... resource by academic subject librarians, who view them as having varying value to their clients. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 New Zealand University libraries Librarians Institutional repositories Information management Academic libraries Information resources Subject...

...Magdalini Vasileiou; Richard Hartley; Jennifer Rowley Purpose E‐books are an important and growing type of digital resource. Academic libraries have traditionally had a major role in selecting books and making them available to learners, scholars, and researchers. Therefore the processes...

... that Minčić‐Obradović has identified as being of importance to academic libraries. Overall, this is an excellent exploration of the current state of e‐books in academic libraries. It addresses issues that are timely and of interest to all libraries that have begun to include e‐books in their collections...

...Surithong Srisa‐ard Edited by Margaret   Oldroyd . Developing Academic Library Staff for Future Success . London : Facet Publishing   2004 . 208 pp. , ISBN: 1856044785   £39.95 hard cover © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 --> Academic libraries Library...

... to manage outsourcing, and also to LIS lecturers who are teaching management or electronic publishing. David   Ball . Managing Suppliers and Partners for the Academic Library . London : Facet Publishing   2005 . 192 pp. , ISBN: 1856045471   £39.95 hard cover © Emerald Group...

... in 127 academic libraries in the UK. Many academic libraries are providing access to e‐book resources that are free‐of‐charge, and those libraries offering e‐book subscriptions are using the World Wide Web for their platform. There are similar issues in the take‐up of e‐books to those regarding the take...

... --> Academic libraries Library services Change management Digital libraries What has changed or is changing for academic libraries, and is there a role for them in the digital age? This report sets out to answer these questions by looking at the impact caused by the democratisation of technology...

...Hans E. Roosendaal; Theo W.C. Huibers; Peter A.Th. M. Geurts; Paul E. van der Vet The economic impact of information and communication technology (ICT) on the academic library and on the academic institution are discussed in terms of changes in the value chain of scientific information induced...

...Aimee Fifarek Adoption of technology in academic libraries sets up circumstances for collection of personal patron information and records of patron information seeking behaviour not possible in the pre‐digital library. Even if collected unintentionally, this information may then be seized by law...

... about the Internet, misuse of Web sites, information inauthenticity, censorship, copyright, insufficient high quality terminals, and language problems are, inter alia, prime reasons limiting the optimal use of the Internet. Internet User studies Perception Academic libraries Jordan...

... ETD also revealed a similar pattern (UT‐ETD, 2000), that is, the number of accesses decreases when universities are not in session (Phanouriou et al., 1999). This pattern shows a strong academic orientation of ETD user groups. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Internet Academic libraries...

...Jeremy Hodes Neil   Jacobs et al. . Planning Document Access: Options and Opportunities . London : Bowker Saur   2000 . 272 pp. , ISBN: 1‐85739‐2698   £40 (hard) Document supply Electronic publishing Academic libraries This monograph is based...

... investigates the effect of the Internet on reference services in Malaysian academic libraries. The objective of the study was to find out how the integration of the Internet has affected reference professionals and services. The study also investigated respondents’ perceptions of the importance of the Internet...

... contributors can request registration with the project to access the database via the Internet and create and edit records. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Academic libraries Internet Information retrieval Collection development Science The State and University Library (SUB) in Göttingen...

... that because of the late adoption by JANET of Internet protocols, and consequently of direct connection to the Internet, there was some ground to be made up. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Information retrieval Internet Cataloguing Research Academic libraries United Kingdom This special...