The Arcadia Project is a three-year project funded by a generous grant from the Arcadia Fund to explore the role of academic libraries in a digital age. A major part of the project is a Fellowship Program which brings interesting people to Cambridge to work on aspects of this very broad subject. We have a project website which serves as the hub for our more formal activities. This blog is an informal space for exchanging ideas, contacts and sources.
Don’t you want me? Questions to ask of new AI-VLEs
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In my last post I was doing a backwards glance prompted by the
Accenture-Udacity deal. In this one, I’ll look forwards. Apart from the
MOOC angle, the othe...
Dwindling Reference Questions
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“If you build it, [will] they will come[?]” As another season of baseball
is just around the corner, I’ve been thinking about ways to get hits and
avoid ...
See you at Computers in Libraries 2024?
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I’m getting my presentations in order for the upcoming Computers in
Libraries 2024 conference, and hope to see some of you there! Like I often
do, I’m gi...
It’s a Beeping Problem
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Mick Jagger says “When you call my name, salivate like Pavlov’s dog.” He
could have said “When the toaster pings…
The relentless beep-beep-beeping of...