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Represent: building diverse library collections in collaboration with library users
Insights: The UKSG Journal, 2021 The ‘Read at Leicester’ leisure reading collection was developed to encourage sustained reading for leisure amongst University of Leicester students. A key challenge in building this collection was not having any funds to develop it.
Heena Karavadra
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Insights: The UKSG Journal, 2018 In recent years open access (OA) publishing agreements have left a lasting impact on several aspects of the research life cycle, and on the manner in which institutions work with publishers and researchers to support the transition to OA.
Rita Pinhasi +3 more
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Inclusive education: co-creating a reading list diversity toolkit with student input
Insights: The UKSG Journal, 2023 This article introduces the initiative by library staff and students at the University of Leicester, co-ordinated between 2020 and 2022, that focused on creating a reading list toolkit to support academic staff in diversifying their module reading lists.
Heena Karavadra +2 more
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Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 2011 Objective – This article provides an overview of how university libraries research and adapt new cost accounting models, such as “activity-based costing” (ABC) and “time-driven activity-based costing” (TDABC), focusing on the strengths and weaknesses of ...
Kate-Riin Kont, Signe Jantson
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Evolution of an academic-public library parthership [PDF]
, 2016 A partnership to improve access to health information via an urban public library system was established in St. Louis, Missouri, in 2011. A multiyear project was outlined that included an information needs assessment, a training class for public library ...
Anwuri, Victoria V +13 more
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Insights: The UKSG Journal, 2017 Recognizing that academic libraries should develop and nurture strong, mutually beneficial relationships with researchers in digital humanities, the authors believe it is strategically important to invest time and resources exploring ideas and partnering
Jane Harvell, Joanna Ball
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How Can We Equip Academic Libraries with IoT Technologies: Practical Guidelines [PDF]
International Journal of Digital Content Management, 2021 Background: The advancement of information technologies has many effects on library services and collection management. Most of the librarians and library managers would like to work in libraries with a focus on modern devices and technologies.Purpose ...
Mahdi Mohammadi, Mehri Ezadi Yegane
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Investigating the viewpoints of central libraries'''' managers of governmental universities about users'''' access to dissertations [PDF]
تحقیقات کتابداری و اطلاعرسانی دانشگاهی, 2021 Objective: The purpose of the present study is to identify the viewpoints of central libraries'' managers of governmental universities which are supervised by two ministries of Science, Research and Technology and Health and Medical Education regarding ...
Katayoun Nasirinia +2 more
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Making Sense of Leased Popular Literature Collections [PDF]
, 2002 There is a well-publicized debate in the library field on whether or not it should be an academic library’s responsibility to collect and preserve popular culture materials. Budget constraints, space issues, and the “quality” of these materials, are all
Instituto agrícola Murciano de San Isidro +1 more
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