Like researchers and administrators throughout higher education, academic librarians have heard the drumbeat of accountability—the call to prove the usefulness of what they do on an institutional ...

Academic libraries around the globe are navigating unprecedented challenges driven by rapid technological innovation, evolving user expectations and shifting organisational frameworks. In response, ...

Learning how to conduct accurate, discipline-specific academic research can feel daunting at first. But, with a solid understanding of the reasoning behind why we use academic citations coupled with ...

For academic institutions seeking to thrive amidst the constantly shifting world of higher education, libraries have become the heart of the spirit of collaboration and innovation–going beyond being ...

At the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) 2021 Virtual Conference on April 15, the creators of We Here, an online community for Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) in LIS ...

Horizon Report details short-and long-term technologies, trends that will impact academic libraries worldwide in the next 5 years. Spreading digital fluency is now a core responsibility of academic ...

The National Library of India is forging academic partnerships with universities nationwide through MoUs to boost research ...

Faculty and librarians work on a research sprint at the University of Kansas Libraries in 2017. Photo: University of Kansas Libraries The race is on at universities in Kansas and Minnesota, where a ...

The U.S. Department of Education’s plan to drop data on libraries as part of its main postsecondary data system has generated intense blowback from academic librarians. The federal government’s ...

After arguments over whether scientific research should be open to all rather than stuck behind paywalls, a new initiative in the U.K. is granting online access to journals in public libraries. The ...

In an Instagram video, former Fox News host Greta Van Susteren proclaimed that she is “scandalized” by the cost of education and how college students are saddled with “gigantic student loans.” Viewers ...