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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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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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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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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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The strategic evaluation of academic libraries
Library Hi Tech, 2007PurposeThe purpose of this study is to analyse the network strategies of academic libraries and presents an approach to the evaluation of strategic plans and their implementation.Design/methodology/approachThe balanced scorecard approach is used as a framework for organisations to communicate and implement their strategic plans.FindingsIt is shown in ...
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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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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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The Academic Library Online: Is the Future of Academic Libraries a Virtual Reality?
Technical Services Quarterly, 2012Can academic libraries be a place of learning without any physical materials? Gone are the paper journals and book of old, replaced with study carrels, meeting rooms, and wireless access to a vast collection of knowledge residing in expensive databases and online resources. Is it possible to go paperless in a library? Is this happening today? Should it?
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Marketing Academic Digital Library
2004Academic digital library should consider applying modern marketing theory as the significant change in resource form and service means in recent years. Marketing in academic digital library can be regarded as a process of understanding, stimulating and meeting the needs of its users.
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