BACKGROUND This paper introduces the new National Library for Health Skin Conditions Specialist Library http://www.library.nhs.uk/skin. DESCRIPTION The aims, scope and audience of the new NLH Skin Conditions Specialist Library, and the composition and functions of its core Project Team, Editorial Team and Stakeholders Group are described. The Library's collection building strategy, resource a...

This paper discusses the explosion in the use of electronic resources by students and the development of e-books. The existing high usage will intensify as virtual learning environments (VLEs) become the primary means of interaction between students and universities. A brief outline of university library procurement in the UK is given, followed by an analysis of a recent ground-breaking tender ...

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the digital collection National Gallery Art’s library with a focus on diversity topics, artists, and themes. This could be resource librarians responsible for collections art that want ensure their are seen as diverse. Additionally, adds body scholarly literature related libraries, collections, diversity, research conducted used further analyze other col...

THECENTRAL IDEA OF SHARING literature will be discussed, along with suggestions for collection development, expanding students’ knowledge of stories, book discussions, and physical considerations specific to a deaf audience. The deaf library patrons in the examples range in age from two-year-old children to teenagers.

The ICST DSP library is a compact collection of C++ routines with focus on rapid development of audio processing and analysis applications. Unlike other similar libraries it offers a set of technical computing tools as well as speedoptimized industrial-grade DSP algorithms, which allow one to prototype, test and implement real-time applications without the need of switching development environm...

A parallel program archetype 2] aids in the development of reliable, eecient parallel applications with common computation/communication structures by providing development methods and code libraries spe-ciic to the structure. This document presents an archetype for mesh-spectral computations. It describes the common structure captured by the archetype abstraction, discusses a parallelization s...

The University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries has developed a unique collection assessment tool, the Collection Map, to provide support for a new access‐based collection development philosophy. UNT Librarians realized the limitations of traditional assessment methods to gauge the impact of emerging acquisitions models such as demand‐driven acquisitions (DDA) and large interdisciplinary e‐book c...