The Oberlin Group

Barbara Fister, Gustavus Adolphus College, presented thekeynote at LOEX held in Nashville on May 3, 2013. In her talk Barbara challenged the audience to think of the big questions and then offered several "Outrageous Claims." Always thought provoking, Barbara has provided some valuable insights and outrageous claims that should get a lot of us thinking and talking. Barbara made the full text of her talk available. (May 9, 2013)

The Davidson College E. H. Little Library published the spring 2013 edition of its newsletter, Columns. 

Augustana College, Claremont Colleges, Grinnell College, and Rollins College were selected as members of the first cohort of 75 institutions selected for the ACRL program for Assessment in Action. (AiA) (April 12, 2013)

Megan Fitch, CIO, Beloit College, participated in an online panel discussion of BYOD. (April 5, 2013)

"We Love E-Books" by Carrie Ramp, Director of Library Services and Instructional Technology, Bucknell University, discusses the challenges academic libraries are having in developing e-book collections. Carrie provides a "wish list" as well as a statement on what academic librarians could be doing. (April 4, 2013)