Scholarly Communication @ UNC

Eroding Library Role? April 20, 2010

There was an interesting article published in Inside Higher Ed about Eroding Library Role  & its Implications for Open Access. The article is based on a report released by the nonprofit group Ithaka S+R.“The declining visibility and importance of traditional roles for the library and librarian may lead to the faculty primarily perceiving the library as a budget line, rather than an active intellectual partner,”

You can read the full text of the article here. http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/04/07/survey 

You can also read the full Ithaka report: “Faculty Survey 2009″
http://www.ithaka.org/ithaka-s-r/research/faculty-surveys-2000-2009/faculty-survey-2009

Thanks,

Jayati