A few weeks ago I’ve visited the newly renovated Erasmus University Library in Rotterdam (EUR), together with my colleagues Karin and Nicoleta. This is a short impression of that visit. The first thing you’ll see when you enter the library is the clean and modern open staircase, which is the crown jewel of the renewed..
Snapshot is a very interesting and highly detailed user experience (UX) study conducted by Andy Priestner and David Marshall from the Futurelib innovation programme at the Cambridge University Library. The main objective of this project was to explore and uncover the research and information behavior of the postdocs and PhD students. The team used a ‘cultural probe’ as..
Last week, New Media Consortium published its annual Library Edition report [1]. See below the trends, challenges and developments related to the technology adoption in the academic libraries. While eager to read the details, don’t jump over the executive summary that identifies ten themes in the academic library’s landscape – wherein lays the foundation of the 18 topics presented above. More in depth reading on..