Often overlooked, university libraries are critical to the teaching and research missions of institutions. They also play a key role in digital innovation and community outreach. Two librarians tell us more about how they see their work as agents of change
On this episode we’re talking about every campus’ connector, collector and collaborator – the library. Often overlooked, university libraries are critical to the teaching and research missions of institutions. They also play a key role in digital innovation and community outreach. Two librarians tell us more about how they see their work as agents of change on campus.
Masud Khokhar is a third-generation librarian and computer scientist and is the librarian and keeper of the Brotherton Collection at the University of Leeds, where he is also director of learning spaces. Masud is the chair of Research Libraries UK. In this episode he busts myths around academic libraries, explains how they can be agents of change and tells us what he believes are the steps to shaping a more diverse generation of upcoming librarians.
Toni Carter is director of the Kares Library at Athens State University and an advocate for improving students’ information literacy. She gives advice on how faculty can collaborate with librarians to help students think critically about which sources of information they trust.
Immersive technology expert Monica Arés explains how the combination of artificial intelligence and extended reality in education has the potential to unlock curiosity and learning, the costs that come with these tools and what she thinks teaching technology will look like in 2034.
Academic, practitioner and policy commentator Mark Thompson shares his concern that UK higher education is drifting from its true north of research, teaching and impact in the wake of complex digital change and the prisoner’s dilemma of whole-sector transformation
Two Australian academics take on the role of person-to-person contact in student success and well-being in higher education – whether that’s the benefits of in-person teaching or the effects of using AI for academic work
Experts demystify what open access and open research are, tips for best practice, and where the movement and research culture are heading.