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Research Library Issues, no. 277 (Dec. 2011)
RLI issue 277 includes: Rebalancing the Investment in Collections Experimenting with Strategies for Crowdsourcing Manuscript Transcription Keeping the Doors Open: Exploring 24-Hour Library Access at Washington University in St. Louis
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SPEC Kit 327: Reconfiguring Service Delivery (December 2011)
SPEC Kit 327 investigates whether and how ARL member libraries have reconfigured staffed service delivery points in the main library and in any branches that report to the main library....
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SPEC Kit 326: Digital Humanities (November 2011)
SPEC Kit 326 provides a snapshot of research library experiences with digital scholarship centers or services that support the humanities (e.g., history, art, music, film, literature, philosophy, religion, etc.) and...
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SPEC Kit 325: Digital Preservation (October 2011)
SPEC Kit 325 explores the strategies that ARL member institutions use to protect evolving research collections and the roles and responsibilities of stakeholders. The survey asked ARL libraries about their...
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Research Library Issues, no. 276 (Sept. 2011)
RLI issue 276 includes: Ahead of the Storm: Research Libraries and the Future of the Research University Collecting Small Data Copyfraud and Classroom Performance Rights: Two Common Bogus Copyright Claims
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SPEC Kit 324: Collecting Global Resources (September 2011)
SPEC Kit 324 explores the trends, practices, and challenges in collecting global resources in North American research libraries at a time of political and economic change, on the one hand,...
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SPEC Kit 323: Socializing New Hires (August 2011)
SPEC Kit 323 investigates the progress made in ARL member organizations to establish or enhance socialization programs and activities (such as orientation programs, mentoring, residency appointments, and staff development sessions...
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SPEC Kit 322: Library User Experience (July 2011)
SPEC Kit 322 explores recent and planned user experience activities at ARL member libraries and the impact these efforts have on helping the libraries transform to meet evolving user needs....
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New Roles, New Expertise, New Hiring Practices (A. French)
Amanda French, THATCamp Coordinator and Research Assistant Proferssor, Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, George Mason University 2012-hrsym-pres-french-a-.pdf
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SPEC Kit 321: Services for Users with Disabilities (December 2010)
SPEC Kit 321 explores what services are being provided and how users are made aware of them; what assistive technologies are being offered today and who maintains them; which library...