Library Roles in University Research Assessment

Library support for research in a university context

Library support for research in a university context An increased focus on research within Australian universities, driven by the federal government’s research agenda, has heightened interest in the services and resources provided by academic libraries to enhance research within higher education institutions. While academic libraries have always had as part of their mission support for research...

Material Mastery: Situating Digital Library Use in University Research Practices

In the past several years, researchers in library and information science, computer science and management information systems have claimed that knowledge workers will transform important characteristics of work due to increased access to digital libraries over the Internet. To explore the in ̄uence of digital libraries on knowledge work, this study investigated the use of paper and electronic m...

Integrating Digital Resources into a Traditional University Research Library

We describe the ongoing Electronic Library Project at the University of South Carolina. The goal of this project is the integration of digital resources within a traditional university research library. The first step was the development of an Electronic Science Library (ESL), followed by an Electronic Academic Library (EAL) which includes non-science subjects. We discuss the structure of these...

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Psychology -Social) COGNITIVE STRUCTURE: A COMPARISON OF TWO THEORIES AND MEASURES OF INTEGRATIVE COMPLEXITY