Emerging Technologies for Research and Learning: Interviews with Experts

Calvert, Scout; Kennedy, Mary Lee

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“…The project launched with a series of interviews in fall 2019, some of which informed Lippincott's report, and the rest of which were reported in Emerging Technologies for Research and Learning: Interviews with Experts. 2 That report supported a series of forecasting workshops with members of EDUCAUSE and the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) in spring 2020, as we braced ourselves in the first wave of the pandemic. Insights generated from these workshops were shared in Future Themes and Forecasts for Research Libraries and Emerging Technologies, 3 as participants described what they saw as drivers of technological adoption in the near term of one to three years.…”

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Crest or Trough? How Research Libraries Used Emerging Technologies to Survive the Pandemic, So Far

Calvert¹

2021

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The final deliverable of the ARL, CNI, and EDUCAUSE joint initiative to advance research libraries’ impact in a world shaped by emerging technologies, this report returns to 11 participants in interviews conducted for the initiative, to find out how their perspectives have changed in the year and a half since the initiative began, given the disruption to research and learning caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In these new conversations, the interviewees retain optimism for the same transformative technologies discussed in earlier interviews, but they observe that the intense activity of the pandemic months has been largely related to adoption and refinement of existing technologies rather than innovating truly novel technological solutions to research and learning challenges.

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Crest or Trough? How Research Libraries Used Emerging Technologies to Survive the Pandemic, So Far

Calvert¹

2021

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“…In the digital world, research data, both qualitative and quantitative, has become an essential commodity among researchers. Calvert and Kennedy (2020) reported that the collection, exchange, and preservation of data have become common practices among researchers. This has made libraries in the developed world take advantage of emerging technologies for data management and dissemination.…”

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“…The idea is to free researchers from data management tasks so that they can focus more on research. Calvert and Kennedy (2020) found that librarians, particularly in the United States, are making advances in research data management by leveraging emerging technologies. The application of emerging technology in data management offers several advantages, which include a reduction in the cost of data curation, providing opportunities for researchers to discover and access research data from local and global sources, and adding value to data through expert processing and organization, which means that researchers are provided with a body of related data relevant to a given study.…”

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“…As an innovation that has come to change the existing status quo, the successful adoption and application of emerging technologies in research support, even in developed countries, requires a holistic approach that must be driven by library management. According to Calvert and Kennedy (2020), academic library managers must secure the support of key decision-makers in their institutions in order to create an official policy that mandates and supports the use of technology. This is important because of all the infrastructure and logistics required for the effective use of technologies.…”

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Application of emerging technologies for research support in Nigerian academic libraries: Trends, problems and prospects

Adeyeye,

Oladokun

2023

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Academic libraries in the modern era are often asked to justify their existence in tertiary institutions by showing how the institution and society at large have benefited from the library services. One main area that librarians often point to is the research productivity of members of academic institutions. However, studies have shown that research productivity among Nigerian scholars is low, which means that academic libraries have to be more innovative in supporting researchers in their domains. Emerging technologies offer innovative ways of supporting research activities by providing tools and resources that streamline the research process and ensure proper visibility for research outputs of academic library clients. This article, which is based on a review of previous studies, explores various areas where academic libraries in Nigeria can apply emerging technologies, the likely challenges, and strategies that can be adopted to ensure sustainable use of emerging technologies in academic libraries. It has been found that emerging technologies can enhance existing library services and create new ones, such as data mining, data management, and scholarly communication, among others. However, although steps are being taken by academic librarians in Nigerian tertiary institutions to leverage technology in providing the needed support for researchers, the pace of technology adoption is still slow and the range of technologies being adopted is limited compared to available options. This state of affairs has been attributed to challenges such as lack of infrastructure, librarians’ skills, and a negative attitude towards change. The study recommends a multidimensional approach to the application of emerging technologies in Nigerian academic libraries

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Emerging Technologies for Research and Learning: Interviews with Experts

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Crest or Trough? How Research Libraries Used Emerging Technologies to Survive the Pandemic, So Far

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