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The long-held view that bigger collections equal better libraries has distorted law library practices. Rather than striving for comprehensiveness, law libraries should "rightsize" collections by removing unneeded materials. Ongoing assessment and planning will ensure that collections align with evolving institutional missions. Thoughtful rightsizing can improve accessibility and demonstrate law library value. This article urges libraries to abandon notions of "complete" collections and embrace mission-based, quality-focused curation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article reviews how the rise of licensing digital materials destroyed the protection libraries receive from the First Sale Doctrine and endangers library collections of the future. It describes the various government attempts to regulate the library e-book industry, including Maryland's statute and the accompanying legal battle in AAP v. Frosh. This article makes suggestions for lawmakers and library advocates regarding legislative action, attorney general lawsuits, and improved library advocacy training to protect future robust library collections and publishers' rights. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article explores the experiences and beliefs of collegiate piano majors in learning and teaching piano literature by diverse composers. The study reveals that the traditional focus on works by white, male composers in classical piano education excludes diverse composers. The survey data collected from 180 respondents shows that while piano majors have some exposure to repertoire by diverse composers, there is a lack of consistency in curricula regarding their inclusion. The study emphasizes the need for adjustments in curricula to integrate works by diverse composers more regularly and provides suggestions for promoting inclusion in piano education. [Extracted from the article]

Grant programs that foster the use of open educational resources (OER) significantly reduce undergraduate student spending on textbooks per semester. The Zero-Cost Course Materials (ZCCM) grant program at the University of California, Merced (UC Merced), eliminated text costs and ensured access to course materials by replacing required commercial materials with OER and library licensed e-resources. The present study applies the COUP framework (cost, outcomes, usage, and perceptions) to evaluate the ZCCM program. The ZCCM program resulted in student cost savings and did not negatively impact student outcomes. Students in ZCCM courses demonstrated higher rates of course completion than students enrolled in previous sections. For the outcomes of final course grade, passing with a C- or better, and number of credit hours enrolled in, findings were comparable between the cohorts. Student usage and perception of course materials were gathered using a survey. Though students reported favorable views of zero-cost materials, they reported using them less frequently than commercial texts. This research contributes to a growing body of literature that confirms beneficial cost savings for students using zero-cost materials without jeopardizing students' success. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article presents the two-year research project "Initial check Nazi-looted materials in public libraries" / „Erstcheck NS-Raubgut für Öffentliche Bibliotheken", which aims to examine and assess the old collections of participating public libraries from eight German states regarding Nazi-looted materials. The findings obtained during the first year of work on the research project will be outlined. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents the discussion on students started remote learning in the spring of 2020, new developments in digital teaching techniques entered homes and apartments across the US. Topics include shattered as public school library collections become powerful political symbols in communities across the country; and courts should consider banned-book cases through a First Amendment free speech framework rather than a parental rights framework.

Preserving a nation's traditional and cultural heritage is imperative to transcending generations. Manuscripts and rare collections serve as invaluable windows into the past, allowing us to connect with our ancestors, understand our roots, and appreciate the rich tapestry of our cultural diversity. In this ever-changing world, exploring innovative approaches to conserve, digitize, and promote access to these treasures for the benefit of present and future generations is crucial. Libraries must preserve these rare collections, which are essential for future generations. This paper mainly focuses on the important deterioration factors for paper objects and book materials. It provides various methods, tools, and techniques for conserving manuscripts and rare collections in libraries. In conclusion, this study recommends the essential skills and competencies that Library and Information Science (LIS) professionals should possess. These competencies are vital for preserving and restoring manuscripts and rare materials, ensuring their usability for future generations, thus contributing to preserving a nation's cultural heritage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article informs that In the heart of the historic center of Turin, among the streets of a neighborhood once home to princes, ambassadors, and notables, one of Italy's longest-running libraries is preserved, composed of around 15,000 volumes dated from 1537 to 1984. It mentions history of this important library collection is closely linked to that of the ancient Senate of Piedmont, which for centuries represented one of the highest magistracies in the Savoy domains.

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An interview is presented with associate director for Special Collections at Georgia College & State University, Nancy Davis Bray. She discusses her background, archival work, and her interest in History and Psychology. She talks about the challenges you have faced regarding the preservation of documents or items, special collections, and reverence implicit in dealing with items directly from the hands of significant public figures.

The theoretical foundations of the National Socialist public library system had already begun to be laid in 1932: in the spirit of Hitlerist ideals, the library was not given a role in the enrichment of culture. The main aim is education, the forging of national unity. In library networks, the ‘Führer Principle’ replaces collegial relations. After the abolition of provincial differences (Gleichschaltung everywhere), a unified national management system begins to consolidate libraries. Those who were ‘unsuitable’ for political or racial reasons were summarily removed, and the stock was purged by means of recurrent blacklisting. Then comes network development (nearly 7,000 libraries, mainly in villages, were created or renovated within the period of 1933–1939), national standardisation and the introduction of the open shelf. War changed everything from book publishing to weekdays of libraries. The most important thing became to provide readings to an army of around ten million people. Meanwhile the German army, led by SS troops, carried out large-scale operations to destroy cultural goods, including libraries, especially in Soviet territories. The bombing of the Allied powers, on the other hand, despite all the precautions, caused enormous damage to the material in the city library collections. Therefore, the ‘total war’ became the greatest disaster in German history [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This Article analyzes the role of copyright doctrine and case law in preserving the institutional function of libraries--both on- and offline--as trusted and, in principle, neutral hubs equalizing access to credible information and knowledge in societies with structural inequalities. In doing so it examines the ongoing Hachette v. Internet Archive litigation before the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York in the context of earlier copyright cases, finding that there is a persistent need for electronic access to library material online. Libraries have traditionally served an important role as reserved spaces for legally permissible distribution of books outside of markets. Copyright law, however, has the potential to hinder the fuction of libraries and other cultural heritage institutions particularly in equalizing access to knowledge. While there exist some exceptions and limitations that partially alleviate this, their applicability in the digital environment is still contested. Two novel challenges are interfering: first, an unmet and contentious need for emergency access to electronic library material to be granted online, and second, the need to counteract historical biases and misinformation, both of which multiply when spread within a hyperconnected and digitized society. In order to ensure electronic access to credible information and knowledge, policymakers must address these challenges strategically and reassess the needs of subjects and institutions that are currently subject to copyright exceptions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This study examined undergraduates' use of smartphones for accessing library materials and services in selected academic libraries in South West Nigeria. A survey approach was adopted that focused on undergraduate students as the target population. Four research questions were developed and answered. The findings revealed that an Android phone is the type of smartphone used by undergraduate students for accessing materials and services. Visual materials, reference materials, databases, maps, and atlases are the basic categories of library materials undergraduates access through smartphones. Reference service is the most accessible service by undergraduate students through their smartphones followed by circulation service and the online public access catalogue. Use of smartphones to access library materials enables quick access to information, offers solutions to problems, and enables immediate and timely submission of assignments. Undergraduates prefer using a smartphone for accessing library materials and services because it saves time compared to visiting the library and is stress-free and allows quick access to materials and services. The findings also demonstrated that gender, age, and year/level of study significantly influence the use of smartphones for accessing library materials and services by undergraduate students. The problems associated with accessing library materials and services through smartphones are expensive phone subscriptions, network and internet access issues, the high cost of smartphones, and phones distract students from working. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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To respond to the need of suitable materials for students of Library Science Department of Universitas Negeri Malang, this R&D project was designed to produce audio speaking materials using CLIL approach for blended learning. The method of development covered three main stages: exploring (identification and exploration of needs), developing (pedagogical realization of the product), and validating using peer review, practitioners' validation, media expert validation, and try out. Three innovations were produced in this study: (1) Competence- CLIL-Based Speaking Syllabus completed with a speaking assessment instrument covering a speaking prompt and a scoring rubric, (2) audio materials accessible through Edmodo, (3) and a module for Speaking activities. The results show that the materials are suitable for the students' communicative needs, interesting and meaningful for them. They also make learners motivated to learn. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Der Beitrag analysiert die konkreten Auswirkungen von Entnazifizierung, Umverteilung von Bibliotheksgut, Bezugsmöglichkeiten im Antiquariatsbuchhandel und Angeboten der Buchreproduktion in Fotografie und Mikroformen auf die Bestandsgeschichte einer Spezialbibliothek vor dem Hintergrund des Umbruchs der Bibliothekslandschaft in der Sowjetischen Besatzungszone und der frühen DDR. Our contribution analyses the practical effects of denazification, redistribution of library assets and materials, purchase options in the antiquarian book trade sector and library services such as the reproduction of books in photographic and microfiche forms, as mirrored in the history of a specialised library against the backdrop of radical changes in the library landscape of the Soviet Occupation Zone and during the early days of the German Democratic Republic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The paper aims to clarify preservation and restoration as steps to ensure reuse of library resources in their original format for as long as possible. To this end, the causes of the deterioration of library materials such as poor paper quality, inadequate storage, rough handling, pests and knowledge of the incidence of a disaster, electronic means of preservation, challenges and strategies for preserving digital materials have been investigated and recommended, inter alia, that federal, state, local, private and multinational companies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article re-evaluates the editions of the Rerum vulgarium fragmenta and Triumphi printed between 1470–1500, re-reading not only the book-objects themselves, but also the two fundamental bibliographical articles on the incunable Petrarch written by Ernest Hatch Wilkins, which have shaped the field for the past eighty years. I argue that we should approach this corpus via book-historical, material-textual approaches, viewing the editions as individual, localised textual productions, and as social texts, rather than considering them simply in terms of their genealogical interrelations and from the particular perspectives of Petrarch studies. A re-examination gives a much more complex and varied picture of the material incunable Petrarch than previously noted, while an exploration of the bibliographical studies demonstrates the necessity of enlarging our study to read these, too, as discursive texts in their own right, and thereby taking account of the scholarly contributions of other, hitherto less-recognised figures such as librarians to the construction of meanings around the early printed book. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The author reflects on the challenge of following in the footsteps of Ada Long, whose introductions to the journals were renowned for their insight and elegance. Topics include the author's decision to honor Ada Long's legacy without attempting to match her exceptional style, reflections on Ada's impact on the journals, and the contributions of other members in celebrating her memory.

The digitization programme of the Library and Information Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS) is based on the strategy for 2014-2018 approved by the Board of HAS. The aim of the programme is to digitize, as comprehensively as possible, the journals and books related to HAS, i.e. published by HAS, by Akadémiai Kiadó, with support from HAS, or by HAS institutions. As the relevant material is of enormous quantity, a selection had to be made: the programme therefore focused on journals, since they were easier to collect and there were fewer obstacles to digitizing and publishing them). In some cases, however, the project drew on a wider range of sources (digitizing non-HAS journals published by other scientific societies, and even some journals from the Reform Era from the collections of the Library, the latter being not research journals but important sources for researchers). In regards to books, the programme dealt primarily with volumes published before World War I. The digitization of materials on microfilm also started, concerning currently only a very small part of the collection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Automatic subject prediction is a desirable feature for modern digital library systems, as manual indexing can no longer cope with the rapid growth of digital collections. It is also desirable to be able to identify a small set of entities (e.g., authors, citations, bibliographic records) which are most relevant to a query. This gets more difficult when the amount of data increases dramatically. Data sparsity and model scalability are the major challenges to solving this type of extreme multi-label classification problem automatically. In this paper, we propose to address this problem in two steps: we first embed different types of entities into the same semantic space, where similarity could be computed easily; second, we propose a novel non-parametric method to identify the most relevant entities in addition to direct semantic similarities. We show how effectively this approach predicts even very specialised subjects, which are associated with few documents in the training set and are more problematic for a classifier. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The use of advanced IT applications has enabled the university libraries to provide innovative library services to their patrons. While the general students are getting all required services from the libraries, the students with visual impairment have continued to face challenges in accessing the library collection. The technology to help overcome these challenges is available today in the form of assistive technology (AT). Unfortunately, a majority of the university libraries in the country do not have this technology in their libraries due to which a huge amount of information stored in the books and journals subscribed by them has become out of reach of the students with visual impairment. The present study was conducted to ascertain the status of AT to support students with visual impairment in university libraries. The study which has covered around 185 universities, provides the first systematic exploration of the status of AT in university libraries in India. The major findings of the study in context of university libraries in India are: 12.97 per cent having Braille Books in their collection; 22.70 per cent have made provision for AT for students with visual impairment; 22.70 per cent have accessible library websites; 21.08 per cent have designated staff members to serve the students with disabilities; 22.70 per cent have 'written disability policy or 'documented minutes' related to the 'library services for the students with disabilities'. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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