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This edited collection is drawn from the sixth Libraries Without Walls Conference, held in 2005. From their beginnings in 1995, the Libraries Without Walls conferences have mapped a major change in the practice of librarianship. While library services are still concerned to provide users with physical access to their buildings, electronic access, often from remote locations, is becoming ever more dominant. Papers presented at previous LWW conferences have provided examples of how libraries are pushing out the frontiers of their services. In 2005 a different approach was taken. The question was asked, 'How do we know whether these new services are having a positive impact on our users?' In re...
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Five essays address such themes as the relationship between feminist history and women's history, the use of the concept of "experience", the development of the history of gender, demographic history and women's history and the importance of post-structuralism to women's history.
Includes section "Reviews".
This volume records the proceedings of a recent colloquium organized by The British Library to survey resources available to Women's Studies researchers in the UK. The collected papers include: a review of the state of Women's Studies in British Universities; an overview of British Library resources in Western and Oriental collections of printed books, newspapers, manuscripts and archival materials; a discussion of present and future collection development in the BL and other research libraries; and the user perspective. With contributions from librarians, academics, writers and publishers, this colloquium records a survey of current trends and likely future developments in the subject.
Informe en el que se describen los recursos que en materia de documentacion e informacion sobre la mujer y la igualdad entre sexos tienen los diferentes centros de documentacion y bibliotecas en el seno de la cee. El informe es resultado de una serie de visitas y contactos directos con centros especializados de cada uno de los paises de la comunidad. Tras una exposicion de los objetivos y la metodologia, se expone el problema de la falta de directorios y redes organizadas para acceder a la informacion que sobre la mujer se genera en europa. Seguidamente se presenta un informe de situacion por cada pais. Asimismo se presentan los recursos e iniciativas existentes a nivel europeo e internacional y se analizan comparativamente algunas cuestiones tecnicas sobre las colecciones, su sistema de clasificacion, catalogacion e indizacion y la tipologia de los usuarios. Por ultimo, se incluye un capitulo de conclusiones y recomendaciones.
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