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Digitized content in the UK research library and archives sector
Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2006A 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 ...
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Higher Education in Tafe: A New “Mixed Sector” Library Paradigm
Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2010Ten 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, 1996Statement 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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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
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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
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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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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, 2017Purpose 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, 1997A 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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Administering the library sector during the Great Patriotic War
Scientific and Technical LibrariesThe author examines the issues of administering the library sector on the territory of the Russian Federation during the Great Patriotic War (1941–1945) with the focus on the role of the People’s Education Commissariat (Narkompros) in reorganizing the sector of librarianship.
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Open Doors: library cross-sector co-operation in Bristol, UK
Interlending & Document Supply, 2015Purpose – 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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Ethical Recommenders in the Public Library Sector
Proceedings of the 2022 AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society, 2022openaire +1 more source