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The Changing Purposes of University Libraries
- Source :
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Higher Education Review . Sum 2013 45(3):69-80. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- This article explores recent developments in national policy for academic libraries. It considers the shift from traditional to managerial academic librarianship; the move to "social space" and multi-use systems; changes in the balance between meeting teaching and research needs and in public funding priorities; the difficulty of making decisions about moving to electronic resources and saving space in holdings of paper copies; the consequences of the policies of "deduplication" and disposal of "surplus" copies; "aggregation" of library with other functions; the impact of the Open Access policy.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0018-1609
- Volume :
- 45
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Higher Education Review
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ1132872
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Descriptive