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Title Access, delivery, performance : the future of libraries without walls : a festschrift to celebrate the work of Professor Peter Brophy / edited by Jillian R. Griffiths and Jenny Craven
Published London : Facet, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 238 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction / Alan F. MacDougall -- The Library Research Unit at the University of Lancaster, 1967-1972 : a memoir / Michael Buckland -- Alice in www.land : reflections on ten years of developing library services for distance learners / Gill Needham and Nicky Whitsed -- Putting the 'e' into libraries and learning : study, pedagogy, content and services in the digital age / David Baker -- Library services for visually impaired people : a UK perspective / Jenny Craven -- Public libraries, an enduring freedom : widening access to learning, information and culture / John Dolan -- Sceptic 2.0? Social networking technologies in public libraries / Juliet Eve -- Institutional repositories in tertiary institutions : access, delivery and performance / Rowena Cullen and Brenda Chawner -- Folksonomies to ontologies : the changing nature of controlled vocabularies / Richard J. Hartley -- An evaluation decision-making system : development and implementation of a web-based evaluation learning and instructional tool / Charles R. McClure and John T. Snead -- Measuring the quality of academic library electronic services and resources / Jillian R. Griffiths -- Influential leadership for academic libraries / Jennifer Rowley and Sue Roberts -- Peter Brophy : a selected bibliography -- Index
Summary "This book celebrates and acknowledges the contribution Professor Peter Brophy has made over a career spanning 37 years to the field of library and information studies. Whilst reflecting on his work, it is forward looking and challenging, and offers strategies for the future direction of library and information services in the virtual era." "This timely book addresses issues and concerns transferable across different areas of the information sector, including academic, public and special libraries, and will be stimulating reading for anyone working, studying, or teaching within the profession."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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SUBJECT Brophy, Peter -- Homenajes. embne
Subject Library science.
Library Science
library science.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Library & Information Science -- General.
Bibliotecas y enseƱanza a distancia -- Colecciones de escritos
Bibliotecas e Internet -- Colecciones de escritos
Library science
Genre/Form Festschriften
Festschriften.
Form Electronic book
Author Brophy, Peter, 1950-
Griffiths, J. R. (Jillian R.)
Craven, Jenny, 1961-
ISBN 9781856047883
1856047881