Libraries Driving Access to Knowledge

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-3-11-025326-9
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, 402 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 753 g

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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 portrait of the opportunities and challenges that libraries have in driving access to knowledge.

Zielgruppe

Libraries, Institutes, Academics, Information Professionals

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lau, Jesús

Bothma, Theo J. D.

Tammaro, Anna Maria

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaften EDV Systeme, Internet und elektronische Ressourcen in Bibliotheken
• Interdisziplinäres Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaften Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaften, Archivwesen

Über Autor(innen)

Jesús Lau, Universidad Veracruzana, Veracruz, Mexico; Anna-Maria Tammaro, University of Parma, Parma, Italy and Theo J. D. Bothma, University of Pretoria, Dept. of Information Science, Pretoria, South Africa