Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Vermont State University plans to repurpose libraries on its five campuses and move to an “all-digital academic library” system when it opens as a unified institution in July, VTDigger reported. The goal of the changes, Grewal said, is to provide "greater equity of access to our library services.”

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 7, 2023

The University of California, Berkeley, will shutter three libraries—the anthropology, physics-astronomy and mathematics statistics libraries—in the next few years, part of a long-term plan to save money, Berkeleyside reported. Currently, libraries make up 1.3 percent, or $42 million, of the university’s $3.2

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 31, 2023

Fitzgerald , an assessment and planning librarian at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, reached out to me after reading my piece “ How Do Academic Libraries Spend Their Money? ” In her email, Sarah shared some fantastic insights on trends in academic library spending. How do academic libraries spend their budgets?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 25, 2023

UC Berkeley Student Protest Keeps Anthropology Library Open—Kind Of Featured Image at Top of Article Anthro pic.jpeg Ryan Quinn Tue, 07/25/2023 - 03:00 AM

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 24, 2023

Celia Rabinowitz, Assistant Vice-President for Academic Engagement & Director of the Mason Library at Keene State College, reached out after reading my piece How Do Academic Libraries Spend Their Money? One represents the trends and challenges most of us in academic libraries are reading about. If not, ask why.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Image: Against the backdrop of headlines blaring news about declining community college enrollments, one bright spot has emerged: community college students, faculty and administrators are broadly aligned in their enthusiasm for the digital transformation that has occurred at their institutions since the start of the pandemic.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 26, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation Professor Andrew Comrie reached out after reading my piece, How Do Academic Libraries Spend Their Money? In his book, Like Nobody's Business: An Insider's Guide to How US University Finances Really Work (Open Book Publishers, 2021), Andrew digs into academic library budgeting. then versus about 1.5%

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Vermont State University plans to repurpose libraries on its five campuses and move to an “all-digital academic library” system when it opens as a unified institution in July, VTDigger reported. The goal of the changes, Grewal said, is to provide “greater equity of access to our library services.”

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MAY 2, 2023

Berkeley Students Rally to Save a Library Scott Jaschik Tue, 05/02/2023 - 06:28 AM

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Among her many roles at KSU is Library Data Coordinator. Laurel is, therefore, well positioned to answer some of the questions that I posed in my piece, How Do Academic Libraries Spend Their Money? Libraries can delay rehiring when necessary to use “salary savings” to manage budgets, at least in the short term.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 13, 2023

Vermont State University has abandoned plans to go all virtual in its libraries, VTDigger reported. The university will also keep a small collection of “popular, casual, reading books” and children’s books in the libraries, administrators wrote. Ad keywords: administrators faculty Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 22, 2023

Bryn Mawr College will remove the inscribed name of former president M. Carey Thomas from the campus building known as Old Library, the Board of Trustees announced Tuesday in an email to the community.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

“It’s not just taking any GE class, we’re handpicking GE classes that focus on the Black experience,” said Wood, who noted that the college curriculum will be broadly influenced by Pan-African studies. So far, administrators have already set aside over 6,000 square feet of space to house the college.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

How to engage more community college prospects amid the “great opt out”. As the number of traditional-aged students continues to decline, community college leaders must focus on enrollment and recruitment strategies within their control. Community members who leverage career services resources.

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University Business

MARCH 13, 2023

Two big initiatives pushing this change are recent school mergers and a powerful free community college pipeline. Starting this July, Castleton University, Northern Vermont University and Vermont Technical College will consolidate into Vermont State University—a lean, cost-effective hybrid learning machine.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 9, 2023

You could take it anywhere and use for it anything from eating meals to studying in a library. But the pandemic got in the way, and the idea lay dormant until Duran, who had since started at the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC), heard about the Blackstone Launchpad Competition, a business pitch contest for students. “I

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 17, 2023

The Internet Archive, a nonprofit library in San Francisco, has grown into one of the most important cultural institutions of the modern age. For the sake of libraries and library users everywhere, let’s hope they don’t succeed. and Penguin Random House assert that the Internet Archive is not a real library.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 14, 2023

Image: A debate over how to achieve pay parity between two groups of faculty members has left lingering tensions among professors in the Maricopa Community College District in Arizona. I love our students,” but it no longer feels as financially feasible to work as a library adjunct in the district. “I love Maricopa.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 6, 2023

Ithaka S+R shared results from its triennial survey published last week, which sought to capture college library deans’ and directors’ perspectives three years into the pandemic. Librarians at master’s-granting colleges and doctoral universities felt similarly dispirited (13 percent and 20 percent, respectively).

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 27, 2023

” In 2020, Hachette, HarperCollins, Penguin Random House and Wiley sued the San Francisco–based Internet Archive over its National Emergency Library, which was created when physical libraries closed during COVID-19 lockdowns. ” Libraries that engage in controlled digital lending do so in many ways.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Image: Academic library professionals across the higher education landscape are championing student success initiatives within their own spaces, particularly to equip new students for their academic careers. The idea is if a student can set healthy habits early in their college career, they’ll be more successful later on.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 29, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation In an email response to my piece “ How Do Academic Libraries Spend Their Money? As David spent the last 40 years working as an academic librarian and the last 20 years as a library dean, his critique carries some weight. These may not be the most prestigious or richest libraries.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 8, 2023

Academic work requires material access to information in libraries, and other resources like computers and (relatively quiet) space in which to write. Like all UPR faculty, we carry a 12-credit teaching load, and in the midst of UPR’s fiscal crisis, a basic teaching load of 15 credits has been spotted more than once on the horizon.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The Library of Congress has taken a “historic step” in acknowledging the contributions of Mary Ellingson, a former University of Evansville archaeologist whose work was not recognized during her lifetime and had instead been wrongfully attributed to her male supervising professor for 90 years.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

[link] Communicating college value better Bridgewater College is doubling down on its commitment to the student experience. It recently completed its “next-generation library,” a $13 million redesign and expansion of a learning commons focused on academic support and student organizations.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MAY 9, 2023

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 5, 2023

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean. Several years ago, a wise colleague described someone else at the college – a terrific person, high performer, and just generally good egg – as having attained her dream job too young. It stuck with me. My wise colleague had a point.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 6, 2023

KWU’s student success coaching program gives students a personal connection to library resources and its personnel, which in turn boosts retention, says student success center director JD Koons.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 14, 2023

The University of Rhode Island removed a partial quote by Malcolm X from the outside of its library building. The inscription read, “My alma mater was books, a good library … I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity. They said that using the partial quote did not convey what Malcolm X said.

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University Business

APRIL 3, 2024

Research takes place just as often in a student’s room as in the library,” the report reads. Gerardo de los Santos, vice president for community college relations at National University, believes colleges and universities should adopt the notion of the “hybrid campus.” “Employees work remotely.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 13, 2023

With the recent announcement that Sean Decatur would assume the presidency of the American Museum of Natural History in New York after nearly a decade at the helm of Kenyon College, at least five major American cultural institutions will be headed by former presidents of small liberal arts colleges.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

We’re changing the landscape of how community colleges serve underserved students,” says Espiritu. “We Having cohorts here is really important, especially for engineering and computer science because it’s a community that supports each other.” I care more than just graduation at community college.

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Robert Kelchen

JANUARY 3, 2024

I link to the final versions of the articles whenever possible, but those without access to an academic library should note that earlier versions of many of these articles are available online via a quick Google search. Understanding loan aversion in education: Evidence from high school seniors, community college students, and adults.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

But students still crave connection, so the university converted five floors of its main library into individual and group study spaces. The challenge of creating physical spaces in a digital world is especially complicated for community colleges, which must have a visible presence in the cities and regions they serve.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Image: Last week, Vermont State University announced plans for an “all-digital” academic library when the new institution, formed from the consolidation of three colleges, officially launches on July 1. “What we heard was that they need and want access to library resources where they are, whether on or off campus.”

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Nicholas -- better known as The Night Before Christmas -- an enchanted storybook tells viewers the story of JMU's finals week, from students chugging coffee in the library to a sleek wheeled robot delivering food. #2 3 -- San Jacinto College in Harris County, Texas. In JMU's loose parody of A Visit from St. Wooster St.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 1, 2023

For example, I used ChatGPT to help me write a letter of recommendation and to assist me with crafting my lesson plan on banned books in libraries. Maggie Melo is an assistant professor at the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I would argue that I’m better for it, too.

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