ACRL announces the publication of Scholarly Practice, Participatory Design and the eXtensible Catalog, edited by Nancy Fried Foster, Katie Clark, Kornelia Tancheva and Rebekah Kilzer. This exciting new title examines the application of forward-thinking, collaborative research and design principles to the software development process. As part of the development of […]
Complete backfiles of Rare Books & Manuscripts Librarianship (RBML), the predecessor of RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage, are now available on the publication Web site. ACRL received a grant from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation to assist in making volumes 1-12 of the publication discoverable […]
ACRL announces the publication of “Using Qualitative Methods in Action Research: How Librarians Can Get to the Why of Data,” edited by Douglas Cook and Lesley Farmer. While quantitative research provides librarians with calculations and metrics of effectiveness, qualitative research, in its exploration of assumptions, value and opinion, makes possible […]
ACRL and MIT Press announce the co-publication of a new title, The Atlas of New Librarianship by R. David Lankes of the Syracuse University School of Information Studies. Libraries have existed for millennia, but today the library field is searching for solid footing in an increasingly fragmented (and increasingly digital) […]
ACRL announces the publication of Decision-Making in the Absence of Certainty: A Study in the Context of Technology and the Construction of the 21st Century Academic Library by S. David Mash. Decision-Making in the Absence of Certainty is number 63 in the ACRL Publications in Librarianship (PIL) series. Decision-Making in […]
You asked, we listened! The Value of Academic Libraries: A Comprehensive Research Review and Report is now available for purchase in print through Amazon and Barnes and Noble. The 8.5 x 11 paperback volume is perfect for adding to library collections or your professional reading shelf. Keep checking the VAL […]
ACRL announces the release of ACRLMetrics, a new online service to support evidence-based decision making.Developed by Counting Opinions, it provides unprecedented access to the annual ACRL Academic Library Trends & Statistics Survey data as well as the biennial National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Academic Library Survey data in one […]
ACRL announces the publication of “Collection Development in a Changing Environment: Policies and Organization for College and University Libraries” (CLIP Note #42), compiled and authored by Susanne K. Clement and Jennifer M. Foy. “Collection Development in a Changing Environment” highlights collection development and management policies for college and university libraries. […]
ACRL has received a grant from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation to provide digitized archives of Rare Books & Manuscripts Librarianship (RBML). The grant provides $3,000 in funding to assist in making volumes 1-12 of RBML, the predecessor of RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage, discoverable […]
ACRL announces the publication of Best Practices for Credit-Bearing Information Literacy Courses. Edited by Christopher Hollister, the work is a collection of previously unpublished papers in which contributing authors describe and recommend best practices for creating, developing and teaching credit-bearing information literacy (IL) courses at the college and university level. […]
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