Screen LibraryThe academic research library in a decade of change /
Providing an overview and analysis of the issues and challenges affecting academic research libraries from the closing years of the 20th century onwards, this book focuses on this period of 'white water' change and presents the issues in their global context, with implications drawn for re...
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Chandos,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
| Publication Dates: | 2007. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Chandos information professional series
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| Online Access: |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781843342458 |
| Summary: |
Providing an overview and analysis of the issues and challenges affecting academic research libraries from the closing years of the 20th century onwards, this book focuses on this period of 'white water' change and presents the issues in their global context, with implications drawn for research libraries everywhere. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xii, 236 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781780630991 1780630999 |
| Index Number: | Z675 |
| CLC: | G258.6 |
| Contents: |
strategic issues : an overview -- Towards the academic digital library : the role of the Joint Information Systems Committee -- What users want -- Case study : modernising Oxford's libraries for the new millennium -- Innovation, cooperation, integration : the defining influence of the eLib programme -- Working together for strategic advantage : research library consortia in the digital age -- past, present and future of the book -- Case study : library fundraising in Oxford -- Scholarly communications and the research library in the digital world -- digital data deluge : the challenge of e-Science -- Overcoming transience : digital preservation for the long-term future -- Case study : the Bodleian Library from Gutenberg to Google. |