Essays about: "funding libraries"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words funding libraries.

  1. 1. Conducting Digital Humanities Education in the Academic Libraries’ Information Literacy Class : What are the advantages and barriers if Uppsala University Library does it?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABM

    Author : Liangyu Liu; [2023]
    Keywords : Digital Humanities; Information Literacy; Academic Library; Education;

    Abstract : The emergence of digital humanities has provided humanities scholars with digital methods and tools to deal with digital materials and new possibilities for humanities research. What is more, digital humanities skills and experience help humanities students with their research and strengthen their employment prospects. READ MORE

  3. 2. Managing Open Access Costs : Exploring the Impact on University Library Collection Devel-opment and Service Offerings

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABM

    Author : Michelle Andersson McEwem; [2023]
    Keywords : Open access; open access publishing; academic libraries; library budget; collection development theory; open science;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to examine the impact of open access costs on university library collection develop-ment and service offerings, specifically focusing on the major changes resulting from the Open Science movement as identified by library officers. It aims to provide insights into the challenges faced by university libraries in managing open access costs and the strategies employed to overcome them. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Democratizing Potential of Library Digitalization : Re-inventing the democratic mission of libraries

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABM

    Author : Matilda Grahn; [2022]
    Keywords : Library Neutrality; Digitalization; Democracy; Knowledge Access; National Library Strategy;

    Abstract : This thesis examines how the democratic mission of public libraries has been affected by library digitalization by examining discourses on library digitalization in the Swedish national library strategy (2019). The research is based on a methodological framework combining a critical discourse approach with questions from Bacchi’s (2009) What’s the Problem Represented to Be? (WPR) methodology. READ MORE

  5. 4. Libraries of Things: Exploring business model configurations and dominant archetypes

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Emily Silva; [2022]
    Keywords : libraries of things; sharing economy; social economy; business models; sustainable consumption; Business and Economics; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : As part of both the sharing and social economies, libraries of things (LoTs) can play a role in reducing consumption in a socially sustainable way. They have the potential to overcome key sustainability and service shortcomings of other circular and sharing business models (BMs), but research on LoTs is sparse. READ MORE

  6. 5. 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