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Conference Session 181

Hot topics in academic and research libraries

Academic and Research Libraries

20 August 2014 11:45 - 13:45 | Room: Forum 1

  • Radical collaboration: libraries working together in new ways
    JAMES G. NEAL (Columbia University, New York, United States)
  • Ryerson one-stop course readings service: partnership in action
    MADELEINE LEFEBVRE (Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada)
  • Open access monographs
    HILDEGARD SCHÄFFLER (Bavarian State Library, Munich, Germany)
  • Change management: is it working?
    LOUISE JONES (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China)
  • Announcing the Results of the 2014 Horizon Project for Academic and Research Libraries
    SAMANTHA ADAMS BECKER (New Media Consortium)

Invited speakers present an overview of their hot topic. At the conclusion of their presentation they pose up to three discussion topics / questions that are then discussed and debated at tables of up to eight people. There is an allocation of one hour for the table discussion, which includes the presenters moving between the tables and joining the table discussion.

Last update: 18 July 2014