TY - BOOK ID - 1643023 TI - The academic research library in a decade of change PY - 2007 SN - 9781843342458 1843342456 9781843342465 1843342464 9781780630991 1780630999 PB - Oxford, England : Chandos Publishing, DB - UniCat KW - Library automation KW - Academic libraries KW - Research libraries KW - Bibliothèques universitaires KW - Bibliothèques de recherche KW - Digital libraries KW - Libraries and the Internet KW - Technological innovations KW - 025 KW - 025 Bibliotheekbeheer KW - Bibliotheekbeheer KW - Academic libraries. KW - Research libraries. KW - Libraries KW - College libraries KW - Libraries, University and college KW - University libraries KW - Libraries and colleges KW - Public libraries KW - Technological innovations. KW - Services to colleges and universities KW - Academic libraries - Technological innovations KW - Research libraries - Technological innovations KW - Sciences KW - Technologie KW - Bibliothèques spécialisées KW - Bibliothèques UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:1643023 AB - This book starts from the premise that the last decade has brought more changes for the academic research library than any ever previously known. The book provides an authoritative overview and analysis of the issues and challenges affecting academic research libraries from the closing years of the 20th century on wards. While the focus on this period of white water change is primarily British, with a number of case studies based on the transformative initiatives of the UKs Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and its seminal Electronic Libraries Programme (eLib), as well as on the Bodlei ER -