Essays about: "Academic libraries"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 32 essays containing the words Academic libraries.
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6. Sustainable corporate responses to stakeholders' pressures in French food companies
University essay fromAbstract : This research leads to investigate the response of French companies through their corporate sustainability policies as a result of the different types of pressure that stakeholders can bring. The influence of stakeholders is increasingly significant towards ethical and environmental issues. READ MORE
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7. User Experience in Libraries : A Literature Study
University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för bibliotek, information, pedagogik och ITAbstract : The aim of this master’s study is to contribute to the knowledge base about the phenomenon User Experience (UX) in libraries. That leads to the following research questions: How is UX defined in the analyzed literature? Based on the analyzed literature, which UX methods can be used in libraries? According to the analyzed literature, which problems can UX solve in libraries? A handbook, a book chapter, a blog article, an article in a professional journal, and an article in a scholarly journal get studied in a qualitative content analysis with a discursively oriented theoretical approach. READ MORE
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8. Academic library instruction on critical evaluation of sources and information : A content analysis of Swedish university library websites
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABMAbstract : This master thesis examines how Swedish university libraries are instructing their students on topics related to the critical evaluation of sources and information. The method of analysis was a quantitative and qualitative content analysis of the external websites of Sweden’s public university libraries to determine what modes of instruction are being offered, and how these services are being described and made accessible to their users. READ MORE
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9. Accessibility of UK-based academic digital libraries for users with dyslexia : challenges and shortcomings
University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för bibliotek, information, pedagogik och ITAbstract : This small study investigates the status of accessibility in the context of UK higher education. This is achieved through a case study which evaluates the accessibility status of three UK London-based university digital libraries. READ MORE
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10. The Facebook library : What French university libraries can learn from a group created on social media to replace them during lockdown
University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för bibliotek, information, pedagogik och ITAbstract : This thesis discusses a Facebook group named La Bibliothèque Solidaire du confinement (BSc), created by a handful of French students and researchers as a way to replace university libraries, which were not accessible during the Covid crisis-induced lockdown in March 2020. After introducing the context and the previous studies which focused on the BSc during confinement, a new approach is taken reflecting on its current position in relation to traditional university libraries, now that the third and final period of confinement so far has been over for more than a year. READ MORE
