academic libraries

Friends:

The Guardian has just released a story concerning the discovery of Hernando Colón's long-lost catalogue, the Libro de los Epítomes in the Arnamagnæan Collection in Denmark.  The 2,000 page manuscript had been in the library of Árni Magnússon who had left  his collection to the University of Copenhagen library as a bequest on his death in 1730.

Article of interest:

Shannon Lucky, Craig Harkema, "Back to basics: Supporting digital humanities and community collaboration using the core strength of the academic library", Digital Library Perspectives 34 no. 3 (2018): 188-199, https://doi.org/10.1108/DLP-03-2018-0009

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Exciting news about open access! The University of California has dropped its $10 million-a-year subscription to academic journals published by Elsevier.  See the link below for the full story.

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2019/3/1/18245235/university-of-california-elsevier-subscription-open-access 

"Academic libraries are buying fewer books than they used to, according to a new report by research service Ithaka S+R.

The "Library Acquisition Patterns" report, published today, sheds new light on where university libraries buy print and digital books, what they’re buying and how much they spend."

A petition is circulating online protesting proposed staff reductions to the library at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.

Is there an H-Asia member close to the issue who can summarize what is at stake and point readers to the relevant documents?

Friends:

Below is a news article from the Los Angeles Times concerning the heated discussions taking place between the University of California library system and Elsevir.

Friends:

This link comes to you courtesy of H-Histbibl:

Article of interest:

Fei Shu, Philippe Mongeon, Stefanie Haustein, Kyle Siler, Juan Pablo Alperin, & Vincent Larivière. "Is It Such a Big Deal? On the Cost of Journal Use in the Digital Era." College & Research Libraries 79 no. 6 (2018): 785-798. doi:https://doi.org/10.5860/crl.79.6.785

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