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Direct linkBrian Mathews – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2025
Academic and research libraries are undergoing a profound transformation, shaped by technological advancements, shifting societal dynamics, and evolving institutional priorities. This essay examines how these forces are driving libraries to evolve into specialized and distinct models, shaping their future and drawing parallels to the Cambrian…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Research Libraries, Specialization, Educational Trends
Kail, Candice – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2011
Europeana: Think Culture (http://www.europeana.eu) is a wonderful cultural repository. It includes more than 15 million items (images, text, audio, and video) from 1,500 European institutions. Europeana provides access to an abundance of cultural and heritage information and knowledge. Because Europeana has partnered with and brought together so…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Public Libraries, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries
Stephens, Matthew – Australian Library Journal, 2007
The Australian Museum, Sydney, is Australia's oldest museum, internationally recognised for its longstanding scientific contributions. Less well-known is the Museum's fine collection of monographs and journals relating to natural history and anthropology, which has been used to support the work of Museum staff and external enquirers since the late…
Descriptors: Library Services, Anthropology, Museums, Foreign Countries
Carman-Brown, Lesley; Henderson, Kandy-Jane; Wallace, Lesley – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2005
In creating Australia's first prime ministerial library, a new cultural institution was developed which blends professional practice from the fields of librarianship, education, archives, journalism and museums. The John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library honours the contribution of wartime prime minister John Curtin, works towards the advancement…
Descriptors: Museums, Foreign Countries, Outreach Programs, Archives
Johnson, Eric A.; Stumbaugh, Colleen R. C. – Library of Congress Information Bulletin, 1996
Traces the evolution of the science fiction genre and its representation at the Library of Congress, including original paperbacks, hardcovers, television, film, and sound recordings. Highlights include science fiction "classics", the Library of Congress collection development policy, library programs, and preservation activities…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Books, Classics (Literature), Cultural Maintenance
Download full textPacific Islands Association of Libraries and Archives, Guam. – 1993
Participants from Washington, Hawaii, Majuro, Palau, Guam and other points in the Northern Mariana Islands came together to share information relating to the functions of libraries and archives as information banks and as preservers of the cultural heritage of Micronesia. Papers presented were: (1) "Reading Motivation in the Pacific"…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Archives, Childrens Libraries
