Tag: change and adaptation
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Clinging to Outdated Library Models Stifles Small Campus Innovation
For too long, academic libraries have determined their value by what they control: catalogs, subscriptions, and systems replicating those of the largest institutions. For as long as anyone remembers, academic libraries have been following a one-size-fits-all approach. If larger libraries adopted a collections-centered ethos or a vendor-driven approach to collections, smaller libraries followed along, and…
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The Power of Openness
I mentioned in my inaugural blog post that I struggled to extract myself from a reliance on a professional position that no longer served me. I’ve thought a lot about why and have concluded that I was scared of the unknown that awaited me upon my return to faculty. In a way, I was closed…