Patron-driven acquisitions, continued budget pressure, “explosive” growth of mobile devices and apps, and more digitization of special collections: Those are some of the top trends in academic ...

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Virtual reference services have increasingly become an integral component of academic libraries, offering researchers and students immediate, remote access to expert assistance. These services utilise ...

What happens to academic libraries as they slide sideways into a new world of superabundant information? What happens to their colleges and universities? The process of change is not easy. Inside ...

Many academic planners assumed that the coming of the Internet would lead to the decline of the library as we know it. To the contrary, many academic libraries have experienced significantly increased ...

These trends will certainly shape the way students and librarians interact with library resources. How will they affect accessibility? Melissa Green, academic technologies instruction librarian at the ...

A New Adults Advisory Board at the Kingston Frontenac (Ontario) Public Library brings together patrons ages 18–30 to offer insights for better serving this category of library user. Students at Furman ...