Essays about: "Academic libraries"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 32 essays containing the words Academic libraries.

1. 11. Strategies for the development of hybrid collections in academic libraries in Mozambique : a study of three academic libraries

   University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för bibliotek, information, pedagogik och IT

   Author : Acuceno Joao Chiconela; Helena Amarilda Chissano; [2021]
   Keywords : Higher Education Institutions; Mozambique; Collection Development Strategies; Hybrid Libraries; Consortium;

   Abstract : Mozambique academic libraries are quite vulnerable in hybrid collection development for various reasons. In the process of collection development, physical collections have dominated the Mozambican libraries’ scene because they can acquire printed materials relatively easily. READ MORE

3. 12. Challenges faced by non-EU immigrants in the Swedish labour market - A Secondary Analysis

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS)

   Author : Elizabeth Ayuk; [2020]
   Keywords : Integration; non-EU immigrants; Discrimination; Human capital; Labor market; Sweden;

   Abstract : Immigrants in Sweden are often problematized in political and media debates especially in relation to lack of integration into the labor market. This study is based on secondary data analysis on the challenges that highly educated non-EU immigrants face in the process of integration into the Swedish labor market. READ MORE

4. 13. Egyptology in the Periphery. Valdemar Schmidt and the making of Egyptology in Denmark 1872–1925

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Historia

   Author : Andreas Alm; [2019]
   Keywords : Egyptology; History of Egyptology; Archaeology; Denmark; Scandinavia; Egypt; History of Humanities; Periphery; 19th Century; 20th Century; World War I; Mummies; Museums; Mummy unwrapping; Egyptomania; History and Archaeology;

   Abstract : Egyptology in the 19th and early 20th centuries developed simultaneously with increased imperial presence in Egypt by the European imperial powers, which would have influence on how the discipline was practised. The history of Egyptology has for this reason primarily focused on the big four – Great Britain, France, Germany and USA – and on Egypt itself. READ MORE

5. 14. University of Cyprus Library students’ perceptions of information literacy

   University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för bibliotek, information, pedagogik och IT

   Author : Lilia Charalambous; [2018]
   Keywords : Information literacy; information skills; academic libraries; university students; Republic of Cyprus; University of Cyprus; library instruction;

   Abstract : The purpose of this qualitative study is to contribute knowledge on how students in an academic setting conceptualise information literacy, how they interact with information and library provided resources to meet their information needs, as well as to examine how the academic library supports students with their studies as a facilitator and its role in information literacy instruction. Taking a qualitative approach, the study used semi-structured interviews to gather the necessary data. READ MORE

6. 15. Migrating from integrated library systems to library services platforms : An exploratory qualitative study for the implications on academic libraries’ workflows

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för informatik (IK)

   Author : Efstratios Grammenis; Antonios Mourikis; [2018]
   Keywords : Migration; Migrating; Integrated library systems; library services platforms; academic libraries; workflows; implications; exploratory qualitative study; exploratory; qualitative; qualitative research; librarian; Next Generation Integrated Library Systems; Workflow; Greece; Library Management System; Library Information System; Integrated Library System as a Service; ILSaS; Hellenic Academic Library Link; HEALLink; Hermeneutics; Hermeneutic Cycle; Transition; Digital capability; Research design; Observation; Electronic Resources Librarian; Acquisitions; Cataloguing; Circulation; Interlibrary loan; Electronic Resources Management; ERM; transition; Ενοποιημένα βιβλιοθηκονομικά συστήματα; βιβλιοθηκονομικά συστήματα; Βιβλιοθηκονομικά συστήματα νέας γενιάς; ροές εργασίας; βιβλιοθηκονόμος; Ενιαίο Ολοκληρωμένο Σύστημα Βιβλιοθήκης ως Υπηρεσία; Ενιαίο Ολοκληρωμένο Σύστημα Βιβλιοθήκης; Ελληνικές Ακαδημαϊκές Βιβλιοθήκες; Ακαδημαϊκές Βιβλιοθήκες; Ολοκληρωμένο Πληροφοριακό Σύστημα Βιβλιοθήκης; ΟΠΣΒ; Μετάπτωση; Μετάβαση; Ηλεκτρονικές πηγές; Διαχείριση ηλεκτρονικών πηγών;

   Abstract : The present master thesis is an exploratory qualitative study in academic libraries regarding the transition from the integrated library systems to the next generation integrated library systems or library services platforms and the potential implications in their internal workflows. Nowadays, libraries all over the world are facing up with a number of challenges in terms of acquiring, describing and making available to the public all the resources, both printed and electronic, they manage. READ MORE