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Inclusive education: co-creating a reading list diversity toolkit with student input

open access: yesInsights: 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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Activity-Based Costing (ABC) and Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing (TDABC): Applicable Methods for University Libraries?

open access: yesEvidence 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
doaj   +1 more source

Evolving academic library specialties [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2013
The purpose of this review is to examine the shaping of librarianship in the academic context through the literature of career specialties, with Abbott's (1988) system of professions providing an analytic framework. The specialties investigated are systems librarian, electronic resource librarian, digital librarian, institutional repository manager ...
Cox, AM, Corrall, S
openaire   +2 more sources

Why we need to find time for digital humanities: presenting a new partnership model at the University of Sussex

open access: yesInsights: 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
doaj   +1 more source

How Can We Equip Academic Libraries with IoT Technologies: Practical Guidelines [PDF]

open access: yesInternational 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
doaj   +1 more source

Are there common academic library customer values? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
: Purpose – This paper endeavours to provide answers to the following questions: Is there a correlation between what library customers value and the questions asked in benchmarking satisfaction surveys?
McKnight, S
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Investigating the viewpoints of central libraries'''' managers of governmental universities about users'''' access to dissertations [PDF]

open access: yesتحقیقات 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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The Data Librarian’s Handbook

open access: yesJournal of the Medical Library Association, 2019
In The Data Librarian’s Handbook, authors Robin Rice and John Southall have used their thirty years’ combined experience as data librarians to create a well-organized guide that instructs readers on key data management concepts and provides practical ...
Kathryn Vela
doaj   +1 more source

Digital reference services : a snapshot of the current practices in scottish libraries [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Discusses the current practices followed by some major libraries in Scotland for providing digital reference services(DRS). Refers to the DRSs provided by three academic libraries, namely Glasgow University Library, the University of Strathclyde Library,
Chowdhury, G., Margariti, S.
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