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Treasures of the British Library
This definitive volume offers a curated journey through one of the world’s greatest repositories of human knowledge and culture. Compiled by renowned bibliographer Nicolas Barker in collaboration with the British Library’s expert curators, the work showcases the institution’s most significant acquisitions, spanning over two millennia of recorded history. It serves not only as a catalog of rarities but as a narrative of the evolution of the written word, from ancient papyri to the digital age.
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Conforming collections: assessing medical and allied health collections using Doody’s Core Titles
Objective: This study assessed the print collection of an Asian academic medical library using list-checking. The library’s book collection was matched to Doody’s Core Titles (DCT) subspecialties to identify strong and weak subject areas and understand temporal trends from 2014 to 2020. Method: List checking was employed as the method of research. Results: Basic sciences and nursing were the strongest subspecialties from 2018 to 2020, with many subjects having 100% matches, likely because most academic programs share the same basic sciences foundation subjects and nursing collections had been developed for many years as a long-standing program of the institution. Associated health-related disciplines was the weakest subspecialty. Conclusion: These subjects need to be prioritized in collection development. All subspecialties exhibited an increasing trend of matching between 2014 and 2020. Electronic books were included in the matching to DCT 2020; however, the match was low compared to print only or both print and electronic titles. DCT title matching can not only identify gaps in library collections that need to be filled but also point toward opportunities to develop strong and varied collections in medicine and allied health.
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Art's biggest stage : collecting the Venice Bienniale, 2007-2019
\"The Clark Library has a collection of publications and ephemera relating to the Venice Biennale that dates back to the event's beginning in 1895. Art's Biggest Stage: Collecting the Venice Biennale, 2007-2019 is the first deep dive into the library's various holdings related to the event. Drawing primarily from our collection of publications and ephemera, this book emphasizes notions of nationhood while at the same time evoking the spectacle of the Biennale itself\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Open Access Literature in Libraries
Open Access has evolved into the most complex challenge of the scholarly publishing landscape and something libraries grapple with on a regular basis.But although librarians hold increasingly positive perceptions about OA, including its richness of unique content and immediacy of access, many lack the understanding, training, documentation, and.
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Research scholars and faculty members perception and participation in collection development of university libraries of Northern India – a comparative study
PurposeThis study aims to investigate research scholars’ and faculty members’ perception, participation in collection development, satisfaction with the adequacy of the library collection and challenges faced during the recommendation of resources in selected university libraries of Northern India.Design/methodology/approachThe data was collected with the help of a structured questionnaire from the research scholars and faculty members from all disciplines of five universities of Northern India. The comparison between the researchers and faculty members was carried out within the university, as well as across the universities. A total of 652 questionnaires were distributed, out of which 465 filled questionnaires were finally selected for data analysis. The collected data was analyzed with the help of SPSS and the hypotheses were tested using Chi-square (χ²) test.FindingsThe survey results found significant differences in awareness of collection development policy (CDP), as well as the recommendation of resources (i.e. textbooks, reference books, journals and magazines and non-book materials) between the research scholars and faculty members across the libraries. However, no significant difference was found between the opinion of the research scholars and faculty members on the adequacy of library collection across the libraries.Research limitations/implicationsThe study was limited to five university libraries of North India which included Maharishi Dayanand University (Rohtak) and Kurukshetra University (Kurukshetra) from the State of Haryana Panjab University from Union Territory of Chandigarh and Punjabi University (Patiala) and Guru Nanak Dev University (Amritsar) from the state of Punjab.Practical implicationsThe outcomes of this study will undoubtedly help the library authorities and management to understand the awareness of users (i.e. research scholars and faculty members) about the collection development process such as CDP of the library, kind of resources recommend, their assessment on adequacy of different kind of resources and their ultimate satisfaction from it.Originality/valueThe study is an extensive survey about the perception and participation of research scholars and faculty members in the collection development process of their respective libraries and indicates their satisfaction from the library collection.
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How to build a digital library
How to Build a Digital Library reviews knowledge and tools to construct and maintain a digital library, regardless of the size or purpose.A resource for individuals, agencies, and institutions wishing to put this powerful tool to work in their burgeoning information treasuries.The Second Edition reflects developments in the field as well as in.
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Using expert knowledge and peer review to create a reproducible process for the NAHRS Nursing Essential Resources List (NNERL)
Background: Librarians have relied on resource lists for developing nursing collections, but these lists are usually in static or subscription-based formats. An example of this is the 26th edition of the Essential Nursing Resources last published in 2012. The Nursing and Allied Health Resources and Services (NAHRS) Caucus Nursing Essential Resources List (NNERL) Task Force has been working on a new list since Fall 2020. The goal of the Task Force is to create a nursing resource list that represents current materials and formats, uses a selection process that is transparent and reproducible, and will be available to a broad audience. Case Presentation: Working from the Essential Nursing Resources 26th edition, the NNERL Task Force updated the purpose statement then began reviewing the resources on the list. Two working groups were formed: 1) an evaluation rubric working group developed a tool to evaluate the resources and 2) a tagging work group developed guidelines for creating metadata and “tags.” Volunteers were recruited from the NAHRS Caucus to tag the resources. Lastly, the Task Force finalized the list of resources in the NNERL then cleaned and reconciled the data. Conclusions: The final version of the NNERL will be published in Airtable, a cloud-based project management product, that will include metadata for every item on the list. The NNERL will be copyrighted to the NAHRS NNERL Task Force and made available through the Open Science Framework (OSF) under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Creative Commons License.
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A Discussion with the Authors of Streaming Video Collection Development and Management
Streaming video has emerged in the last decade-plus as a crucial format for library collections. With the ascendency of this format, attendant challenges have arisen for library workers within technical services and collection development units. It was in this spirit that LRTS assistant editor Michael Fernandez and Amauri Serrano authored the recently published monograph, Streaming Video Collection Development and Management (Bloomsbury, 2025; ISBN: 9781440880858). In lieu of a formal book review, Fernandez conducted an interview with Serrano to discuss the motivating factors for writing the monograph, the process for organizing the structure of the text, and the prospective audience who may benefit from it.
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