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Piece by Piece Review of Digitize-and-Lend Projects Through the Lens of Copyright and Fair Use [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Digitize-and-lend library projects can benefit societies in multiple ways, from providing information to people in remote areas, to reducing duplication of effort in digitization, to providing access to people with disabilities. Such projects contemplate
Wu, Michelle M
core   +3 more sources

How Chemistry Graduate Students and Researchers are Finding and Using Chemical Information: Findings from Interviews in a Chinese University.

open access: yesIssues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2017
Although scholarship has addressed issues around serving international students in U.S. and Canadian libraries, reports on how Chinese graduate students use information in Chinese universities, especially for a particular discipline, are rare.
Yuening Zhang
doaj   +1 more source

The impact of consortia purchasing of periodical publications on the document supply service [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Purpose – This paper aims to show the impact of consortia purchased periodical publications on document supply services. These services have undergone considerable changes over the last five years, first decreasing but now recovering.
Pacios Lozano, Ana Reyes   +1 more
core   +3 more sources

Continuing care in rural Alberta: A scoping review

open access: yesCanadian Geographer / Le géographe canadien, Volume 63, Issue 1, Page 159-170, Spring / printemps 2019., 2019
Abstract Across Canada the demand for continuing care services is increasing. However, little is known about the implications this has for rural communities. This scoping review identifies several key themes in the literature related to continuing care in Alberta. These include contextual factors, quality assurance and improvement, and workforce issues.
Julia Brassolotto   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Oral Health and Hygiene Content in Nursing Fundamentals Textbooks

open access: yesNursing Research and Practice, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012
The purpose of this paper is to describe the quantity and quality of oral hygiene content in a representative sample of before‐licensure nursing fundamentals textbooks. Seven textbooks were examined. Quantity was operationalized as the actual page count and percentage of content devoted to oral health and hygiene. Quality of content was operationalized
Rita A. Jablonski, Mary George
wiley   +1 more source

Oops! Is That Legal? Answering Copyright Questions

open access: yes, 2003
This article discusses basic copyright issues and resources in order to provide the tools librarians need to develop their own institutional copyright policies. The relevant laws are discussed including the legal rights given to copyright holders (§106),
Ruleman, Alice Baither
core   +1 more source

Green on What Side of the Fence? Librarian Perceptions of Accepted Author Manuscripts [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
INTRODUCTION There is a growing body of accepted author manuscripts (AAMs) in national, professional, and institutional repositories. This study seeks to explore librarian attitudes about AAMs and in what contexts they should be recommended.
Byrd, Sam   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

How copyright affects interlibrary loan and electronic resources in Canada

open access: yesInterlending & Document Supply, 2012
The purpose of this paper is to discuss how interlibrary loan practice and access to electronic resources in Canada are affected by copyright law, copyright collectives, and license agreements.
openaire   +2 more sources

Copyright, Fair Use and the Digital Age in Academic Libraries: A Review of the Literature [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Copyright law in the United States has gained a certain notoriety for its complexity and ambiguity, which has only been compounded by the evolution (or, some would say, revolution) of print resources to electronic resources.
McCormick, Amanda
core   +3 more sources

Searching for studies: A guide to information retrieval for Campbell systematic reviews

open access: yesCampbell Systematic Reviews, Volume 20, Issue 3, September 2024.
Abstract This guide outlines general issues in searching for studies; describes the main sources of potential studies; and discusses how to plan the search process, design, and carry out search strategies, manage references found during the search process and document and report the search process.
Heather MacDonald   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

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