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The Faculty Resource Network of New York University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As a scholar engaged in legal research, the law library of New York University School of Law, ranked in the top ten of law schools, affords one bountiful offerings of legal research tools such as HeinOnline, Lexis Plus, VitalLaw, Law Journal Library and Proquest that are not available at primarily undergraduate institutions such as my own.

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A legal blow to Internet Archive, controlled digital lending

Inside Higher Ed

” Controlled Digital Lending at the Internet Archive The Internet Archive began digitizing print books for online lending in 2005 and scans 4,300 books per day in 18 locations around the world, according to its website. “It would be a book burning on an unprecedented scale.” Every day, it lends approximately 70,000 books.

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2022: Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2005, the publication broadened its focus, becoming Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. Ashby also oversees bwtech@UMBC Research and Technology Park, which bolsters economic development via government and industry partnerships, and promotes entrepreneurship, workforce training and technology commercialization programs.