Cover image for Libraries Driving Access to Knowledge.
Libraries Driving Access to Knowledge.
Title:
Libraries Driving Access to Knowledge.
Author:
Lau, Jesús.
ISBN:
9783110263121
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
1 online resource (402 pages)
Series:
IFLA Publications ; v.151

IFLA Publications
Contents:
Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Foreword -- Libraries Driving Access to Knowledge (A2K) -- Part One - User-Oriented A2K Actions -- Iceland Goes Digital: Countrywide Access to Electronic Resources -- 'Access for All' and 'Politics of Difference': Comparative Case Study of Two European Libraries -- Using Web 2.0 to Make Libraries More User-Oriented: Outcomes from a Case Study at Loughborough University Library (UK) -- OA to Knowledge: Perceptions of UWI Researchers on the St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago -- Part Two - Libraries and Lifelong Learning -- Native Language University Digital Textbook Collection -- Balancing Access to Knowledge and Respect for Cultural Knowledge: Librarian Advocacy with Indigenous Peoples' Self-Determination in Access to Knowledge -- Access to Knowledge as a Social Practice: Information Literacy Education for MA Students -- Part Three - Libraries as Space and Place in A2K -- The Discursive Construction of the Academic Library as Learning Place in A2K -- A Tale of Two Libraries: Space and Reading in Porto Public Libraries -- University Library Premises: The Evaluation of Customer Satisfaction and Usage -- Part Four - Other A2K Theme Approaches -- ILS vs. DBMS in Latin American Web OPACs: Discriminant Analysis Applied to User Interface -- Open Access and A2K: Collaborative Experiences in Latin America -- The Success Story of a Locally Developed Online Video Site: HKBUtube.
Abstract:
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 portrait of the opportunities and challenges that libraries have in driving access to knowledge.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
Electronic Access:
Click to View
Holds: Copies: