Libraries Driving Access to Knowledge

✍ Scribed by Jesús Lau (editor); Anna Maria Tammaro (editor); Theo J. D. Bothma (editor)

Publisher: De Gruyter Saur
Year: 2012
Tongue: English
Leaves: 408
Series: IFLA Publications; 151
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of 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

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