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Lowry, Charles B. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2011
Where library budgets are concerned, there is every evidence now, after three years, that research libraries have arrived at "the new normal." That is, they do not expect a return to systematic and regular additions to Association of Research Libraries' (ARL) budgets in order to support ever-increasing prices that are out of proportion to…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Budgets, Economic Climate, Context Effect
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Olsson, Michael R. – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2009
This article provides a critical analysis of some of the key theories and assumptions that underpin prevailing approaches to the concept of "information user" in contemporary information research and professional practice, suggesting that they continue to reflect a tacitly systems-oriented focus. The author draws on the Sense-Making…
Descriptors: Holistic Approach, Criticism, Children, Social Environment