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Download full textBall, David; Pye, Jo – 1998
Drawing on a current study, funded by the British Library Research and Innovation Centre, the context of higher education libraries is discussed, including funding and costs and recent major official reports on education and libraries. Future trends and imperatives are outlined. Models of library purchasing consortia are presented. The operation…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Consortia, Costs, Electronic Publishing
Peer reviewedDownes, Robin N. – Journal of Library Administration, 1990
Discussion of access to information in academic libraries focuses on the effects information technology is having and will continue to have on libraries and on users. Topics discussed include electronic publishing; CD-ROM; cooperative collection development and resource sharing; library networks; internal bibliographic and processing systems;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Electronic Publishing, Full Text Databases
