NITLE Summit

The ERIAL Project is a really interesting anthropological study of research in academic libraries in Illinois. Akin to the Rochester Study. I am really interested in working with our Anthropology department on something similar -- maybe a student faculty collaborate research project?

NITLE Summit

Olin is conducting the LibQual survey of library service quality again this year. Here at the Summit, Pat and I are in a session about the MISO survey, which measures both IT and the library services. Since our IT and Library share the same building students and faculty often conflate their perceptions about the two. Using MISO might overcome this.

NITLE Summit

Bryan Alexander gave his usual bravura performance about two particular emerging technologies on Thursday night. Here is an interesting alternative to PowerPoint. A report worth taking a look at as the Reed College report on e-books.