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An Analysis Of Ebrary Academic Complete At Adelphi University, Kimberly R. Abrams Jan 2014

An Analysis Of Ebrary Academic Complete At Adelphi University, Kimberly R. Abrams

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This paper examines the academic and financial value of the ebrary Academic Complete package to the Adelphi University Libraries.


Librarianship, Art, And Activism. A Transatlantic Interview With Alycia Sellie, Alycia Sellie, Martin Persson Jan 2014

Librarianship, Art, And Activism. A Transatlantic Interview With Alycia Sellie, Alycia Sellie, Martin Persson

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Alycia Sellie is an activist, librarian and the editor of the zine The Borough is My Library. She joined Martin Persson for a talk about hardships and possibilities for librarianship today, the intersection between art and libraries, and the struggle to promote free/open access culture and readers' rights.


Bringing Anime To Academic Libraries: A Recommended Core Collection, Laura Pope Robbins Jan 2014

Bringing Anime To Academic Libraries: A Recommended Core Collection, Laura Pope Robbins

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The author discusses Japanese anime and manga in the context of academic libraries. She notes that, while collections support the study of popular culture and give students access to materials that will engage them...they fail to include amime.

To rectify this, the author discusses a core list of anime titles for academic library collection development. This list was assembled based upon the author’s twenty-plus years of viewing anime and is the culmination of a sabbatical in which the author studied the history of Japanese animation and read extensively from acknowledged experts in the field. The films included here have stood …