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CAPAL: The Formation of a Professional Organization for Canadian Academic Librarians

open access: yesPartnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research, 2013
This article reviews the origins and formation of the Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians (CAPAL) in 2012, outlines the foundational steps taken to form a national association for academic librarians in 2013, and charts the future ...
Steering Committee, Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians
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Free culture from the mud (flood in Romagna, 2023): libraries to be saved

open access: yesBibliothecae.it, 2023
Il presente articolo vuole offrire una panoramica di quanto accaduto a seguito dell’alluvione della Romagna del 2023 in quattro biblioteche (Trisi di Lugo, Manfrediana di Faenza, Borghi di Castel Bolognese e del Seminario di Forlì). Esso si concentra sul
Elisabetta Capobianco   +6 more
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Tagungen für Lehrer und Bibliothekare „Licencja na czytanie” [Lizenz für Lesen] in der Pädagogischen Elżbieta-Zawacka-Bibliothek in Toruń

open access: yesFolia Toruniensia, 2018
Seit 2016 finden in der Pädagogischen Bibliothek in Toruń Tagungen aus der Reihe „Lizenz für Lesen“, die an die Bibliothekare und Lehrer, welche an der Leserbildung, der Popularisierung des Lesens und der Verlagsfragen interessiert sind, gerichtet werden.
Anna Broda
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Why Your Academic Library Needs a Popular Reading Collection Now More Than Ever [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Do popular reading materials belong in college and university libraries? Although some librarians think not, others believe there are compelling reasons for including them. The trend towards user-focused libraries, the importance of attracting patrons to
Dewan, Pauline
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Return on investment (ROI) in subscription databases by Nigerian academic libraries: a survey

open access: yesFolia Toruniensia, 2021
Aim: There seems to be a dearth of literature on how much Nigerian university libraries are spending on the acquisition of Online Electronic Database (OED).
Adekunle Emmanuel Oyadeyi   +3 more
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Continuing education for systematic reviews: a prospective longitudinal assessment of a workshop for librarians

open access: yesJournal of the Medical Library Association, 2020
Objective: This prospective, longitudinal study explored the impact of a continuing education class on librarians’ knowledge levels about and professional involvement with systematic reviews.
Barbara L. Folb   +7 more
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Law Libraries and Laboratories: The Legacies of Langdell and His Metaphor [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Law Librarians and others have often referred to Harvard Law School Dean C.C. Langdell’s statements that the law library is the lawyer’s laboratory.
A Bobrie   +24 more
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Librarian and LIS Faculty Participation in Self-Archiving Practice Needs Improvement

open access: yesEvidence Based Library and Information Practice, 2012
Objective – To compare librarian and LIS faculty open access (OA) self-archiving behavior. Design – Logistical Regression Analysis. Setting – Twenty top-ranked library and information science journals published in 2006.
Annie M. Hughes
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Can a librarian safeguard the reliability of the research?

open access: yesForum Bibliotek Medycznych, 2019
Contemporary science struggles with misconduct and unethical behavior of scientists. Craving for fame or other benefits that the publication in a prestigious scientific journal possibly entails, gives raise to various abuses.
Patrycja Kurowska
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The Y Factor

open access: yes, 2000
In my last column, I discussed the issue of faculty status, trying to analyze why librarians have failed to achieve their most desired target -- academic respectability. I concluded that faculty culture does not accept librarians as equals.
Doerksen, J. Ray
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