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Librarians' "new normal" includes pain points

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: DENVER—As snow fell from gray skies on Tuesday, higher education professionals, publishers, librarians, information technologists, government researchers and others met this week for the Coalition for Networked Information spring membership meeting. Budget cuts—real or imagined—are not the only challenge.

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5 High Tech Solutions that Enable High Touch Campus Experiences

University Business

Researcher and author Hana Ben-Shabat discusses this in her book, Gen Z 360. Library Services: An increasing number of automated and self-service solutions have hit the market to help manage library resources such as checking out books and devices. Browse: TouchNet Partners offering Library Solutions.

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Backlash as a university says its library will be 'all digital'

Confessions of a Community College Dean

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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