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The Future Of The Academic Library And The Academic Librarian. A Delphi Study Reloaded, Blazej Feret, Marzena Marcinek

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

At the 20th IATUL Conference held in 1999 in Chania, Greece, the authors presented a paper The Future of the Academic Library and the Academic Librarian. A DELPHI Study 3. The aim of that study was to identify trends and present a probable scenario for the year 2005. After six years that have passed since the Conference in Chania, we live in a different world. Different not only because of terrorism and the latest natural disasters, but also because of changes in technology (e.g. the boom of mobile communication, transition from CD/DVD to online services, ease of digitization, etc.), internationalization …

Anti-Plagiarism Tools: Scirus V. Google, Melissa Holmberg, Mark Mccullough

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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Innovation Is In The Eye Of The Beholder, Janine Schmidt

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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Research Support Services At Upc Libraries, Roser Gomez, Marta Lopez, Anna Rovira

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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Innovative Approaches By Ecole Polytechnique De Montreal Library, Richard Dumont, Marie-Helene Dupuis, Luc Focault, Marc Hiller, Madeline Proulx

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Librarians are better able to respond to the needs of their end users while supporting the goals of their institution. This is illustrated through five recent initiatives undertaken by the Library of Ecole Polytechnique in direct support of institutional research activities: 􀂃 Master’s and Ph. D. students develop information skills through the preparation of a portfolio on their research topic. This assignment forms part of an information literacy laboratory within a research methodology course. The course is mandatory for Ph. D. students and assignment grading is done by librarians; 􀂃 Canada Research Chairs benefit from dedicated information services in return …

Drexel University, The University Of Maryland & Their Libraries' Experiences Collaborating With Various Research Programs, Jay Bhatt, Joanne Ferroni, Bob Kackley, Dorilona Rose

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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A Researcher's Research Agenda For Scholarly Communication In Canada, William F. Birdsall, Kathleen Shearer

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Despite millions of dollars being spent on research each year in Canada, little attention is paid to the dissemination of the results of research. There is a disconnect between Canadian public policies in this area; although a high priority is assigned to the generation of research, there is a lack of policies addressing its dissemination. Meanwhile, the environment in which research knowledge is being disseminated is undergoing a profound transformation because of several important drivers. In particular, these drivers include new technology, changing research patterns, new users, economics, and commercialization. The major objective of this study was to examine the …

Building Scholarly Information Infrastructure Through Partnership, Alex Byrne

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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Creating An Institutional Repository For Massive Datasets - A Statement Of The Problem And An Assessment Of The Challenges And Opportunities, James L. Mullins

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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Information Retrieval On The Grid? Results And Suggestions From Project Grace, Werner Stephan

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Internet computing and Grid‑technologies promise to change the way we tackle complex problems. They will enable large-scale aggregation and sharing of computational, data and other resources across institutional and geographical boundaries.

Internet computing is just a special case of something much more powerful: the ability for communities to share resources as they tackle common goals. Business today is increasingly international and multidisciplinary. It is not unusual for corporations to span states, countries and continents. It is also not unusual for corporations to bundle together a variety of industries and to collect information and generate expertise in various areas of business, …

Digital Repositories: All Hype And No Substance, Marinus Swanepoel

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

The development of digital repositories has been a recent one, starting in late 2000 when the UK's University of Southampton released a software package called E-Prints. Since that time, the establishment of digital repositories has gained momentum. Factors such as the falling costs for online storage, the increase of broadband and gigabit networking technologies, as well as the development of metadata standards to describe repository content, all contributed to their current popularity. Questions to be asked are: to what extent is digital repositories, as a method for communicating scientific and scholarly information, accepted or is it just hype?; how mature …

Repositories: What's The Target? An Arrow Perspective, Derek Whitehead

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

The key observation about institutional research repositories is that they are under-used. This paper looks at why take-up has been slow, and what might encourage researchers to use these facilities.

This paper surveys the evolution of practice and rationale for the institutional research repository, looks at existing use studies and opinion surveys of users, and examines ways in which university libraries, the main proponents, have changed their approaches in response to their experience. The experience of Swinburne University of Technology, a partner in the Australian ARROW project, is drawn upon.

Irel - The Irish Research Electronic Library, Paul Sheehan

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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Beyond Information Access: The Information Specialist's Role In Extracting, Analysing And Packaging S&T Intelligence To Support Innovation, Jean Archambeault

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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Ebooks Publication: The Technology, The Contents, The How To Do; A Challenge To The Competences Share And Team Work., Ana Azevedo, Carlos Oliveira, Nuno Portela, Pedro Faria, Tiago Pereira

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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Licensing E-Content And Oa: Results And Perspectives From The South Of Europe., Lluís Anglada

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

World is global, and licensing e- content is an activity with a lot of similarities among different countries, but (world is also local) with some dissimilarities. The model prices made in US or UK could be not applicable in other countries and the effects of the 'Big Deal' can differ. The briefing will present how licensing e- content in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece and Turkey is evolving.

The Future Of Higher Education., Alberto Amaral

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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Chaos -- "It Takes More Than A Village" To Develop A Standard, Pat Harris

Against the Grain

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The Isbn Ageny And Isbn-13, John Krafty

Against the Grain

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Technology Left Behind -- How To Get Your Art Fix, Cris Ferguson

Against the Grain

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From The Reference Desk, Thomas Gilson

Against the Grain

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Books Are Us, Anne K. Robichaux

Against the Grain

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Atg Special Report -- Expanding Your Book Holdings Without Buying Anything New: Analytical Cataloging, Annie Wu (Anping), Sherman Hayes

Against the Grain

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Adventures In Librarianship -- Recent Developments, Ned Kraft

Against the Grain

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People Profile: Ann-Marie Breaux, Editor

Against the Grain

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Atg Annual Survey Report, Leah H. Hinds

Against the Grain

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From Your (Combating-Technology) Editor, Katina Strauch

Against the Grain

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Lost In Austin -- Boxes Of Books, Thomas W. Leonhardt

Against the Grain

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Letters To The Editor, Katina Strauch

Against the Grain

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Op Ed -- Succes De Scandale: Reaction To I, User, Robert Behra

Against the Grain

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