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Enhancing women's productivity in the library and information sector in Nigeria

The Electronic Library, 2005
Purpose Productivity in library and information entails efficient and timely information acquisition, processing, storage, retrieval and delivery. The purpose of this paper is to explore the reasons why the productivity of women in library and information should be enhanced; to describe problems which militate ...
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IssueLab

Proceedings of the 13th ACM/IEEE-CS joint conference on Digital libraries, 2013
In this paper, we describe IssueLab, a digital library and distribution network for social sector publications and resources.
Lisa Brooks, Gabriela Fitz
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Attitudes towards internationalisation in the library sector: the case of Danish librarians and library managers

New Library World, 2003
This paper contains an analysis of the international orientation among Danish librarians and directors. The empirical base for the paper is two comprehensive surveys of librarians and directors. Through cluster analysis, in total, four groups of librarians and directors are formed with a distinctly different international or non‐international ...
Niels O. Pors, Carl Gustav Johannsen
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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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Managing rapid change in the UK library sector

Management Development Review, 1995
Describes the changing role and function of libraries caused by cuts, new technology, etc. Discusses future directions and challenges, especially with regard to IT. Examines new initiatives for libraries, including training shopkeepers as librarians and having in‐store libraries. Uses the case of Brent Libraries as an example.
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Libraries find profitable partnerships in the commercial sector

New Library World, 1998
Details the partnership between the County Reference Library in Buckinghamshire, UK, and Dun & Bradstreet. It enables the library to provide better information services to its much more sophisticated public. The library is also providing services to local businesses, which generate revenue to fund much‐needed resources such as new books, CD‐ROMs ...
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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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LISLEX: Legal issues of concern to the library and information science sector

Journal of Information Science, 2002
L'article traite de la protection juridiques des droits de propriete intellectuelle dans l'environnement electronique. Dans un premier temps, l'A. decrit comment le Royaume-Uni va implementer la directive europeenne sur le droit d'auteur avec le Statutory Instrument (SI), courant 2002. La directive vise a harmoniser les lois parmi les Etats Membres, en
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Legal issues of concern to the library and information sector

Journal of Information Science, 1994
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LISLEX: Legal issues of concern to the library and information sector

Journal of Information Science, 2001
Laurence Bebbington, Charles Oppenheim
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