Libraries driving access to knowledge
By: edited by Jesús Lau, Anna María Tammaro and Theo Bothma
Series: IFLA publications -- 151
Publisher: De Gruyter Saur
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Berlin; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
ISBN-13: 9783110253269; 9783110263121
Subjects: Management; Aims and objectives; Special collections; Space utilization; Electronic information resources; Libraries; Libraries and education; Libraries and society; Open access publishing; Information literacy; Information technology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Libraries driving access to knowledge (A2K) / Ellen R. Tise; title: Iceland goes digital : countrywide access to electronic resources / Ingibjörg Steinunn Sverrisdóttir and Þórdís T. Þórarinsdóttir; title: "Access for all" and "politics of difference" : comparative case study of two European libraries / Rumyana Koycheva; title: 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; title: OA to knowledge : perceptions of UWI researchers on the St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago / Marsha Winter and Stella Sandy; title: Native language university digital textbook collection / Martin Hallik and Liisi Lembinen; title: 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; title: Access to knowledge as a social practice : information literacy education for MA students / Maria-Carme Torras i Calvo; title: The discursive construction of the academic library as learning place in A2K / Catherine Closet-Crane; title: A tale of two libraries : space and reading in Porto public libraries / Paula Sequeiros and Silvia Grünig; title: University library premises : the evaluation of customer satisfaction and usage / Anne Lehto, Leena Toivonen, and Mirja Iivonen; title: 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; title: Open access and A2K : collaborative experiences in Latin America / Nancy Gómez and Paola C. Bongiovani; title: The success story of a locally developed online video site : HKBUtube / Shun-han Rebekah Wong.