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Scientific libraries : past developments and future changes / Tomas Lidman.

By: Language: English Series: Chandos information professional seriesPublisher: Oxford : Chandos, 2008Description: 123 s. illISBN:
  • 1843342685
  • 1843342693
  • 9781843342694
  • 9781843342687
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 026.5 22
Other classification:
  • Ab.01
Contents:
From cards to computers --The student explosion during the 1960s and its consequences for libraries -- From independent intellectual institutions to institutions serving education and research -- Open shelves or closed? -- Introduction of administrative systems -- The student takes over -- Demands for a cost-effective management -- Times of economic decline -- National co-ordinating initiatives -- Introduction of the Internet -- Internet: dreams and what it all became -- Electronic journals and the change of accessibility -- New buildings: for use or for boasting? -- ALM ? a new-born baby
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Biblioteket HKR Biblioteket 020 Lidman Available 11156000159934
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Scientific libraries have undergone dramatic changes since the end of the 1960s. This book explains and characterises these changes and main trends, and describes their consequences for libraries. The book presents an overview and an analysis of long-term developments in the field. Professionals within library and information sciences, together with students, will find the book of interest, enabling them to understand the situation of the libraries today and also prepare them for decisions about the future.

From cards to computers --The student explosion during the 1960s and its consequences for libraries -- From independent intellectual institutions to institutions serving education and research -- Open shelves or closed? -- Introduction of administrative systems -- The student takes over -- Demands for a cost-effective management -- Times of economic decline -- National co-ordinating initiatives -- Introduction of the Internet -- Internet: dreams and what it all became -- Electronic journals and the change of accessibility -- New buildings: for use or for boasting? -- ALM ? a new-born baby

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