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Application of Cloud Computing in Library Information Service Sector

2014
Cloud computing is a process that provides services on virtual machines. Through the Cloud the information can be stored permanently on the Cloud servers which can be accessed by the Internet. The main aim of Cloud computing is to bring scalability in the system, due to which CPU and memory will be fully utilized.
Ajay Rawat, Praveen Kapoor, Rama Sushil
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Marketing a public sector business library: developing a strategy

Journal of librarianship, 1988
A model is described for the development of a marketing strategy in a public sector business library. A stage-by-stage analysis of the model is given, with reference to the strategy of Manchester Commercial Library, and with examples of how the strategy has been applied in practice.
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Digitized content in the UK research library and archives sector

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2006
A study of the current provision of digitized collections for researchers in the UK higher education sector was carried out through desk research, a Web-based questionnaire of research libraries and interviews. The study identified a great deal of digitized material in the sector and there has been considerable expenditure of UK public funds in the ...
Barbara Bültmann, Rachel Hardy, Adrienne Muir, Clara Wictor   +3 more
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Higher Education in Tafe: A New “Mixed Sector” Library Paradigm

Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2010
Ten Australian TAFE institutions are currently able to offer higher education degree qualifications - diplomas, advanced diplomas and degrees, catering to 2,000 students. Although this number of students is small, it continues to expand in alignment with the federal government’s strategy to reach its target of 40% of young adult Australians having ...
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Legal issues of concern to the library and information sector*

Journal of Information Science, 1996
Statement prepared by the Library Association/Joint Consultative Committee Working Party on Copyright which represent the members of the following organisations: ASLIB, the Institute of Information Scientists, the Library Association, SCONUL and the Society of Archivists.
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Uses and users of public sector business libraries: a study based on Birmingham, Manchester and Nottingham libraries

Journal of librarianship, 1987
Some 564 interviews with users of business libraries were carried out in the central public libraries of Birmingham, Manchester and Nottingham during the period July-October 1986. In addition, during the same period, 1277 telephone calls were monitored. General characteristics of business library use are depicted in terms of work-related and personal
N. Roberts, D. Clarke, D. Craghill, D. White   +3 more
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Using Stories to Manage Libraries: Adapting the Springboard Story from the Private Sector for Managing Library Services

Technical Services Quarterly, 2007
ABSTRACT Storytelling has been recognized as powerful for the classroom and for library programs promoting reading, but in recent years, advocates promoting storytelling for the management of organizations have also become active, especially in the private sector. Librarians can benefit from the use of storytelling in managing organizations.
John B. Harer, Larry Nash White
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Virtual and augmented reality in libraries and the education sector

Library Hi Tech News, 2017
Purpose Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) are technologies gaining more ground, and their uses in libraries and for educational purposes are expanding. Design/methodology/approach Ethical and legal issues in the use of VR and AR are bound to arise in future if the technology is used for less-than-laudable functions.
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X-Inefficiency in the Public Sector: the Case of Libraries

Public Finance Review, 1997
A short-run total cost function is fitted to 1992 data for 235 public libraries in New York state. The stochastic frontier model is employed, which decomposes the error term into a random variable for statistical noise and a residual component measur ing economic inefficiency. Mean X-inefficiency (cost inefficiency) is estimated to be 24%.
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Open Doors: library cross-sector co-operation in Bristol, UK

Interlending & Document Supply, 2015
Purpose – This paper outlines the aims, activities and outcomes of a project to pilot a reciprocal borrowing scheme between public and academic libraries using existing cards, i.e.
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