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Collection Management Tools Documentation Portal Survey, 2016

, 2021
This survey was conducted to identify the needs of collection management tool users and Collection Management Tools Roundtable (CMTRT – now the Collection Management Section) members.
Collection Management Section
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Arranging the Pieces: A Survey of Library Practices Related to a Tabletop Game Collection

Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 2017
Objective – The purpose of this study is to explore collection development, cataloguing, processing, and circulation practices for tabletop game collections in libraries. This study used the term “tabletop games” to refer to the array of game styles that
Teresa Slobuski, Diane Robson, PJ Bentley   +2 more
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Challenges and Prospects for the Conservation of Crop Genetic Resources in Field Genebanks, in In Vitro Collections and/or in Liquid Nitrogen

Plants, 2020
The conservation of crop genetic resources, including their wild relatives, is of utmost importance for the future of mankind. Most crops produce orthodox seeds and can, therefore, be stored in seed genebanks. However, this is not an option for crops and
Bart Panis, Manuela Nagel, Ines Van den houwe   +2 more
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Modelling fuel consumption in kerbside source segregated food waste collection: separate collection and co-collection [PDF]

, 2014
Source separated food waste is a valuable feedstock for renewable energy production through anaerobic digestion, and a variety of collection schemes for this material have recently been introduced.
Gredmaier, L., Chu, T.W., Heaven, S.
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Use of ESBCO Discovery Tool at One University Reveals Increased Use of Electronic Collections but Decreased Use in Circulation of Print Collections

Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 2015
A Review of: Calvert, K. (2015). Maximizing academic library collections: Measuring changes in use patterns owing to EBSCO Discovery Service. College & Research Libraries, 76(1), 81-99. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/crl.76.1.81 Objective – To find
Aoife Lawton
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Comparative chemical investigations of alum treated archaeological wood from various museum collections

Heritage Science, 2021
From the mid-1800s to the late 1960s, conservation by alum salts (KAl(SO4)2·12H2O—potassium aluminium sulphate), using various recipes, was a common method to prevent shrinkage and to strengthen waterlogged archaeological wooden objects.
Jeannette Jacqueline Łucejko, Caitlin M. A. McQueen, Malin Sahlstedt, Francesca Modugno, Maria Perla Colombini, Susan Braovac   +5 more
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The economics of garbage collection [PDF]

, 2010
This paper argues that economic theory can improve our understanding of memory management. We introduce the allocation curve, as an analogue of the demand curve from microeconomics.
Brown, G., Singer, Jeremy, Lujan, M., Jones, Richard E., Brown, Gavin, Richard E. Jones, Mikel Luján, Luján, Mikel, Singer, J., Jones, R., Jeremy Singer, Gavin Brown   +11 more
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The demise of the Lutheran Theological Institute Library and Archives in retrospect: reflections of a Manuscript Librarian in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

Missionalia: Southern African Journal of Missiology, 2019
The closure of an information centre be it a library, archives or a museum should be cause of concern for the information professional considering the fact that information contained in there could be a risk especially when there is joint ownership which
Garaba, Francis
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Überlegungen für die Dekolonialisierung wissenschaftlicher Bibliotheken in Europa

Library Ideas, 2021
Zielsetzung – Der Artikel fasst die Argumentation meiner Dissertation zusammen. Darin wird untersucht, wie die Arbeit mit wissenschaftlichen Publikationen in Bibliotheken und bei Informationsdienstleistern daran mitwirkt, Beiträge zum Wissenschaftssystem
Nora Schmidt
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Policy and objectives of the New Zealand Arthropod Collection [PDF]

Research Ideas and Outcomes, 2021
The New Zealand Arthropod Collection (NZAC) is the world’s largest taxonomic collection of terrestrial invertebrates from New Zealand. The NZAC policy is presented that defines the vision for the collection of being managed to the highest international ...
Darren Ward, Sarah Tassell
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