Copyright law is a critical issue for authors, librarians, publishers, and information vendors. It is also a complex area, with many shades of gray. Librarians continually need to …
This book explores ways in which libraries can reach new levels of service, quality, and efficiency while minimizing cost by collaborating in acquisitions. In consortial …
Libraries are experiencing major changes concerning the role of technical services. Technical services librarians also are being challenged about their relevance and role, …
It has become increasingly accepted that important digital data must be retained and shared in order to preserve and promote knowledge, advance research in and across all …
Laying the Foundation: Digital Humanities in Academic Libraries examines the library’s role in the development, implementation, and instruction of successful digital humanities …
Quickly following what many expected to be a wholesale revolution in library practices, institutional repositories encountered unforeseen problems and a surprising lack of impact. …
Provides readers with a view of the changing and emerging roles of electronic books in higher education. The three main sections contain contributions by experts in the …
Reference service, the idea that librarians provide direct assistance to users, has been a central function of libraries for over a century. Today’s libraries are even more complex …
