{"id":48513,"date":"2014-08-15T07:15:52","date_gmt":"2014-08-15T12:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=48513"},"modified":"2014-08-14T21:33:52","modified_gmt":"2014-08-15T02:33:52","slug":"four-higher-education-blogs-that-you-should-be-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=48513","title":{"rendered":"4 Higher Education Blogs That You Should Be Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Rebekah Kati, Senior Assistant, INALJ North Carolina
\n<\/a>previously published 11\/19\/13<\/em><\/p>\n

4 Higher Education Blogs That You Should Be Reading<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"RebekahKati\"<\/a>I love to read blogs written by professionals and thinkers outside the library world in order to gain a different perspective of issues important to librarians and higher education in general. Below are four higher education blogs that you should read too!<\/p>\n

The Scholarly Kitchen<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scholarly publishing is a hot topic in the library world lately, especially after Open Access Week and the recent court ruling in the Google Books case. If you\u2019ve ever wondered what academic publishers think about these issues and others, check out the Scholarly Kitchen blog. Various \u201cchefs\u201d from university presses, journals, libraries and vendors share their often controversial opinions about the academic publishing landscape and engage in reasoned debate in the comments section. A recent thought-provoking piece is Not the Answer – An Academic Carefully Assesses the Arguments for Open-Access.<\/a><\/p>\n

Inside Higher Ed<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

A must-read for anyone in higher education, Inside Higher Ed reports on news and current events in all aspects of higher education. While the news section is certainly informative, I find their extensive blog network, BlogU, to be invaluable. Blog U bloggers address topics such as libraries, technology, careers and more. Barbara Fister\u2019s blog, Library Babel fish<\/a>, will be especially interesting to librarians. Job seekers and would-be administrators will enjoy Confessions of a Community College Dean, which I address below.<\/p>\n

Confessions of a Community College Dean<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Whenever I wonder about administrative decisions that have been made at my university, I turn to Matt Reed, AKA \u201cDear Dad\u201d, the author of Confessions of a Community College Dean. Reed is an administrator at Holyoke Community College<\/a> and his highly readable blog addresses important and current issues in higher education from the perspective of an administrator. Reed is refreshingly honest about the benefits and shortcomings of these issues. New readers will find the occasional \u201cAsk the Administrator\u201d feature to be especially interesting. Academic librarians may want to read the Why Searches Take So Long<\/a>\u00a0post for insight into hiring from the interviewer\u2019s perspective.<\/p>\n

Hack Education<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Tech journalist Audrey Watters blogs about educational technology and trends in her blog, Hack Education. Lately, many of her posts have centered on the effect of MOOCs on education and the various MOOC platforms. Also, she runs a weekly \u201cHack Education Weekly News\u201d post, which summarizes the latest educational technology news in an easy to digest format.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Rebekah Kati, Senior Assistant, INALJ North Carolina previously published 11\/19\/13 4 Higher Education Blogs That You Should Be Reading I love to read blogs written by professionals and thinkers outside the library world in order to gain a different perspective of issues important to librarians and higher education in general. Below are four higher…<\/p>\n

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