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The Academic Library in 2020 Bruce E. Massis Columbus State Community College, Ohio, USA
If, in fact, one of America’s most respected institutions is its higher education system (8 of the top 10 highest ranked universities are located in the United States – the other 2 in the UK according to The Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings (2016)), the academic library, positioned on each of these campuses, must also meet or exceed a similar level of quality, even as continuous evolutionary change will undoubtedly impact the higher education environment into the future. There are significant models, many already in place, where academic libraries seek to reinvent themselves to survive and thrive into the next decade and to remain well positioned as an essential campus service ensuring that the library is ‘…not just a social safety net; it’s an essential piece of education in any community’ (Takeaway, 2010). This statement is as accurate when discussing academic libraries as it is when referring to the public library. The academic community is certainly no less of a community to its students, faculty, staff and administrators than the public library is to its local community. Similarly, it serves as an oasis of intellectual discourse and a social centre for its community that needs to offer a multitude of programmes and services into 2020 and beyond. Not all academic libraries enjoy the same freedom for experimentation, trial and error, or research and development that either 4-year research universities or organisations in the private sector do, so it is incumbent upon library planners to ensure future sustainability of their libraries where they can maintain a mix of traditional and progressive thinking to best serve students. There are, then, a number of examples of existing models of academic libraries that, while still evolving, often with limited resources, have already been building for some time those foundations of service and structure that will maintain and sustain our academic libraries into the year 2020.
The End of Wisdom? ISBN 978-0-08-100142-4 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-100142-4.00010-5
Copyright © 2017 B.E. Massis. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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THE JOINT-USE MODEL With all of the discussion these days regarding the future of the academic library, futurists and pundits are going so far as to suggest that libraries must go even further than they currently do to prove their worth and benefits to boards, funders, legislators, students, parents and the public itself. ‘Colleges are relying more and more on tuition, and the more they rely on tuition, the more they’re going to have to have programs that lead somewhere…All of that is driving more customer-responsiveness...Colleges have to act more like competitive institutions’ (Marcus, 2014). One way to accomplish such alignment on a college campus is for the academic library to engage in a public/public or public/private library partnership.This model of library service can be viewed as a visible symbol of the potential of future sustained growth for the academic library. One successful example of this partnership model may be found on the campus of Nova Southeastern University (NSU) in Southeast Florida, a partnership between NSU and Broward County Public Library, providing a standard of excellence in academic library planning and partnership that may, indeed, serve as a model for the academic library in 2020. ‘Through a unique agreement with Broward County, NSU’s Alvin Sherman Library, Research, and Information Technology Center serves the residents of Broward County as well as the University’s students, faculty, and staff members. This means the community at large can enjoy the resources and services this spectacular venue has to offer…the 325,000-square-foot Alvin Sherman Library is one of the largest library buildings in the state of Florida and offers full collections of research materials, specialised databases, popular fiction and nonfiction books, magazines and journals, CDs, and DVDs’ (Community, 2014). There are, of course, other joint-use facilities that have been established throughout the United States and many more across Australia and other nations. ‘When Tidewater Community College (in Virginia) and the City of Virginia Beach discovered that they were about to build libraries across the street from each other, they combined forces to build a joint academic and public library’ (Morehart, 2014). As funding continues to be a challenge in the academic and public funding environments, and the cost of higher education has continued to boil on the front burner of concern to parents, legislators and educators alike, alternatives to the traditional library model in higher education will continue to emerge resulting in library partnerships of this kind.
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THE DIGITAL DELIVERY MODEL Through the ongoing digital transference from print to electronic resources at an ever rapid and expanding pace, it is clear that the electronic or digital delivery of academic library materials supporting the college curriculum will continue to gain greater traction. In a recent study conducted by the U.S. Department of Education, it has been determined that ‘well over half of new acquisitions at all academic libraries in the 2012 fiscal year were e-books. Community colleges added a higher share of e-books than fouryear institutions did. By the end of the fiscal year, more than a quarter of the overall materials at less-than-four-year institutions consisted of e-books’ (Percentage of E-Books at Academic Libraries, by Institution Type, FY, 2012, 2014). Several academic libraries have already entirely transitioned from print to digital delivery of what would historically be bookstore or library materials. One of the more prominent ones that could indeed serve as a model of library service for the future may be found at Lynn University located in Boca Raton, Florida. Starting in the fall of 2013, ‘an Apple iPad mini loaded with the ‘Dialogues of Learning core curriculum’ books, summer reader, iTunes U courses and other class materials and useful apps (were) provided to all incoming freshmen…’ (Lynn University launching one of higher education’s most extensive tablet-based learning programs, 2013). The national recognition of this program has encouraged other higher education institutions to investigate such service delivery mechanisms with selected commercial providers. As another example, Florida Polytechnic University (FPU), opened its doors to its first entering freshman class in 2012 with a library that, is predominantly digital (electronic access to 135,000 licenced e-books and more than 65 databases). Since ‘the steady shift from print to digital formats is well underway, (and) legacy print collections mean that fully bookless libraries are still so rare as to be mostly a novelty’ (Riley, 2014), FPU also provides students with partner rights to use to the print collection of a nearby college as well. There are certainly budgetary and access challenges that academic libraries must face in making the transition from print to digital, not the least of which is the retrieval of materials only in digital format under licences from the publishers that restrict use or that require separate fees for streaming and public performances of the material. The result of which might be that, ‘…streaming does not solve the licensing problem…It may provide students
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with an alternative avenue for accessing recordings not in a library’s collection, but it also eliminates the library as the steward of digital artifacts’ (Kolowich, 2014). However, as the percentage of students accessing academic library information more in a digital and less in a print format, it will behove academic library leaders to examine the library’s information delivery processes (and its associated costs) to determine whether or not such a shift can assist in carrying their library into the future. Alternately, recent data suggest that the entirety of a digital shift by libraries must still be approached with understanding usage and caution. In a recent study, it was reported that ‘92 percent preferred paper books instead of e-books’ (Derla, 2016). So, it is the wise library seeking a wholesale shift into a fully digital delivery system to tread warily, examining all of the potential successes and pitfalls prior to going forward.
THE SUBJECT-SPECIFIC ACADEMIC LIBRARY MODEL For many years, it has been incumbent upon well-funded four-year academic institutions to encourage the growth of subject-specific libraries on campus. From Agricultural Studies to Engineering, to Veterinary Medicine and numerous subjects in-between, on larger campuses, libraries have been established to ensure that students studying those pursuits can be best served, not only through the collections, but also by librarians who serve as subjectmatter specialists in those areas of study. One of the challenges as society churns toward 2020 is the need to provide specialised collections for areas that may not have even been yet developed for new courses. At present, in expanding academic areas of study such as Cybersecurity, Robotics, Gaming, Sustainability, Logistics, and of course, Medicine and Law, academic libraries have recognised the need to continue to build and maintain cutting-edge collections, often under severe budgetary constraints. As an example, with the explosive growth in our ageing populations, the Healthcare field, especially, is likely to precipitate even greater interest by students as we move toward 2020. ‘By 2020, national health spending is expected to reach $4.6 trillion and comprise 19.8 percent of GDP.The government-sponsored share of health spending is projected to increase from 45 percent in 2010 to about 50 percent by 2020…’ (National Health Expenditure Projections, 2010–2020, 2010). Therefore, college and university libraries must keep up with additions to the many subject areas within this field to support the curriculum, not only with standard print materials, but also with databases and numerous forms of digital material that will be developed for existing digital delivery platforms and
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for those, some of which have not yet been developed.The budget impact on these academic libraries will place a strain on staffing, thereby developing the need to create more digital access and distance librarian support.
ACADEMIC LIBRARY SPACE MODEL IN 2020 With spaces transformed by an improved technology infrastructure and fewer physical materials (shelving and print books), and, as technology costs lessen, greater numbers of students will undoubtedly visit the academic library with their own digital devices in hand. They will also arrive at the doors of the academic library with expectations that the library will provide maker spaces for 3D printing, a plethora of hand-held devices available for loan such as iPads, mobile hotspots, and a market basket of data sources well beyond a standard grouping of academic resources so that research and development in the academic arena can support data-driven decision-making for students preparing to enter the workplace. In a report published by the Association of College and Research Libraries, this will become particularly important and that its implications will result in the following: There will be a growing demand for library professionals with data curation, data mining, and analysis skills. Academic library administration should gauge the demand for research data services on their campuses and initiate programs offering these services to their communities. Academic library administration should consider the reallocation of resources and reorganization of staff in order to initiate research data services on their campuses. Academic library administration should promote professional development opportunities that encourage the development of data curation and data mining skills. ACRL (2013)
With that in mind, the building itself might well be reconfigured with more robust wireless access points and fewer standalone individual workstations.This space gain can be translated into rooms that currently house computer labs and made into destinations awash in comfortable and/or functional furniture, soft lighting, carpeting, soundproof glass walls, collaboration spaces, high-speed Internet with unconstrained broadband and shared storage so that virtual access may be accomplished with greater ease and efficiency.
CONCLUSION Predicting the future is always a rather dicey proposition. The safe bet is to look to the present to use as a foundation on which to base the future because it is what we know.There have been only so many basic variations on a theme
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when it is related to academic libraries regarding their mission, service and structure. Should this remain the case, then the future of the academic library will, undoubtedly, hinge on many of the successful models currently in place, with some slight variations. Given the nature of project management, where one must plan the plan prior to planning the project, there is usually a moment of recognition that quantum change tends to take time.The year 2020 is only a mere four years away, so basing the future model of the academic library expecting that such change will arise with the snap of a finger is quite unrealistic. However, once engaged in the planning, the library must move forward into the future, bringing with it all the change that is necessary to ensure its position as an essential academic resource on campus. In the words of Eastern Philosopher Alan Watts, ‘The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance’.
REFERENCES 2010 Librarian of the Year on the Library of the Future. (2011) The Takeaway. [Online] Available from: http://www.thetakeaway.org/2011/jun/15/community-center-andmulti-media-lab-library-future/. Community. (2014) Nova Southeastern University. [Online] Available from: http://www. nova.edu/community/libraries.html. Derla, K. (2016) More Than 90 Percent Of College Students Prefer Reading Paper Books Over E-Books. Tech Times. [Online] Available from: http://www.techtimes.com/articles/131055/20160205/more-than-90-percent-of-college-students-prefer-readingpaper-books-over-e-books.htm. Environmental Scan 2013 by the ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee. (2013) ACRL. [Online] Available from: http://www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ala.org.acrl/files/content/publications/whitepapers/EnvironmentalScan13.pdf. Kolowich, S. (2014) How Streaming Media Could Threaten the Mission of Libraries. The Chronicle of Higher Education. [Online] Available from: http://chronicle.com/blogs/ wiredcampus/. Lynn University launching one of higher education’s most extensive tablet-based learning programs 2013. [Online] Available from: http://www.lynn.edu/about-lynn/news-andevents/news/lynn-univer sity-launching-one-of-higher-education2019smost-extensive-tablet-based-learning-programs. Marcus, J. (2014) Community college district tries full slate of innovations, all at once. The Hechinger Report. PBS News Hour. [Online] Available from: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/community-college-district-tries-full-slate-innovations/. Morehart, P. (2014) Designs That Last. American Libraries. Sep/Oct 2014. p 39. National Health Expenditure Projections 2010-2020. (2010) [Online] Available from: http:// www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/ NationalHealthExpendData/downloads/proj2010.pdf. Percentage of E-Books at Academic Libraries, by Institution Type. FY 2012, 2014. [Online] Available from: http://chronicle.com/article/Percentage-of-E-Books-at/147835/.
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Riley, S. (2014) New Florida University Unveils Bookless Library. [Online] Available from: http://lj.librar yjour nal.com/2014/08/academic-librar ies/new-flor idapolytechnic-unveils-bookless-library/. The Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings 2016. 2016. The Times Higher Education. [Online] Available from: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/worlduniversity-rankings/2016/reputation-ranking#!/page/0/length/25/sort_by/ rank_label/sort_order/asc/cols/rank_only.
The Academic Library in 2020 Bruce E. Massis Columbus State Community College, Ohio, USA
If, in fact, one of America’s most respected institutions is its higher education system (8 of the top 10 highest ranked universities are located in the United States – the other 2 in the UK according to The Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings (2016)), the academic library, positioned on each of these campuses, must also meet or exceed a similar level of quality, even as continuous evolutionary change will undoubtedly impact the higher education environment into the future. There are significant models, many already in place, where academic libraries seek to reinvent themselves to survive and thrive into the next decade and to remain well positioned as an essential campus service ensuring that the library is ‘…not just a social safety net; it’s an essential piece of education in any community’ (Takeaway, 2010). This statement is as accurate when discussing academic libraries as it is when referring to the public library. The academic community is certainly no less of a community to its students, faculty, staff and administrators than the public library is to its local community. Similarly, it serves as an oasis of intellectual discourse and a social centre for its community that needs to offer a multitude of programmes and services into 2020 and beyond. Not all academic libraries enjoy the same freedom for experimentation, trial and error, or research and development that either 4-year research universities or organisations in the private sector do, so it is incumbent upon library planners to ensure future sustainability of their libraries where they can maintain a mix of traditional and progressive thinking to best serve students. There are, then, a number of examples of existing models of academic libraries that, while still evolving, often with limited resources, have already been building for some time those foundations of service and structure that will maintain and sustain our academic libraries into the year 2020.
The End of Wisdom? ISBN 978-0-08-100142-4 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-100142-4.00010-5
Copyright © 2017 B.E. Massis. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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THE JOINT-USE MODEL With all of the discussion these days regarding the future of the academic library, futurists and pundits are going so far as to suggest that libraries must go even further than they currently do to prove their worth and benefits to boards, funders, legislators, students, parents and the public itself. ‘Colleges are relying more and more on tuition, and the more they rely on tuition, the more they’re going to have to have programs that lead somewhere…All of that is driving more customer-responsiveness...Colleges have to act more like competitive institutions’ (Marcus, 2014). One way to accomplish such alignment on a college campus is for the academic library to engage in a public/public or public/private library partnership.This model of library service can be viewed as a visible symbol of the potential of future sustained growth for the academic library. One successful example of this partnership model may be found on the campus of Nova Southeastern University (NSU) in Southeast Florida, a partnership between NSU and Broward County Public Library, providing a standard of excellence in academic library planning and partnership that may, indeed, serve as a model for the academic library in 2020. ‘Through a unique agreement with Broward County, NSU’s Alvin Sherman Library, Research, and Information Technology Center serves the residents of Broward County as well as the University’s students, faculty, and staff members. This means the community at large can enjoy the resources and services this spectacular venue has to offer…the 325,000-square-foot Alvin Sherman Library is one of the largest library buildings in the state of Florida and offers full collections of research materials, specialised databases, popular fiction and nonfiction books, magazines and journals, CDs, and DVDs’ (Community, 2014). There are, of course, other joint-use facilities that have been established throughout the United States and many more across Australia and other nations. ‘When Tidewater Community College (in Virginia) and the City of Virginia Beach discovered that they were about to build libraries across the street from each other, they combined forces to build a joint academic and public library’ (Morehart, 2014). As funding continues to be a challenge in the academic and public funding environments, and the cost of higher education has continued to boil on the front burner of concern to parents, legislators and educators alike, alternatives to the traditional library model in higher education will continue to emerge resulting in library partnerships of this kind.
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THE DIGITAL DELIVERY MODEL Through the ongoing digital transference from print to electronic resources at an ever rapid and expanding pace, it is clear that the electronic or digital delivery of academic library materials supporting the college curriculum will continue to gain greater traction. In a recent study conducted by the U.S. Department of Education, it has been determined that ‘well over half of new acquisitions at all academic libraries in the 2012 fiscal year were e-books. Community colleges added a higher share of e-books than fouryear institutions did. By the end of the fiscal year, more than a quarter of the overall materials at less-than-four-year institutions consisted of e-books’ (Percentage of E-Books at Academic Libraries, by Institution Type, FY, 2012, 2014). Several academic libraries have already entirely transitioned from print to digital delivery of what would historically be bookstore or library materials. One of the more prominent ones that could indeed serve as a model of library service for the future may be found at Lynn University located in Boca Raton, Florida. Starting in the fall of 2013, ‘an Apple iPad mini loaded with the ‘Dialogues of Learning core curriculum’ books, summer reader, iTunes U courses and other class materials and useful apps (were) provided to all incoming freshmen…’ (Lynn University launching one of higher education’s most extensive tablet-based learning programs, 2013). The national recognition of this program has encouraged other higher education institutions to investigate such service delivery mechanisms with selected commercial providers. As another example, Florida Polytechnic University (FPU), opened its doors to its first entering freshman class in 2012 with a library that, is predominantly digital (electronic access to 135,000 licenced e-books and more than 65 databases). Since ‘the steady shift from print to digital formats is well underway, (and) legacy print collections mean that fully bookless libraries are still so rare as to be mostly a novelty’ (Riley, 2014), FPU also provides students with partner rights to use to the print collection of a nearby college as well. There are certainly budgetary and access challenges that academic libraries must face in making the transition from print to digital, not the least of which is the retrieval of materials only in digital format under licences from the publishers that restrict use or that require separate fees for streaming and public performances of the material. The result of which might be that, ‘…streaming does not solve the licensing problem…It may provide students
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with an alternative avenue for accessing recordings not in a library’s collection, but it also eliminates the library as the steward of digital artifacts’ (Kolowich, 2014). However, as the percentage of students accessing academic library information more in a digital and less in a print format, it will behove academic library leaders to examine the library’s information delivery processes (and its associated costs) to determine whether or not such a shift can assist in carrying their library into the future. Alternately, recent data suggest that the entirety of a digital shift by libraries must still be approached with understanding usage and caution. In a recent study, it was reported that ‘92 percent preferred paper books instead of e-books’ (Derla, 2016). So, it is the wise library seeking a wholesale shift into a fully digital delivery system to tread warily, examining all of the potential successes and pitfalls prior to going forward.
THE SUBJECT-SPECIFIC ACADEMIC LIBRARY MODEL For many years, it has been incumbent upon well-funded four-year academic institutions to encourage the growth of subject-specific libraries on campus. From Agricultural Studies to Engineering, to Veterinary Medicine and numerous subjects in-between, on larger campuses, libraries have been established to ensure that students studying those pursuits can be best served, not only through the collections, but also by librarians who serve as subjectmatter specialists in those areas of study. One of the challenges as society churns toward 2020 is the need to provide specialised collections for areas that may not have even been yet developed for new courses. At present, in expanding academic areas of study such as Cybersecurity, Robotics, Gaming, Sustainability, Logistics, and of course, Medicine and Law, academic libraries have recognised the need to continue to build and maintain cutting-edge collections, often under severe budgetary constraints. As an example, with the explosive growth in our ageing populations, the Healthcare field, especially, is likely to precipitate even greater interest by students as we move toward 2020. ‘By 2020, national health spending is expected to reach $4.6 trillion and comprise 19.8 percent of GDP.The government-sponsored share of health spending is projected to increase from 45 percent in 2010 to about 50 percent by 2020…’ (National Health Expenditure Projections, 2010–2020, 2010). Therefore, college and university libraries must keep up with additions to the many subject areas within this field to support the curriculum, not only with standard print materials, but also with databases and numerous forms of digital material that will be developed for existing digital delivery platforms and
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for those, some of which have not yet been developed.The budget impact on these academic libraries will place a strain on staffing, thereby developing the need to create more digital access and distance librarian support.
ACADEMIC LIBRARY SPACE MODEL IN 2020 With spaces transformed by an improved technology infrastructure and fewer physical materials (shelving and print books), and, as technology costs lessen, greater numbers of students will undoubtedly visit the academic library with their own digital devices in hand. They will also arrive at the doors of the academic library with expectations that the library will provide maker spaces for 3D printing, a plethora of hand-held devices available for loan such as iPads, mobile hotspots, and a market basket of data sources well beyond a standard grouping of academic resources so that research and development in the academic arena can support data-driven decision-making for students preparing to enter the workplace. In a report published by the Association of College and Research Libraries, this will become particularly important and that its implications will result in the following: There will be a growing demand for library professionals with data curation, data mining, and analysis skills. Academic library administration should gauge the demand for research data services on their campuses and initiate programs offering these services to their communities. Academic library administration should consider the reallocation of resources and reorganization of staff in order to initiate research data services on their campuses. Academic library administration should promote professional development opportunities that encourage the development of data curation and data mining skills. ACRL (2013)
With that in mind, the building itself might well be reconfigured with more robust wireless access points and fewer standalone individual workstations.This space gain can be translated into rooms that currently house computer labs and made into destinations awash in comfortable and/or functional furniture, soft lighting, carpeting, soundproof glass walls, collaboration spaces, high-speed Internet with unconstrained broadband and shared storage so that virtual access may be accomplished with greater ease and efficiency.
CONCLUSION Predicting the future is always a rather dicey proposition. The safe bet is to look to the present to use as a foundation on which to base the future because it is what we know.There have been only so many basic variations on a theme
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when it is related to academic libraries regarding their mission, service and structure. Should this remain the case, then the future of the academic library will, undoubtedly, hinge on many of the successful models currently in place, with some slight variations. Given the nature of project management, where one must plan the plan prior to planning the project, there is usually a moment of recognition that quantum change tends to take time.The year 2020 is only a mere four years away, so basing the future model of the academic library expecting that such change will arise with the snap of a finger is quite unrealistic. However, once engaged in the planning, the library must move forward into the future, bringing with it all the change that is necessary to ensure its position as an essential academic resource on campus. In the words of Eastern Philosopher Alan Watts, ‘The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance’.
REFERENCES 2010 Librarian of the Year on the Library of the Future. (2011) The Takeaway. [Online] Available from: http://www.thetakeaway.org/2011/jun/15/community-center-andmulti-media-lab-library-future/. Community. (2014) Nova Southeastern University. [Online] Available from: http://www. nova.edu/community/libraries.html. Derla, K. (2016) More Than 90 Percent Of College Students Prefer Reading Paper Books Over E-Books. Tech Times. [Online] Available from: http://www.techtimes.com/articles/131055/20160205/more-than-90-percent-of-college-students-prefer-readingpaper-books-over-e-books.htm. Environmental Scan 2013 by the ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee. (2013) ACRL. [Online] Available from: http://www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ala.org.acrl/files/content/publications/whitepapers/EnvironmentalScan13.pdf. Kolowich, S. (2014) How Streaming Media Could Threaten the Mission of Libraries. The Chronicle of Higher Education. [Online] Available from: http://chronicle.com/blogs/ wiredcampus/. Lynn University launching one of higher education’s most extensive tablet-based learning programs 2013. [Online] Available from: http://www.lynn.edu/about-lynn/news-andevents/news/lynn-univer sity-launching-one-of-higher-education2019smost-extensive-tablet-based-learning-programs. Marcus, J. (2014) Community college district tries full slate of innovations, all at once. The Hechinger Report. PBS News Hour. [Online] Available from: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/community-college-district-tries-full-slate-innovations/. Morehart, P. (2014) Designs That Last. American Libraries. Sep/Oct 2014. p 39. National Health Expenditure Projections 2010-2020. (2010) [Online] Available from: http:// www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/ NationalHealthExpendData/downloads/proj2010.pdf. Percentage of E-Books at Academic Libraries, by Institution Type. FY 2012, 2014. [Online] Available from: http://chronicle.com/article/Percentage-of-E-Books-at/147835/.
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Riley, S. (2014) New Florida University Unveils Bookless Library. [Online] Available from: http://lj.librar yjour nal.com/2014/08/academic-librar ies/new-flor idapolytechnic-unveils-bookless-library/. The Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings 2016. 2016. The Times Higher Education. [Online] Available from: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/worlduniversity-rankings/2016/reputation-ranking#!/page/0/length/25/sort_by/ rank_label/sort_order/asc/cols/rank_only.