Ithaka’s research group studies how new technologies are affecting higher education and how colleges and universities can best manage these changes in four discrete program areas:

• Providing academia with the policy basis needed to transition effectively and responsibly away from print collections and towards increasingly electronic-only collections;
• Helping information-services organizations meet the needs of scholars by understanding their changing attitudes and practices;
• Improving the community’s understanding of how new information resources drive teaching and learning practices; and
• Analyzing strategies for the most effective possible dissemination of knowledge from colleges and universities to researchers, students, and other learners.

Following a presentation of current findings and trends in these four areas, this session will engage participants in a discussion of the key strategic questions facing their colleges. This is an opportunity not only to learn more about Ithaka’s research initiatives but also to help us meet some of the community’s research needs in the coming years.