A Look Back at Ithaka S+R’s 2014 Publications

Happy New Year!

Ithaka S+R published a record number of research reports and issue briefs in 2014 on two main themes: educational transformation and libraries & scholarly communications. As the New Year begins, we would like to share these with you once more, and we hope that they provide useful guidance for your work in 2015. As always, we welcome your feedback and questions. Use the comments form below or send us a tweet @IthakaSR.

Educational Transformation:

• • • Innovation in Teaching and the Freedom to Teach (issue brief) by guest authors Lawrence S. Bacow, president emeritus, Tufts University, Nancy Kopans, ITHAKA, and Randal C. Picker, University of Chicago Law School (December 2014).

• • • Does Online Learning Have a Role in Liberal Arts Colleges? An Interview with Council of Independent Colleges President Richard Ekman (issue brief) by Rebecca Griffiths (December 2014).

• • • Technology-Enhanced Education at Public Flagship Universities: Opportunities and Challenges (research report) by Deanna Marcum, Christine Mulhern, and Clara Samayoa (December 2014).

• • • Interactive Online Learning on Campus (video series) with faculty from the University System of Maryland who embedded MOOCs in their classrooms (December 2014).

• • • Technology: Its Potential Impact on the National Need to Improve Educational Outcomes and Control Costs (issue brief) by guest author William G. Bowen, president emeritus of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and president emeritus of Princeton University (October 2014).

• • • Interactive Online Learning on Campus: Testing MOOCs and Other Platforms in Hybrid Formats in the University System of Maryland (research report) by Rebecca Griffiths, Matthew Chingos, Christine Mulhern and Richard Spies (July 2014).

• • • Technology to the Rescue: Can Technology-Enhanced Education Help Public Flagship Universities Meet Their Challenges? (issue brief) by Deanna Marcum (April 2014).

Libraries & Scholarly Communications:

• • • Information Literacy and Research Practices (issue brief) by Nancy Fried Foster (November 2014)

• • • Does Discovery Still Happen in the Library? Roles and Strategies for a Shifting Reality (issue brief) by Roger Schonfeld (September 2014).

• • • Faster and Cheaper: Can a Digital-Centric Workflow Transform the Book Review? (issue brief) by guest author Oona Schmid, American Anthropological Association (August 2014).

• • • Sustaining the Digital Humanities: Host Institution Support Beyond the Start-up Phase (research report) by Nancy Maron and Sarah Pickle (June 2014).

• • • Sustainability Implementation Toolkit: Developing an Institutional Strategy for Supporting Digital Humanities Resources (toolkit) by Nancy Maron and Sarah Pickle (June 2014).

• • • Driving With Data: A Roadmap for Evidence-Based Decision Making (issue brief) by Deanna Marcum and Roger Schonfeld (May 2014).

• • • Supporting the Changing Research Practices of Art Historians (research report) by Matthew Long and Roger Schonfeld (April 2014).

• • • A Guide to the Best Revenue Models and Funding Sources for Your Digital Resources (research report) by Nancy Maron (March 2014).

• • • Leveraging the Liaison Model: From Defining 21st Century Research Libraries to Implementing 21st Century Research Universities (issue brief) by guest author Anne Kenney, Cornell University Libraries (March 2014).

• • • Ithaka S+R US Library Survey 2013 (research report) by Roger Schonfeld and Matthew Long (March 2014).

• • • Opening the Textbook: New Opportunities for Libraries and Publishers? (issue brief) by Nancy Maron (March 2014).

• • • Designing a New Academic Library from Scratch (issue brief) by Nancy Fried Foster (February 2014).