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.
Past Events
Catharine Bond Hill, John B. King, Jr. and David Brooks at the ATI Presidential Summit
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.
Kurtis Tanaka at 2021 Conference on Higher Education in Prison (NCHEP)
Kurtis Tanaka will be presenting more on his research on higher education in prison on March 3 and March 5 at 2021 Conference on Higher Education in Prison. For more information on the individual sessions, please see below. Registration information is available here. Paper: Amplifying Technological Equity Time: Wednesday, March 3, 1-2pm EST. Abstract: This paper will share research on the technology and information supports available to incarcerated students and their instructors. By sharing this research,…
Meagan Wilson, Mike Fried, Julia Karon at 2021 National Conference on Higher Education in Prison
On March 1, Meagan Wilson, Mike Fried, and Julia Karon will present at the 2021 National Conference on Higher Education in Prison. Their session will focus on the development of a research infrastructure for higher education in prison by articulating the need for this research infrastructure, providing an overview of existing efforts in this area, identifying the informational gaps a research infrastructure might help fill, and providing strategies for building such an infrastructure. For more information, please visit this…
Oya Rieger at NISO Plus 2021
On February 24, 2021, Oya Y. Rieger will discuss with other panelists the new model of Controlled Digital Lending at NISO Plus 2021, a global event which will bring together the information community and facilitate conversations between librarians, publishers, vendor organizations, and more. To register for panel, please visit this website. On February 25, 2021, Oya will also present on how digital preservation systems are developed, deployed, and sustained and will share initial…
Kurtis Tanaka at Mapping the Future of Technology in Prison Higher Education
On February 24, Kurtis Tanaka will be moderating a session with Open Campus and Ascendium Education Group on the future of technology in postsecondary education in prison. For more information, please follow this link.
How to Help Americans Get Back to Work
Martin Kurzweil speaks during Strada Public Viewpoint research webinar
Join Martin Kurzweil and the Strada Center for Education Consumer Insights at 2 p.m. EST Wednesday, Feb. 24 for a Public Viewpoint webinar on “How To Help Americans Get Back to Work.” The webinar will discuss recent findings and implications for skills-based hiring, upskilling, and employer-provided education. For more information, please follow this link.
Partnering with your institution’s Senior Research Officer
Oya Y. Rieger and Roger Schonfeld to present on ACRL Choice webcast
On February 23, 2021, Oya Y. Rieger and Roger Schonfeld will share findings on how libraries can better align research support services in collaboration with their senior research officer’s evolving strategic directions. In this ACRL Choice webcast, Rieger and Schonfeld will discuss how the SRO role has evolved, current trends, and the opportunities for libraries to further support SROs based on their report, The Senior Research Officer (SRO): Experience, Role, Organizational Structure, Strategic Directions, and Challenges.
Christine Wolff-Eisenberg at Achieving the Dream Convening
On February 18th, 2021, Christine Wolff-Eisenberg will discuss with fellow panelists what we knew about student needs going into the pandemic, what we learned from novel data collection during the pandemic, and how institutions are using these data to shape practices going forward. Panelists will share key research findings, especially those related to sustained and deepened equity gaps during the pandemic, and new strategies for gathering student perspectives. For more information on this session, please visit this link. …
Danielle Cooper at the Open Science Conference
On Wednesday, February 17, Danielle Cooper is presenting on “Data Communities: Data Sharing from the Ground Up,” at the Open Science Conference. For more information and to register, please visit the conference website. Abstract This talk proposes a new mechanism for conceptualizing and supporting STEM research data sharing. Successful data sharing happens within data communities, formal or informal groups of scholars who share a certain type of…
Cappy Hill interviews Shai Reshef for The Next Wave
Throughout 2021, The Next Wave, ITHAKA’s convening of partners from the academic, scholarly communications, and museum communities, will center on the subject of equity. The event series kicks off on February 3, 2021 with Democratizing Access to Education, a webinar featuring a conversation between Ithaka S+R Managing Director Catharine Bond Hill and Shai Reshef, president of the University of the People, the first non-profit, American-accredited, tuition-free online university Register now to attend this free webinar.
Catharine Bond Hill at Transforming Teaching and Learning
An Inside Higher Ed Event
Catharine Bond Hill is speaking at Inside Higher Ed’s Transforming Teaching and Learning event in Minneapolis from July 6-8. To learn more and to register, please see the conference website. About the event Higher education is easily–and unfairly–caricatured as having changed little for 200 years. Experimentation is abundant in college and university classrooms, physical and otherwise. But as pressure builds to ensure that more people develop the education and skills that employers (and society) need, colleges and their…
How Americans Perceive Higher Education in 2020
Christine Wolff-Eisenberg Speaks at New America Event
On Wednesday, June 24, Christine Wolff-Eisenberg is speaking on “Higher Education Polling During the COVID-19 Crisis” as part of New America’s Varying Degrees online event. Christine will be joined on the panel discussion by Eric Hoover (The Chronicle of Higher Education), Rachel Fishman (New America), and David Strauss (Art and Science Group). For more information and to register, please visit the event website.