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Libraries driving access to knowledge / edited by Jesús Lau, Anna María Tammaro and Theo Bothma.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: IFLA publications ; 151.Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Saur, [2012]Description: 1 online resource (402 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 3110263122
  • 9783110263121
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 021.2 23
LOC classification:
  • Z716.4 .L475 2012
Online resources:
Contents:
Libraries driving access to knowledge (A2K) / Ellen R. Tise -- Iceland goes digital : countrywide access to electronic resources / Ingibjörg Steinunn Sverrisdóttir and Þórdís T. Þórarinsdóttir -- "Access for all" and "politics of difference" : comparative case study of two European libraries / Rumyana Koycheva -- Using Web 2.0 to make libraries more user-oriented : outcomes from a case study at Loughborough University Library (UK) / Jenny Narborough, Ruth Stubbings, and Graham Walton -- OA to knowledge : perceptions of UWI researchers on the St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago / Marsha Winter and Stella Sandy -- Native language university digital textbook collection / Martin Hallik and Liisi Lembinen -- Balancing access to knowledge and respect for cultural knowledge : librarian advocacy with indigenous peoples' self-determination in access to knowledge / Loriene Roy, Kristen Hogan, and Spencer Lilley -- Access to knowledge as a social practice : information literacy education for MA students / Maria-Carme Torras i Calvo -- The discursive construction of the academic library as learning place in A2K / Catherine Closet-Crane -- A tale of two libraries : space and reading in Porto public libraries / Paula Sequeiros and Silvia Grünig -- University library premises : the evaluation of customer satisfaction and usage / Anne Lehto, Leena Toivonen, and Mirja Iivonen -- ILS vs. DBMS in Latin American Web OPACs : discriminant analysis applied to user interface / Elsa Barber, Silvia Pisano, Sandra Romagnoli, Verónica Parsiale, Gabriela de Pedro, Carolina Gregui, Nancy Blanco -- Open access and A2K : collaborative experiences in Latin America / Nancy Gómez and Paola C. Bongiovani -- The success story of a locally developed online video site : HKBUtube / Shun-han Rebekah Wong.
Summary: This book is a must for librarians with international interest in access to knowledge. It includes a collection of 15 chapters written by authors from all over the world and covers different approaches to the vital role of libraries driving access to knowledge. There are chapters that offer solutions and ideas to enable libraries to become the knowledge engine in society. Other chapters discuss the conceptual part of the subject and related services. The book was compiled as part of the presidential theme of Ellen Tise, IFLA President 2009-2011, with the aim of offering the reader a good portr.
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Libraries driving access to knowledge (A2K) / Ellen R. Tise -- Iceland goes digital : countrywide access to electronic resources / Ingibjörg Steinunn Sverrisdóttir and Þórdís T. Þórarinsdóttir -- "Access for all" and "politics of difference" : comparative case study of two European libraries / Rumyana Koycheva -- Using Web 2.0 to make libraries more user-oriented : outcomes from a case study at Loughborough University Library (UK) / Jenny Narborough, Ruth Stubbings, and Graham Walton -- OA to knowledge : perceptions of UWI researchers on the St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago / Marsha Winter and Stella Sandy -- Native language university digital textbook collection / Martin Hallik and Liisi Lembinen -- Balancing access to knowledge and respect for cultural knowledge : librarian advocacy with indigenous peoples' self-determination in access to knowledge / Loriene Roy, Kristen Hogan, and Spencer Lilley -- Access to knowledge as a social practice : information literacy education for MA students / Maria-Carme Torras i Calvo -- The discursive construction of the academic library as learning place in A2K / Catherine Closet-Crane -- A tale of two libraries : space and reading in Porto public libraries / Paula Sequeiros and Silvia Grünig -- University library premises : the evaluation of customer satisfaction and usage / Anne Lehto, Leena Toivonen, and Mirja Iivonen -- ILS vs. DBMS in Latin American Web OPACs : discriminant analysis applied to user interface / Elsa Barber, Silvia Pisano, Sandra Romagnoli, Verónica Parsiale, Gabriela de Pedro, Carolina Gregui, Nancy Blanco -- Open access and A2K : collaborative experiences in Latin America / Nancy Gómez and Paola C. Bongiovani -- The success story of a locally developed online video site : HKBUtube / Shun-han Rebekah Wong.

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This book is a must for librarians with international interest in access to knowledge. It includes a collection of 15 chapters written by authors from all over the world and covers different approaches to the vital role of libraries driving access to knowledge. There are chapters that offer solutions and ideas to enable libraries to become the knowledge engine in society. Other chapters discuss the conceptual part of the subject and related services. The book was compiled as part of the presidential theme of Ellen Tise, IFLA President 2009-2011, with the aim of offering the reader a good portr.

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