Electronic Journals in an Academic Library Environment

The Integration of Digital Library Services in an Academic Environment

Introduction The topic of this paper is the integration of digital library services in an academic environment. A model of library-customer integration developed at Linköping University is presented. We also discuss how new academic library models based on the new digital information environment interfere with traditional principles of library work in a way that challenge core values in the rol...

The Internet Library of Early Journals: An Electronic Library of Primary Sources on the Internet

Introduction The Internet Library of Early Journals (ILEJ) owes its existence to the UK Higher Education Libraries Review, chaired by Sir Brian Follett, the report of which appeared in 1993. The “Follett Report”, as it is generally called1 , discussed the implications of information technology in enhancing the work of libraries and proposed a programme of development in key areas of IT within t...

Allocation of Costs for Electronic Products in Academic Library Consortia

As the prevalence of consortial licenses for electronic products increases, consortia face decisions about how to allocate costs for these products among participating libraries.Although there are a number of possible formulae for this, some are problematic in that they result in inequitable cost allocations in certain circumstances. Several methods for apportioning costs within consortia are d...

an introduction to iranian library journals

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Biblioteca: Revistas / Library: Journals