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Academic libraries have traditionally had two key functions, to support teaching and to support research. In an evolving and competitive university environment, along with the emergence of various technologies and substantial changes in scientific communication, university management has reached a turning point. Academic libraries are facing a paradigm shift in the role they need to play to achieve the research objectives of universities. Research support services in academic libraries have evolved as a response to these changes. They are heterogeneous, adapt to their university culture, adopt different points of view, take different approaches in their organizational structures, and include...
Since the spread of COVID-19, conferences have been canceled, schools have closed, and libraries around the world are facing difficult decisions on which services to offer and how, ranging from minimal restrictions to full closures. Depending on the country, state, or city, a government may have a different approach, sometimes ordering the closure of all institutions, others indicating that it’s business as usual, and others simply leaving decisions up to library directors. All libraries worldwide have been affected, from university libraries to public library systems and national libraries. Throughout these closures, libraries continue to provide services to their communities, which has l...
Today, libraries must provide various web-based services, social media, and internet to patrons in order to adequately support their information needs. In addition to these services, the maintenance of online literature, databases, data sets, and archives cause librarians to have to handle huge amounts of data each day. Big data can support with quality improvement and problem solving to improve library services and can help librarians to provide up-to-date and innovative real-time services to library users. Big Data Applications for Improving Library Services is an essential scholarly publication that examines the implications and applications of big data analytics on services provided by libraries. Highlighting a wide range of topics such as data analytics, mobile technologies, and web-based services, this book is ideal for librarians, knowledge managers, data scientists, data analysts, cataloguers, academicians, IT professionals, researchers, and students.
The convergence of technologies and emergence of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary modus of knowledge production justify the need for research that explores the disinterestedness or interconnectivity of the information science disciplines. The quantum leap in knowledge production, increasing demand for information and knowledge, changing information needs, information governance, and proliferation of digital technologies in the era of ubiquitous digital technologies justify research that employs a holistic approach in x-raying the challenges of managing information in an increasingly knowledge- and technology-driven dispensation. The changing nature of knowledge production for sustaina...
Due to the rapid acceleration of industry 4.0, it is more important than ever to understand the impact of technological revolutions on the academic library. This edited collection showcases the effects on how libraries function, manage processes and continue to deliver products and services on a day to day basis.
Ciência da Informação: visões e tendências reúne um leque diversificado de olhares e de vozes sobre a Ciência da Informação. Docentes e investigadores de universidades de cinco países, Portugal, Brasil, Espanha, Alemanha e México exploram e problematizam as origens, a evolução, os fundamentos teóricos e epistemológicos da área científica, enquanto ciência pura (visões – diferentes enfoques / perspetivas) e aplicada (tendências – o que vai sendo seguido, ganhando corpo e materialidade). No seu conjunto, esses contributos alimentam o vital debate sobre o impacto das alterações sociais e tecnológicas no conceito de informação, no ensino e investigação em Ciência da Informação, e no importante papel da informação nas sociedades democráticas.
El acceso a los documentos se realiza a través de las descripciones en las que se extracta su contenido sirviéndonos de nombres que reflejan la autoría, la tipología, el asunto, la data, la extensión, etc.. Es decir, lo que tradicionalmente hemos denominado como sus caracteres internos y externos. La implantación de la administración electrónica en España en los últimos años ha supuesto un cambio de paradigma en la producción y descripción de documentos. Tras la aprobación del Esquema Nacional de Interoperabilidad, en el año 2010, y la publicación de las distintas Normas Técnicas de Interoperabilidad, entre los años 2011 y 2013, la identificación, autenticación y contextu...
A number of changes have been taking place in library services and operations due to Industry 4.0. The transition brought about by the Fourth Industrial Revolution has included disruptive changes to the redesigning of library roles and remaking of information products and services. Therefore, it is important to understand the services and products that have been affected by the industrial revolution in the library. Examining the Impact of Industry 4.0 on Libraries is a critical scholarly publication that provides comprehensive research on how libraries can redesign their spaces and roles and remake, repackage, and provide information products and services to suit the student, staff, and society during the Fourth Industrial Revolution and examines the impact of these on libraries. Highlighting a range of topics such as data management, marketing, and library spaces, this book is essential for academicians, librarians, professionals, researchers, and students.
"Moving beyond the Pandemic: English and American Studies in Spain" contains the Proceedings of the 44th AEDEAN (Asociación española de estudios anglo-norteamericanos) Conference held in November, 2021 at the University of Cantabria, Spain. The volume is structured into four different sections: “Plenary Speakers”, “Language and Linguistics”, “Literature and Culture” and “Round Tables”. The “Plenary Speakers” section includes papers written by two outstanding figures in the fields of Western Studies and Film Studies, respectively: Neil Campbell’s “An Inventory of Echoes”: Worlding the Western in Trump Era Fiction and Celestino Deleyto’s Transnational Stars and th...