Penn State opens “Maker Commons”
A new 3-D printing lab in Penn State's University Libraries is now open, giving Penn State students and faculty at all campuses the opportunity to dream up, design…
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Open textbooks gain in push for college affordability
The standard textbook for Fundamentals of General Chemistry I at the University of Connecticut has a list price of $303. For students who use the version professor Edward…
Hampshire earns $1.2M to reinvent college library
Hampshire College’s leaders are invoking the spirit of experimentation that founded the College as they launch a far-reaching initiative to establish the college library as the hub of…
Faculty: Why should we collaborate with campus librarians?
A new survey on campus libraries has revealed that, despite their many benefits, greater collaboration and communication are needed between librarians and faculty in order to maximize their…
Up next for textbooks? The bionic book
A new technology developed at Penn State works with faculty to automatically build complete textbooks from open resources on the web. The texts are organized according to topics…
The library of Alexandria goes virtual for online scholarship
Virtual worlds have long played a role in education at all levels as they are used to engage students with different learning preferences and link students to digital…
University launches mobile library navigation app
The University of Oklahoma (OU) has deployed Aruba Networks Aruba Beacons and the Aruba Meridian Mobile App Platform to deliver a new mobile app that helps students, faculty…
Reinventing the college bookstore in the online era
They still sell t-shirts for proud parents and coffee mugs with catchy slogans, but college bookstores are also going through a renaissance of sorts, using technology-supported measures to…
Do libraries matter in distance education?
With the explosion of distance education, librarianship is changing from managing books to connecting people and quality resources while at the same time delivering resources effectively and providing…