Making the News: The Impact of COVID-19 on International Research Partnerships

Sarah Richardson, Group Editor, Research Professional News The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a surge of research into coronaviruses, as researchers across the world try to understand both how today’s pandemic can be battled, and how a similar crisis could be prevented in future. But despite the pandemic’s global nature, a paper published last month […] The post Making the News: The Impact of COVID-19 on International Research Partnerships appeared first on Ex Libris. […]

A Faculty Perspective: Removing the Friction from Course Resources

In this expert spotlight, Sara Branch, formerly an associate professor of psychology, discusses the challenges of creating engaging course resource lists, maintaining them over time, and embedding them in learning management systems. Sara shares her experience with the Ex Libris Leganto course resource list solution and how it improves teaching effectiveness and helps drive student […] The post A Faculty Perspective: Removing the Friction from Course Resources appeared first on Ex Libris. Source: buki […]

4 Keys to Fostering Interdisciplinary Research

Dani Guzman, Ex Libris Academic research is becoming more interdisciplinary in nature as researchers aim to solve large global challenges that span many different fields — and this has become even more critical as global challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic affect daily operations worldwide. At the University of Montana, Associate Vice President of Research […] The post 4 Keys to Fostering Interdisciplinary Research appeared first on Ex Libris. Source: buki rss

Customer Spotlight: Alma & Summon at Johnson County Community College

In this customer spotlight, Michael Frisbie, Library Specialist at Johnson County Community College, discusses how his library is better positioned to manage the acquisition and delivery of print and electronic resources through Alma and Summon working together. Summon is a critical public-facing tool that supports the curriculum for this community college. In this short video, […] The post Customer Spotlight: Alma & Summon at Johnson County Community College appeared first on Ex Libris. Source: […]

5 Key Challenges of COVID-19 for Higher Education [REPORT]

Jackie Sherlock, Ex Libris The current coronavirus pandemic has presented higher education institutions with many challenges. At Ex Libris, the campusM team continues to be dedicated to doing everything we can to help our customers through these difficult times. To this end, over the past few months we reached out to our community and conducted […] The post 5 Key Challenges of COVID-19 for Higher Education [REPORT] appeared first on Ex Libris. Source: buki […]

Announcing Ex Libris Cloud Apps

by Josh Weisman, republished from the Developer Network Last year we launched the Ex Libris App Center, an online marketplace on the Ex Libris Developer Network for publishing and searching for apps which extend or integrate with Ex Libris products. Community developers and partners have shared more than 60 apps that users can find and download. Today, we’re […] The post Announcing Ex Libris Cloud Apps appeared first on Ex Libris. Source: buki rss

Curtin University Transitions to Learning Online and Working from Home [VIDEO]

In this special video from our community, Peter Green, Associate Director at Curtin University Library in Perth, Australia, shares his experience of the rapid transition his university has made to teaching fully online and working from home. Curtin University managed to meet the numerous challenges involved in the transition so many of us are currently […] The post Curtin University Transitions to Learning Online and Working from Home [VIDEO] appeared first on Ex Libris. […]

Customer Spotlight: Leganto at the University of New South Wales

For our latest customer spotlight we met with Alison Neil, Associate Director of Electronic Resources at UNSW, to discuss the benefits of Leganto for library staff, academics, and students. One of the key benefits of Leganto for the UNSW library staff was facilitating their collaboration with academics and educational developers. “For the first time we’re […] The post Customer Spotlight: Leganto at the University of New South Wales appeared first on Ex Libris. Source: […]

DARA’s First Birthday!

With all that is going on these days, we almost forgot that Ex Libris DARA’s (Data Analysis Recommendation Assistant) 1st birthday was celebrated little over a month ago! DARA provides Alma customers with recommendations to improve workflows and optimize how you use Alma. Watch this short “DARA at the office” video with some updated statistics: […] The post DARA’s First Birthday! appeared first on Ex Libris. Source: buki rss

Customer Spotlight: Leganto at Vanderbilt University [VIDEO]

Customer Spotlight: Leganto at Vanderbilt University We’ve met with Margaret Ann Trotter, Reserves Coordinator at Vanderbilt University, to hear her perspectives about the role of the library in supporting teaching and learning. Margaret highlights how Leganto is helping the university library efficiently deliver course resources, support affordable learning, and manage copyright licensing. Leganto’s ease-of-use allows […] The post Customer Spotlight: Leganto at Vanderbilt University [VIDEO] appeared first on Ex Libris. Source: buki rss