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The future of academic libraries

Aslib Proceedings, 2001
A 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, 2012
Academic 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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Academic libraries

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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Academic libraries

Library Review, 2000
Reviews current trends in academic, mainly university, libraries. Issues selected for discussion as demonstrating most significant and longer lasting change include lifelong learning, frontline services and their quality, electronic libraries, and coping with continuous change.
Steve Morgan, Jeremy Atkinson
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