks...
Read More JULY 19, 2017 | ARTSTOR | NEWSArtstor sessions at the 2017 AP Annual ConferenceAP Annual ConferenceJuly 26-30, 2017 Washington, DC Dana Howard, Artstor’s Senior Education & Outreach Manager for Secondary Schools, will be leading two sessions alongside fellow experts:
Enhancing Common Skill Sets among...Read More JULY 19, 2017 | ITHAKA S+R | NEWSAlternative Postsecondary PathwaysMillions of Americans receive postsecondary training through programs that don’t lead to an associate’s or bachelor’s degree. What do these programs offer? Who enrolls in them? How do the students who complete these programs fare? These are some of the...
Read More JULY 17, 2017 | ITHAKA S+R | NEWSDon’t File It Away: Creating Actionable Survey ResultsYou’ve developed a thoughtful questionnaire, gathered responses, generated meaningful, insightful findings, and now want to share these results to more widely inform decision-making. How do you ensure that these findings are communicated effectively to...
Read More JULY 12, 2017 | ITHAKA S+R | EVENTStrategies Driving the Evolution of Academic LibrariesChristine Wolff-Eisenberg will present on "Strategies Driving the Evolution of Academic Libraries: Findings from Ithaka’s US Library Survey 2016," at an Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL) webinar on July 12 at 2:00 pm (EDT). To...
Read More JULY 06, 2017 | PORTICO | NEWSPeter Lang Publishing Group to Preserve e-books with PorticoPeter Lang Publishing Group will preserve e-books with Portico, ensuring that they will be secure and available into the future. Peter Lang is an independent publishing group with over 40 years of experience in academic publishing around the world....
Read More JUNE 28, 2017 | JSTOR | NEWSNEH highlights JSTOR’s Arabic-Language Digitization ProjectA new article by the National Endowment for the Humanities highlights JSTOR’s Arabic-Language Digitization Project. The author details the recent 2017 Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant in support of JSTOR’s plan for the digitization of...
Read More JUNE 27, 2017 | ITHAKA S+R | NEWSIthaka S+R and the UCLA Senior Fellows ProgramIthaka S+R is proud to be a new sponsor of the UCLA Senior Fellows program and we are delighted that Brian Schottlaender, retiring University Librarian at the University of California, San Diego, has agreed to lead the program. I have been tangentially...
Read More JUNE 16, 2017 | ITHAKA S+R | EVENTResearch Practices of Religious Studies Scholars LuncheonDanielle Cooper and Roger Schonfeld will be at the American Theological Library Association's Annual Conference on Friday, June 16, to discuss "Supporting the Changing Research Practices of Religious Studies Scholars." They will be joined by ATLA...
Read More JUNE 16, 2017 | ITHAKA | EVENTA2 Tech Trek 2017ITHAKA is pleased to take part in A2 Tech Trek 2017 on Friday, June 16. This community-focused event sponsored by SPARK Ann Arbor showcases the diverse technology companies and organizations proliferating the downtown Ann Arbor scene. ITHAKA is one of...
Read More JUNE 15, 2017 | ITHAKA S+R | EVENTMartin Kurzweil to Speak at ACE WebinarOn June 15, from 3:00 - 4:00 pm (EDT), Martin Kurzweil will speak at an American Council on Education (ACE) webinar on "Instructional Quality, Student Outcomes, and Institutional Finances," a white paper he co-authored with Jessie Brown. To register for...
Read More JUNE 12, 2017 | JSTOR | NEWS“Reimagining the Digital Monograph” white paper releasedThe JSTOR Labs team has released the final version version of “Reimagining the Digital Monograph,” a free white paper that addresses community-driven research and makes recommendations for improving the user experience of digital monographs. The draft...
Read More JUNE 08, 2017 | ITHAKA S+R | NEWSHow to Assure Quality in Higher Education?The U.S. quality assurance system—focused mainly on accreditation as a threshold for federal financial aid eligibility—has done a poor job of assuring quality. Barely 60 percent of first-time students complete a bachelor’s degree and 40 percent complete...
Read More JUNE 07, 2017 | ITHAKA S+R | NEWSHow Can We Better Support Agriculture Scholars?Today Ithaka S+R releases its in-depth report on the research activities of agriculture scholars as part of its ongoing program to explore the research activities of scholars by discipline. For Supporting the Changing Research Practices of Agriculture...
Read More JUNE 06, 2017 | JSTOR | NEWSWhite paper notes high demand of open access ebooks on JSTORA white paper released by Cornell University Press reviewing their NEH Humanities Open Book Program notes exceptionally high levels of discovery and usage on JSTOR. The paper states that the 20 titles Cornell University Press is making available on JSTOR...
Read More JUNE 05, 2017 | ITHAKA S+R | EVENTLeading Innovation: A Seminar for Department ChairsDepartment chairs play a critical role in their institutions, helping to make important hiring and budget decisions and increasingly playing a crucial role in innovations around teaching, learning, and technology. Yet, while the department chair is...
Read More MAY 30, 2017 | ITHAKA S+R | NEWSRe-Framing Advanced Subject Degrees for Library WorkLate last week my librarian twitter-sphere erupted into a new round of what is a regular topic of debate about the place for advanced subject degrees in the profession (for example, see here and here). Proponents argue that advanced subject degrees can...
Read More MAY 23, 2017 | ARTSTOR | NEWSComing soon: an improved ArtstorWe’re thrilled to announce that we will be releasing an updated Digital Library this summer. This is a first step in improving our support of digital image-based teaching and scholarship, and toward the longer-term goal of creating an integrated...
Read More MAY 19, 2017 | PORTICO | NEWSJohn Libbey Eurotext to Preserve e-journals with PorticoJohn Libbey Eurotext will preserve e-journals with Portico, ensuring that they will be secure and available into the future. John Libbey Eurotext is a Franco-British publisher specializing in scientific journals and books. For more information, please...
Read More MAY 17, 2017 | ARTSTOR | NEWSStaying true to the ethos of zines at OCAD UWe invited Marta Chudolinska, Learning Zone Librarian at the Ontario College of Art and Design University, to tell us about the collection of zines they are making openly available to everyone through Shared Shelf. The OCAD U Zine...
Read More MAY 17, 2017 | JSTOR | NEWSJSTOR and AAAS further expand access to ScienceJSTOR and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) are pleased to announce they have renewed their longstanding agreement to preserve and make available over 100 years of Science via the JSTOR platform. JSTOR and AAAS first began...
Read More MAY 11, 2017 | ITHAKA S+R | EVENTThe Voice of Library DirectorsWhat kinds of strategies are library leaders pursuing in support of research, teaching, and learning? What constraints do they recognize as limiting their ability to pursue these strategies? And what investments are they making strategically and...
Read More MAY 09, 2017 | ITHAKA | EVENTKevin Guthrie at the ASU-GSV 2017 SummitITHAKA President Kevin Guthrie will moderate a panel at the ASU-GSV 2017 Summit. Join Kevin along with leaders from AdmitHub, Gradescope, McGraw-Hill, and Western Governors University for this can't-miss conversation about one of the most important tech...
Read More MAY 08, 2017 | PORTICO | NEWSPortico Archive Hits Terabyte MilestoneEarlier this year, Portico hit a big milestone: we now preserve 400 Terabytes (TB) of data. For some (say NASA) this number may not sound that big, but consider what it represents: 68 million articles, 794 million images, 3.7 million digitized historical...
Read More MAY 04 - 06, 2017 | ITHAKA | EVENTJoin Us at Agile & BeyondOur team will be joining 800+ professionals at Agile & Beyond on May 4-5, 2017 in Ypsilanti, MI. We've spent the last few years changing our practices, technology, and culture to build software products better and faster. Here are just some of...
Read More MAY 03, 2017 | ITHAKA S+R | NEWSLibrary Directors and Discovery: A Changing Perspective?As research and teaching practices evolve in the context of substantial environmental change within higher education, the ways in which scholars discover resources for these practices have shifted. In addition to providing traditional print resources,...
Read More APRIL 25, 2017 | ITHAKA S+R | NEWSGrowing the American Talent InitiativeIn December 2016, Ithaka S+R, in collaboration with the Aspen Institute and with support from Bloomberg Philanthropies, launched the American Talent Initiative (ATI), a venture aimed at substantially expanding the number of talented low- and moderate-...
Read More APRIL 20, 2017 | ITHAKA S+R | NEWSWhy Are Libraries Changing Their Look?Yesterday, Teresa Watanabe at the Los Angeles Times reported on universities across the country redesigning libraries for the 21st century by focusing less on books and more on space. Findings from the Ithaka S+R Library Survey 2016, which queried...
Read More APRIL 19, 2017 | ITHAKA S+R | NEWSWhy Libraries CollaborateWhile academic libraries in the United States have actively collaborated with each other for more than 100 years, the digital turn has brought an explosion of interest in and pursuit of cross-institutional collaboration. These include large-scale digital...
Read More APRIL 14, 2017 | PORTICO | NEWSSynchro Publishing to Preserve e-journals with PorticoSynchro Publishing will preserve e-journals with Portico, ensuring that they will be secure and available into the future. Synchro is a domain of emerging researchers who aspire to get their papers published. The journals published by Synchro enclose...
Read More APRIL 14, 2017 | PORTICO | NEWSErgon Creación to Preserve e-journals with PorticoErgon Creación will preserve e-journals with Portico, ensuring that they will be secure and available into the future. Ergon is a publishing company with over 30 years of experience in the medical-pharmaceutical sector. “A big number of publishers and...Read More APRIL 13, 2017 | ITHAKA S+R | EVENTRoger Schonfeld Selected to Deliver Bryant Jackson LectureOn Thursday, April 13, Roger Schonfeld will deliver the Bryant Jackson Lecture at Illinois State University's Milner Library. He will speak on "The Library's Academic Support Role in a Time of Educational Transformation." The Bryant Jackson Lectureship,...
Read More APRIL 12, 2017 | ITHAKA S+R | NEWSForthcoming Case Studies of Eight Art MuseumsThis month we are very excited to begin qualitative research on inclusion, diversity, and equity issues in eight American art museums. This research builds on a previous study we undertook on behalf of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and in consultation...
Read More APRIL 10, 2017 | ITHAKA S+R | NEWSUniversity Futures; Library FuturesOCLC Research and Ithaka S+R have studied and written extensively about the evolution of higher education and the implications of this evolution for the organizational structure and services of libraries. Today, we are announcing a new project, “...
Read More APRIL 10, 2017 | ITHAKA S+R | NEWSTaking a Closer Look at Talent ManagementLast week, Ithaka S+R published results from the US Library Survey 2016. This report examines the perspectives of library deans and directors on strategy and priorities broadly. This cycle, we expanded our coverage of issues related to talent management...
Read More APRIL 05, 2017 | ARTSTOR | NEWSThe many firsts of SFMOMATo celebrate the recent addition of nearly 500 images from SFMOMA’s permanent collection to the Artstor Digital Library, Nancy Minty, Artstor’s collections editor, examines more than 80 years of a pioneering institution. Since 2009, the San Francisco...
Read More APRIL 03, 2017 | ITHAKA S+R | EVENTPresentation on the US Library Survey 2016 FindingsRoger Schonfeld will present on the key findings of the US Library Survey 2016 at the CNI Spring 2017 Membership Meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on April 3 at 2:45 pm. How are library leaders making investments in the future of their organizations?...
Read More APRIL 03, 2017 | ITHAKA S+R | NEWSShaping the Academic LibraryToday, Ithaka S+R is releasing the US Library Survey 2016, which tracks the perspectives and practices of academic libraries whose institutions offer a bachelor’s degree or higher. We achieved strong participation by library deans and directors, with a...
Read More APRIL 01, 2017 | ARTSTOR | NEWSNew service: Artstor AnalogAmidst the boom in our increasingly digital lives, people are returning to analog objects. For the first time ever, sales of vinyl records have outstripped digital sales, with more than 3 million LP sales reported in 2016, and in what Publishers Weekly...
Read More MARCH 29, 2017 | JSTOR | NEWSJSTOR receives $50,000 NEH grantToday, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced funding for 208 humanities projects, including a $50,000 grant to JSTOR to support research on the high-quality digitization and digital preservation of Arabic-language scholarly journals....
Read More MARCH 09, 2017 | JSTOR | NEWSGlobal Plants growth in 2016Thanks to the hard work and dedication of our partner herbaria around the world, we wrapped up 2016 with more than 255,400 newly published digital objects, bringing the total to 2,879,000 objects available in Global Plants for your research. We received...
Read More FEBRUARY 23, 2017 | PORTICO | NEWSConsortium of Swiss Academic Libraries Joins PorticoPortico and the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries (CSAL) today announced a historic 10-year consortium-wide agreement that brings all CSAL primary member libraries in as Portico participants. By joining Portico, Swiss libraries and the communities...
Read More FEBRUARY 22, 2017 | ITHAKA S+R | NEWSInclusion, Diversity, and Equity in Art MuseumsHow diverse are America’s art museums? In terms of one measure—employee demographics—not very. A 2014 study, funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and undertaken by Ithaka S+R in partnership with the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD), showed...
Read More FEBRUARY 17, 2017 | ITHAKA S+R | EVENTConvening on the Future of Higher Education Quality AssuranceThere is a growing consensus among those who study and work in higher education, and those who make policy for higher education, that the current U.S. system of higher education quality assurance is not working. While recognition of the problem is...
Read More FEBRUARY 15, 2017 | ITHAKA S+R | NEWSFinding Funds to Support Student Access and SuccessThere is ample evidence that low- and moderate-income students with the talent to earn admission thrive at top institutions when their financial needs are met, and graduate at higher rates than they do at less competitive schools. Yet, most top-...
Read More FEBRUARY 15, 2017 | JSTOR | NEWSUpdate: Plants & SocietyWe are continuing to make progress on the development of a new collection inspired by Global Plants, which will include a set of journals, books, and over 100,000 primary source objects ranging from nursery catalogues to expedition maps and records of...
Read More FEBRUARY 08, 2017 | ITHAKA S+R | NEWSCollaborating to Support Religious Studies ScholarsToday, we are publishing a report that grew out of a new type of collaboration facilitated by Ithaka S+R. As we continue to study the research practices of faculty in particular disciplines, we have developed a model that harnesses the knowledge and...
Read More FEBRUARY 03, 2017 | ARTSTOR | NEWSArtstor Tips for Semester StartupJacobello dalle Masegne and Pier Paolo dalle Masegne; Tomb of Giovanni da Legnano; detail of Students Reading; Museo civico, Bologna. © 2006, SCALA,...Read More FEBRUARY 02, 2017 | ITHAKA S+R | NEWSThe Strategic Investments of Content ProvidersToday’s news that Elsevier has acquired Plum Analytics from EBSCO provides the latest opportunity for insight into the remarkable evolution of the largest and most sophisticated academic content providers. From Elsevier and Springer to EBSCO and ProQuest...
Read More JANUARY 25, 2017 | ARTSTOR | NEWSArtstor at the ARLIS-NA Conference 2017ARLIS-NA ConferenceFebruary 5-9New Orleans, LA We look forward to seeing you at one of the many events we have scheduled at this year’s Art Libraries Society of North America Annual Conference! Check out the list...
Read More JANUARY 19, 2017 | ITHAKA S+R | NEWSLYRASIS and its Inclusive Leadership ModelBefore being named CEO of LYRASIS, Robert Miller was the General Manager of Digital Libraries at the Internet Archive, where he oversaw the scanning of millions of books in both the United States and in a host of other countries. It is my opinion that...
Read More JANUARY 17, 2017 | ITHAKA S+R | NEWSHelp NeededIn November, several colleagues and I met with a group of graduate students in the humanities who were interested in exploring careers outside of academia. Our conversation spanned a number of topics related to these students’ academic and career goals,...
Read More JANUARY 10, 2017 | ITHAKA S+R | EVENTSupporting Research Habits with Tools for SuccessIthaka S+R's Christine Wolff will join Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Kate Lawrence, EBSCO, for an NFAIS webinar on Tuesday, January 10, 2017, from 11:00 am - 12:30 pm. Registration for "Information Literacy:...
Read More JANUARY 04, 2017 | ARTSTOR | NEWSSticky art: the Street Art Graphics collectionCatherine Tedford, the director of the Richard F. Brush Art Gallery at St. Lawrence University, curates the Street Art Graphics collection, undeniably one of the coolest resources in Shared Shelf Commons. Here she shares the history of street stickers...
Read More JANUARY 04, 2017 | ITHAKA S+R | NEWSThe Future of the Print RecordThe Modern Language Association’s Working Group on the Future of the Print Record released its report last month and I urge the library community to consider it carefully and respond. As a member of the working group, I have been impressed with the...
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