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Archive for May, 2012

Towards a Library in the Cloud

May 10, 2012

From Jeff Kahn It goes without saying that the library is changing in the new age of digital content; after all, libraries have led the way with cloud computing, moving content to remote storage before we had such a cute term for it. As colleges and universities become increasingly (or entirely) digital and cloud based,… Read More >

Online vs. Face-to-Face Library Instruction – What Works?

May 03, 2012

Julie Nichols and Kristin Johnson, Librarians at Northeast Lakeview College, have found that moving their library’s traditional face-to-face instruction to online modules provides 24/7 point-of-need access to the materials students need to complete their assignments. In this interview Nichols and Johnson discuss the online instruction pilot program and how it will be used to assess the differences in… Read More >