On September 17th, Rayane Alamuddin and Christy McDaniel will present during the 2021 First Year Student Success Virtual Institute during a session titled, “The Past and Future of First Year Programming at Two Year Institutions”. For more information on registration, please visit the link here. …
Past Events
Catharine Bond Hill, John B. King, Jr. and David Brooks at the ATI Presidential Summit
Danielle Cooper at FORGE 2021
On September 8 at 14:00 Central European Time (CET), Danielle Cooper will discuss her research on research data in the humanities. For more information, please visit this website. …
What’s the Big Deal? How Researchers Are Navigating Changes to Journal Access
Oya Y. Rieger and Danielle Cooper Present at ASERL
In a webinar for ASERL on August 19 at 2:00 pm (EDT), Oya Y. Rieger and Danielle Cooper will present their findings on researcher behavior and perceptions on strategic decision-making about Big Deal journal subscriptions. For more information and to register, please follow this link. The abstract is available below. Abstract The dominant mode by which research libraries have provided maximum journal access as broadly and efficiently as possible—subscription bundles or “Big Deals”— is giving way to new…
Martin Kurzweil at ASU+GSV
Program Director Martin Kurzweil will be attending ASU+GSV in San Diego, CA, Aug. 9-11. If you are attending and would like to schedule a meeting with Martin, please email him at martin.kurzweil@ithaka.org. For more information about the summit, please visit the event website.
Makala Skinner at SAA’s ARCHIVES*RECORDS 2021
On August 5 and 6, join Makala Skinner to learn more about the A*CENSUS survey, which is a large scale census of archivists. The details for each session are below: 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM EDT on Thursday, August 5 Conversation Lounge: Research and Innovation @ SAA: A*CENSUS II SAA has received funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to conduct a major research initiative: the second large-scale census of archivists. A lot has changed…
Dylan Ruediger and Colette E. Johnson at the 2021 Humanities Without Walls Workshop
On August 2, Colette Johnson and Dylan Ruediger will present at the 2021 Humanities Without Walls Career Diversity Workshop to talk about their work at Ithaka S+R with grad students in the humanities. For more information, please visit the workshop website.
Lessons from Library Collaborations
Roger Schonfeld Speaks at the WEST Members Meeting
On Thursday, July 29, Roger Schonfeld will present on “Lessons from Library Collaborations” at the West Members Meeting. The event runs from 12:30 -2:00 pm PT. For more information, please visit the California Digital Library’s website. About the talk: Academic and research libraries have sought for more than a century to collaborate with one another in order to achieve wider and more efficient access to collections, generate greater negotiating power, and provide stronger systems and services. To succeed, library…
Roger Schonfeld Moderates Panel at Charleston In Between
Clarivate Acquires ProQuest
On Wednesday, July 28, at 10:30 am, Roger Schonfeld is moderating a virtual panel on Clarivate’s acquisition of ProQuest (for more about the acquisition, please see Roger’s post on The Scholarly Kitchen). The panel includes the following speakers: Claudio Aspesi, Consultant, SPARC Michael Clarke, Managing Partner, Clarke & Esposito Gwen Evans, Vice President, Global Library Relations, Elsevier Dracine Hodges, Associate University Librarian for Technical Services, Duke University James Phimister, Managing Director, Market Development, Analytics, and Customer Insights, NEJM Group/New…
Library Support for Equitable Access to Knowledge
Roger Schonfeld Speaks at Society for College and University Planning Webinar
On June 24, Roger Schonfeld will join higher education administrators, planners, designers, and library stakeholders to discuss the challenges to higher education in a changing world and how more deeply to engage libraries to enable institutional achievement. Abstract In a climate of anti-intellectualism, institutions of higher education remain committed to making knowledge accessible and translating research to help solve society’s pressing challenges. Libraries have long served as stewards of research publications and creative academic output, facilitating access. How are they…
Liam Sweeney at the 2021 AAMG Annual Conference
Liam Sweeney will present and join a panel during the 2021 AAMG Annual Conference to discuss museum and library collaborations. For more information, please see abstract below. The registration link is available here. Museums and libraries struggle to find effective models for collaboration on campus, partially because of their reporting structures, and partially because they lack common operational standards. Siloing campus units can stifle innovation, access, and scholarship, limiting opportunities for discovery and engagement for students, faculty and the…
Christine Wolff-Eisenberg and Melissa Blankstein at 2021 AALHE conference
On June 8, Christine Wolff-Eisenberg and Melissa Blankstein will be presenting at the 2021 AALHE conference to discuss survey findings from the Holistic Measures of Student Success (HMSS) project. For more information, please visit this registration website. …
Jennifer Frederick and Christine Wolff-Eisenberg at ASERL
On June 8, Jennifer Frederick and Christine Wolff-Eisenberg will present on findings from the US Library Survey on library leaders’ perspectives and practices related to diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism. They will discuss both where directors perceive progress and where they recognize that major challenges remain. Attendees will be given a chance to ask questions of the survey authors and to reflect on their own strategies and practices. For more information, follow this link here.
Christine Wolff-Eisenberg and Jennifer K Frederick at Scholarly Publishing Annual Meeting
On May 18, Christine Wolff-Eisenberg and Jennifer K Frederick will be speaking at the Society for Scholarly Publishing Annual Meeting pre-conference. For more information, please see abstract below: Charleston Hub Trendspotting Initiative: Forecasting Changes on the Horizon of Scholarly Communication Futures thinking is not about predicting “the future” but rather considering multiple potential futures and the trends, issues, and external pressures that we could be facing. Thinking through different scenarios helps us prepare for the expected—and the unexpected—for both service…
Christine Wolff-Eisenberg at 2021 LYRASIS Member Summit
On May 17th, Christine Wolff-Eisenberg will present on recent survey findings from the Ithaka S+R US Library Survey 2020 and will discuss the launch of an anti-racism audit focused on personnel outcomes, perspectives, practices, and policies with University of Delaware and Binghamton University. For more information, please visit this site. Abstract: Racial Justice and Academic Libraries: Leadership for a Way Forward with Christine Wolff-Eisenberg, Manager, Surveys and Research, ITHAKA; Trevor A. Dawes, Vice Provost for the Libraries and Museums…
Oya Y. Rieger at 2021 Medical Library Association Conference
Oya Y. Rieger will present on “Structural Models and Emerging Priorities in Academic Health Sciences Libraries” at the Medical Library Association Conference. For additional information, please review abstract below. For more information on the session, please visit this website. Abstract Objectives: 1) Understanding the potential impact of mergers and other organizational changes on the academic health sciences library services, staff, and user communities. 2) Discussing the priority service areas of academic health science libraries, including research support,…
Christine Wolff-Eisenberg and Melissa Blankstein at NISOD 2021
Christine Wolff-Eisenberg and Melissa Blankstein will unveil brand new national survey findings of community college provosts on efforts to measure and address student basic needs. Join them to discuss the current landscape of metrics for determining student success and opportunities for including new holistic student metrics going forward. For more information, please visit this site. …
Oya Y. Rieger, Danielle Cooper, and Kurtis Tanaka at ACRL 2021
Oya Y. Rieger, Danielle Cooper, and Kurtis Tanaka will present on-demand programs during the 2021 ACRL Virtual Conference. For more information on their individual sessions, please visit this link. Oya Y. Rieger, Danielle Cooper will discuss the impacts of Big Deal cancellations on patrons. Please see the abstract below: “No deal, no problem? The Impacts of Big Deal Cancellations on Patrons” Libraries are increasingly questioning the value of their Big Deal subscriptions, leading to a number of prominent cancellations…
Christine Wolff-Eisenberg at ACRL
On April 14, Christine Wolff-Eisenberg will present at the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) conference to discuss the launch of an anti-racism talent management audit. Please see the abstract below: “Translating values into action: launching an anti-racism talent management audit” In the months following the murder of George Floyd and the subsequent national reckoning for racial equity led by the Black Lives Matter movement, many higher education institutions pledged to renew their commitments to progress on racial justice…
Roger Schonfeld at UKSG Annual Conference
On April 12, Roger Schonfeld will discuss the impact of COVID on the research enterprise, including the impacts on how research is conducted, the implications this could have on researchers, the ability to attract the funding, and how the landscape of research disciplines could change. For more information, please see this link. …
James Dean Ward at the Higher Education 2021 Virtual Roundtable
This roundtable, chaired by Robert Kelchen, associate professor of higher education at Seton Hall, will include a discussion of new approaches/solutions to tackling inequality in higher education outcomes, the impact of student loan debt and forgiveness, and scholarships versus guaranteed outcomes.