Libraries Driving Access to Knowledge
(eBook)
Contributors
Barber, Elsa, Contributor
Blanco, Nancy, Contributor
Bongiovani, Paola C., Contributor
Bothma, Theo J. D., Editor
Closet-Crane, Catherine, Contributor
Blanco, Nancy, Contributor
Bongiovani, Paola C., Contributor
Bothma, Theo J. D., Editor
Closet-Crane, Catherine, Contributor
Published
Berlin ; De Gruyter Saur,, [2012].
Format
eBook
ISBN
9783110263121
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Language
English
UPC
10.1515/9783110263121
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Open Access https://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 unrestricted online access star
Description
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.
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Issued also in print.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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This eBook is made available Open Access. Unless otherwise specified individually in the content, the work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 https://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/open-access-policy
Language
In English.