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The future of academic libraries
Aslib Proceedings, 2001A review of the future of academic libraries that draws initially on a generic model to describe the components of all library systems. Touches upon some economic changes and looks for evidence in statistical trends derived from United Kingdom reportage. From this extrapolates scenarios relating to the function of libraries as a collection of resources,
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Is Your Academic Library Pinning? Academic Libraries and Pinterest
Journal of Web Librarianship, 2012Academic libraries are flocking to online social networking sites in an effort to meet users where they are. Pinterest is the latest of these rapidly growing online social networking tools. The author of this article reports results from a survey on academic libraries’ presence on Pinterest. The survey found most academic library pinboards are in their
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IFLA Journal, 2015
Networked access to full-text databases has disrupted both academic and corporate libraries from the research process. The for-profit environment, where libraries are less insulated by organizational prestige and historical tradition, has felt the impact of this more immediately.
James M. Matarazzo, Toby Pearlstein
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Networked access to full-text databases has disrupted both academic and corporate libraries from the research process. The for-profit environment, where libraries are less insulated by organizational prestige and historical tradition, has felt the impact of this more immediately.
James M. Matarazzo, Toby Pearlstein
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Library Review, 1985
For the Republic of Ireland, as for most European countries, the period since the Second World War has been one of growth and expansion in higher education. This has resulted partly from a growing population of young people and partly from the demand for trained manpower in response to increasing industrialisation and technological change.
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For the Republic of Ireland, as for most European countries, the period since the Second World War has been one of growth and expansion in higher education. This has resulted partly from a growing population of young people and partly from the demand for trained manpower in response to increasing industrialisation and technological change.
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Academic Libraries as Civic Agents
2023One practice ground for democracy often overlooked is the academic library. In fact, until recently, academic libraries were “conspicuous by their absence in the engaged university” (Westley, 2006, p. 200). Although academic libraries are well recognized for their role informing scholarship, promoting access to a diversity of ideas, and serving as ...
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The enduring purpose of academic libraries is widely understood to be information sharing for learning and research and knowledge creation. This entry provides a survey of the functions and operations of the academic library. It provides an overview of academic libraries and guide to professional associations.
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Material Acquisitions in Academic Libraries
2008 IEEE Asia-Pacific Services Computing Conference, 2008As the population of books and other materials increases explosively, an effective plan for material acquisitions becomes an emergent and significant need for most modern academic libraries. However, there are few researches on this topic in the past decades.
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Technology and privacy in the academic library
Online Information Review, 2002Adoption of technology in academic libraries sets up circumstances for collection of personal patron information and records of patron information seeking behaviour not possible in the pre‐digital library. Even if collected unintentionally, this information may then be seized by law enforcement officials for criminal investigations.
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Standards Collections for Academic Libraries
Science & Technology Libraries, 1990The need for standards in the academic library collection is explained and guidelines are given for the development of a standards collection. Methods and tools to identify and acquire standards are described along with resources to support standards education.
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Inhouse binding in academic libraries
Serials Review, 1989As the costs of periodical subscriptions and the concomitant costs to preserve these types of materials have escalated, librarians have been challenged to balance ever increasing needs for binding with demands for new acquisitions. Due to budgetary restrictions at the Eastern Michigan University Library, we have been forced to find more economical ...
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