The Academic Research Library in A Decade of Change
( Chandos Information Professional Series )
Publication series ：Chandos Information Professional Series
Publisher： Elsevier Science
Publication year： 2007
E-ISBN: 9781780630991
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781843342465
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9781843342465
Subject： G25 Library Science
Keyword： 信息与知识传播
Language： ENG
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Description
This book starts from the premise that the last decade has brought more changes for the academic research library than any ever previously known. The book provides an authoritative overview and analysis of the issues and challenges affecting academic research libraries from the closing years of the 20th century onwards. While the focus on this period of white water change is primarily British, with a number of case studies based on the transformative initiatives of the UKs Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and its seminal Electronic Libraries Programme (eLib), as well as on the Bodleian Libraries far-reaching responses to the complex demands of the digital age, the issues themselves are presented in their global context, with implications drawn for research libraries everywhere.
- Written by one of the worlds leading academic research librarians
- Provides a comprehensive overview of the factors at work in an exceptionally significant and fast-moving decade of research library development
- Contains personal insights into many of the key library and information initiatives of recent years
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