Thank you to everyone who attended the Public Library Forum in Manchester. PDFs of the slides are available below: Partnership Lightning Talks: "NAG Public Libraries Project Grant" Maria Reguera, Vision, [...]
This year the theme for our eleventh Collection Development Seminar for Academic Librarians was Disruption and Innovation are the New Normal with speakers from around the country. PDFs of the [...]
Selection criteria Notes Cost and available budget Check cost against budget and also check any multiyear commitment against likely budget trends Relevancy Test relevancy with academics and requesting librarians [...]
Buying ebooks - Ebook models and etextbooks Libraries increasingly need to prove effectiveness of purchasing through ROI (return-on-investment), demonstrating value for money. There is also a focus on ‘just-in-time’ [...]
Introduction Statistically, one in four of us will be disabled before we die. With an increasingly older demographic, libraries need to recognise that the choices they make when procuring [...]
Introduction Books in digital format can form a significant part of the student experience at University. Users with the digital skills to access electronic books/journals and use them effectively [...]
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