
Libraries for Users
Services in Academic Libraries
- 1st Edition - December 10, 2010
- Imprint: Chandos Publishing
- Authors: Luisa Alvite, Leticia Barrionuevo
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 8 4 3 3 4 - 5 9 5 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 7 8 0 6 3 - 0 5 1 - 9
This book reviews the quality and evolution of academic library services. It revises service trends offered by academic libraries and the challenge of enhancing traditional ones… Read more
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- Studies the role of the university library in the new educational environment of higher education
- Rethinks libraries in academic context
- Redefines roles for academic libraries
List of figures
Preface
About the authors
Chapter 1: Academic library services: quality and leadership
Universities in a globalised setting
Quality in academic libraries
Methods of evaluating quality
User-oriented quality
Leading libraries in service provision
Chapter 2: Users: learning and researching in the digital age
The new teaching-learning model in European higher education
E-Research and e-Science
Innovative academic libraries in the Knowledge Society
Chapter 3: Academic libraries over the last few years
Hybrid libraries
From libraries to Learning Resource Centres
Chapter 4: The challenge of enhancing traditional services
Catalogues
Marketing services
Chapter 5: User-centred libraries
Information literacy
Information literacy programme design
University repositories
Digital collections
2.0 tools
Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: December 10, 2010
- Imprint: Chandos Publishing
- Language: English
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