Libraries driving access to knowledge [electronic resource] / edited by Jes�us Lau, Anna Mar�ia Tammaro and Theo Bothma.
Series: IFLA publications ; 151Publication details: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Saur, 2012.Description: 402 p. : ill., mapsISBN:- 9783110253269 (hardcover)
- 9783110263121 (e-book)
- Libraries and society
- Libraries -- Aims and objectives
- Libraries and education
- Libraries -- Information technology
- Open access publishing
- Libraries -- Special collections -- Electronic information resources
- Electronic information resources -- Management
- Libraries -- Space utilization
- Information literacy
- 021.2 23
- Z716.4 .L475 2012eb

Includes bibliographical references.
Libraries driving access to knowledge (A2K) / Ellen R. Tise -- Iceland goes digital : countrywide access to electronic resources / Ingibj�org Steinunn Sverrisd�ottir and ��ord�is T. ��orarinsd�ottir -- "Access for all" and "politics of difference" : comparative case study of two European libraries / Rumyana Koycheva -- Using Web 2.0 to make libraries more user-oriented : outcomes from a case study at Loughborough University Library (UK) / Jenny Narborough, Ruth Stubbings, and Graham Walton -- OA to knowledge : perceptions of UWI researchers on the St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago / Marsha Winter and Stella Sandy -- Native language university digital textbook collection / Martin Hallik and Liisi Lembinen -- Balancing access to knowledge and respect for cultural knowledge : librarian advocacy with indigenous peoples' self-determination in access to knowledge / Loriene Roy, Kristen Hogan, and Spencer Lilley -- Access to knowledge as a social practice : information literacy education for MA students / Maria-Carme Torras i Calvo -- The discursive construction of the academic library as learning place in A2K / Catherine Closet-Crane -- A tale of two libraries : space and reading in Porto public libraries / Paula Sequeiros and Silvia Gr�unig -- University library premises : the evaluation of customer satisfaction and usage / Anne Lehto, Leena Toivonen, and Mirja Iivonen -- ILS vs. DBMS in Latin American Web OPACs : discriminant analysis applied to user interface / Elsa Barber, Silvia Pisano, Sandra Romagnoli, Ver�onica Parsiale, Gabriela de Pedro, Carolina Gregui, Nancy Blanco -- Open access and A2K : collaborative experiences in Latin America / Nancy G�omez and Paola C. Bongiovani -- The success story of a locally developed online video site : HKBUtube / Shun-han Rebekah Wong.
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