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Libraries as Facilitators of Digital Inclusion for Sustainable Development: The Nigerian Experience

open access: yesFolia Toruniensia, 2023
Background: Inclusive access and use of technology are germane to sustainable development as contained in the United Nations’ transformation agenda. As such, the need to bridge the digital gap through digital inclusion has become a critical goal for ...
Magnus Igbinovia   +1 more
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Sustainability in Danish Public Libraries [PDF]

open access: yesBibliothek Forschung und Praxis, 2021
Abstract The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals1 play a growing significance in the work of public libraries in Denmark. This article highlights national and local projects, points out learnings and discusses a framework for getting started working with the SDGs, including what skills library professionals need to achieve these
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Libraries as Drivers for Sustainable Development

open access: yesTECA, 2021
Writer Jonathan Franzen, as most scientists, explains how we are late in solving problems caused by climate change and still there are no signs of those social and economic actions necessary to stop the rush down a slope towards catastrophe.
Rossana Morriello
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The role of Arab libraries in achieving sustainable development goals: towards a guide for information institutions in line with international efforts

open access: yesCybrarians Journal, 2023
The study aims to develop a proposed vision for a guide to help libraries and information institutions participate in implementing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2030. The study consists of three main sections.
Mahmoud Khalifa
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Open Access eXchange (OAeX): an economic model and platform for fundraising open scholarship services [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
This article describes the Open Access eXchange (OAeX) project, a pragmatic and comprehensive economic model and fundraising platform for open scholarship initiatives.
Hyland, Jack   +2 more
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The Sustainable Library: A retrospective case study of a public library sharing initiative

open access: yesJournal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2023
Sharing initiatives, things collections or libraries of things have become developing features in public libraries within recent years. This article reports on a retrospective case study of The Sustainable Library, a now-concluded Danish sharing initiative from 2016 to 2022.
Mia Høj Mathiasson, Henrik Jochumsen
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Core Librarian Literacy of Smart Libraries and Its Training Path [PDF]

open access: yesNongye tushu qingbao xuebao, 2023
[Purpose/Significance] China has accelerated the construction of new infrastructure such as 5G networks and data centers, and included "smart library" in the 14th Five Year Plan and the Vision Outline for 2035, bringing significant development ...
XIAO Zheguang, ZHANG Lanlan, ZHANG Yi
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SEAD Virtual Archive: Building a Federation of Institutional Repositories for Long Term Data Preservation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Major research universities are grappling with their response to the deluge of scientific data emerging through research by their faculty. Many are looking to their libraries and the institutional repository as a solution.
Chandrasekar, Kavitha   +7 more
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Sustainable Digital Preservation Initiatives Benefit from Multi-Pronged Approach

open access: yesEvidence Based Library and Information Practice, 2021
A Review of: Masenya, T. M., & Ngulube, P. (2020). Factors that influence digital preservation sustainability in academic libraries in South Africa. South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science, 86(1), 52–63.
Jordan Patterson
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Sustainable libraries

open access: yes, 2015
Diese Studie untersucht das Bewusstsein für Nachhaltigkeit in Bibliotheken und vergleicht die Ergebnisse anderer Länder mit denen Finnlands. Die Studie wendet die Methode einer beschreibenden Untersuchung an, gestützt durch eine Umfrage. Die Untersuchung wurde während des IFLA World Library and Information Congress im August 2012 in Helsinki ...
Karioja, Elina, Niemitalo, Jorma
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