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Change across all facets of society—including demographic, technological, and economic change—has the potential to greatly impact higher education and the academic library. As we move further into the 21st century, it is important to pay attention to the trends around us to inform our thinking about where institutions of higher education and their libraries are headed. This site features resources from the Association of College and Research Libraries (a division of the American Library Association) related to the value of academic and research libraries.
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Author Archives: Melissa Bowles-Terry
Learning Analytics: Strategies for Optimizing Student Data on Your Campus
Registration is still available for the second and third webcasts in the series, “Learning Analytics: Strategies for Optimizing Student Data on Your Campus.” This webcast series, co-sponsored by the ACRL Value of Academic Libraries Committee, the Student Learning and Information Committee, more »
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ALA Annual: Correlation study of library usage and student academic performance
At the Evidence-Based Discussion Group at ALA Annual in San Francisco, Dr. Penny Beile from University of Central Florida Libraries shared a project underway at UCF: “A correlation study of library usage and student academic performance.” The presentation that Dr. more »
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Libraries and High Impact Educational Practices
There is an ACRL eLearning webcast titled “Collaborating for Student Success: Libraries and High Impact Educational Practices” on Wednesday, August 26, 2015. The description of the webcast: In 2008 the Association of American Colleges and Universities published High-Impact Educational Practices more »
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