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McAllister, Lorrie; Laster, Shari – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2018
The online catalog, commercial discovery layers, the open Web, and books available for browsing in libraries all aid in the process of discovery of resources. An absence of books means one fewer discovery method available. It is important, therefore, that libraries retain physical books in open stacks to offer communities a hands-on opportunity to…
Descriptors: Library Facilities, Library Materials, Educational Facilities Design, Library Development
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Wiberley, Stephen E., Jr. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2016
Books are the most important medium of communication in the humanities, a major medium in the social sciences, and a central component of academic library collections. This study examined humanities and social sciences books that won prizes from ten leading United States disciplinary associations between 2000 and 2009. The study extends earlier…
Descriptors: Humanities, Social Sciences, Professional Associations, Intellectual Disciplines