21 August, 2017
Universities and Libraries News: A Humanities Conference in NTU Emphasizes Digital Humanities
As Libraries Go Digital, Costs Remain Tangible Source: Peter Monaghan, the Chronicle of Higher Education
Leading Digital Humanities Scholars shared their experiences and research at the International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures conference held in NTU. Commentary: Singapore’s Smart Nation Vision Blurry Without a Success Story The lack of “a use case for a good majority of people to see how technology can be used to enhance their daily lives across multiple facets of daily living” is causing “Smart Nation news fatigue”. Augmented Reality Technology: A Student Creates The Closest Thing Yet To A Magic Ring
A student in the Innovation Design Engineering Program at the Royal College in
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“Academic librarians once had high hopes that the transition to digital would have a positive effect on their budgets”. Unfortunately, as is now well-known, electronic holdings also require very expensive upkeep, and there has not been the desired drop in costs. Additionally, even the library of the University of California at Merced – which has an “overwhelmingly digital” collection, can’t stop building its print collection. More about Library Collections: 1. Applying Quantitative Methods to E-book Collections 2. The Transformation of Academic Library Collecting
London has created a ring to control augmented reality (AR) displays. Facebook Adding a Feature to Curb Fake News Facebook is working on a better algorithm to detect and reduce the spread of false news, including an upcoming feature that indicates how long a publication or post has been around.
Perceptions of Scholarly Communication Among Library and Information Studies Students Source: Christopher Hollister, Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication
As the need for scholarly communication (SC) librarianship and services continue to rise, research regarding the implications of SC on the preparation of new library professionals and the perception of library students on SC becomes more important. More about Scholarly Communications and Altmetrics: 1. Exploring Values-Based (Alt)metrics to Enhance Library Services
Case Study: The Problem with Problem-Based Learning in Library Instruction Source: Elliott Stevens and Andria Tieman, In The Library With The Lead Pipe
Two instruction librarians at a medium-sized liberal-arts college on the East Coast of the United States replaced their lecture-style teaching with Problem-Based Learning (PBL), but identified potential problems in the way the usage of PBL in Library instruction fails to treat students as teachers. More about Developments in Higher Education: 1. To Enable Powerful Learning, Put Pedagogy Before Tech 2. Concerns of Corporate Encroachment in Harvard2U Certification Program
The Double Bind of Validation: Distant Reading and the Digital Humanities' “Trough of Disillusionment” Source: Adam Hammond, Literature Compass
Using a technology-industry model called the “hype cycle”, Adam Hammond explains how, and why, the field of Digital Humanities is having difficulty producing “great results”. More about Digital Humanities: 1. Grant Narrative - Integrating Digital Humanities into the Web of Scholarship With SHARE: An Exploration of Requirements
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