This article was written by Kevin Kiley and was originally published at www.insidehighered.com on April 27, 2011.
 
While university libraries have taken on numerous functions over the years, such as serving as places for students to study, meet with others, and interact with technology, one component that has always been central to their mission has been housing books.
But plans at the University of Denver to permanently move four-fifths of the Penrose Library’s holdings to an off-campus storage facility and renovate the building into an “Academic Commons,” with more seating, group space, and technological capacity, could make the university a flashpoint in the debate about whether the traditional function of storing books needs to happen on campus.

This article was originally written by Steve Kolowich and published at www.insidehighered.com on April 4, 2011.
PHILADELPHIA -- Most college library directors would order print books removed from the library if there was a robust and trustworthy way to provide access to electronic versions, according to a new study released today by the nonprofit Ithaka S+R.

This article was written by Travis Kaya and originally published at http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Classroom-iPad-Programs-Get/27046/
A few weeks after a handful of colleges gave away iPads to determine the tablet's place in the classroom, students and faculty seem confident that the device has some future in academe.