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PODCAST: Surveying the Landscape of Digital Collections
How is AI affecting the digital collections marketplace?
Posted on April 17, 2024 in Podcasts
Many academic libraries have started prioritizing their digital collections. While this has many benefits, it means that librarians have to keep an active eye on changes within the digital collections landscape. Choice recently spoke to Nathan Rupp, the acquisitions and e-resources librarian at Purdue University, on its award-winning The Authority File podcast. Rupp offers a wide-angle perspective of the current market and observes changes within content acquisition types. And yes, he also touches on AI.
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Enjoy the conversation? Listen to the rest of the series:
- Navigating Vendor Platforms and the E-Resources Ecosystem
- Evaluating Resource Licenses, Negotiations, and AI Clauses
- Digital Preservation and Whole Ebook Lending at Purdue
About the guest:
Nathan Rupp
Acquisitions & E-Resources Librarian
Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies
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