[Yulwww] FYI: "Librarians and Tech Officials Must Get Along to Meet Future Challenges" - Chronicle.com

[Kramer, Stefan]

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An interesting "Letter to the Editor" from the Dean of University Libraries & the V.P. for IT & CIO at Indiana U.:

http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3543/letter-to-the-editor-librarians-and-tech-officials-must-get-along-to-meet-future-challenges

Extract:

"None of the compelling issues facing academic libraries today can be accomplished without strong support from IT departments. Among them: establishing robust institutional repositories; supporting e-science and data curation services; providing metadata and e-text consultation; growing a virtual reference community; and developing course management systems."


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 Stefan Kramer
 Social Science Data Librarian
 Social Science Library
 Yale University
 140 Prospect Street
 P.O. Box 208263
 New Haven, CT 06520-8263, USA
 Tel.: +1 (203) 432-6121
 E-mail: stefan.kramer at yale.edu