Thursday, September 18, 2008

Key Stakeholders in the digital transformation of higher education

From American Libraries Direct

Key stakeholders in the digital transformation of higher education

Ithaka’s white paper (PDF file) summarizing its 2006 survey is the first to offer an extensive comparison of attitudes and perspectives of academic faculty with those of academic librarians on the perceived roles of the library and librarian on campus; the effects of transitioning to electronic material on library practice; the place of digital repositories in the campus information-services landscape; and the future plans of academic libraries. Librarians surveyed include both directors and collection development leaders from a wide variety of four-year academic institutions across the United States....Ithaka, Aug. 18

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