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Chapter 10
Managing and Adapting Library Information Services for Future Users
An infrastructure or material that provides content and information services for the user.
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Libraries and Innovative Thinking in the Digital Age
Abiola Bukola Elaturoti (Lead City University, Nigeria)
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 24
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1116-9.ch010
Abstract
Librarianship, as is quite obvious, is changing very fast with the high rate of technological infusion in every aspect of the profession. Books and other information resources that are managed by libraries and information professionals are being transformed to electronic platforms. Also, the information users are becoming more technology savvy as well as sophisticated in their information needs and the quest to satisfy these needs. Users are vast in the use of search engines, and it is like they do not need libraries and the services of librarians anymore. All these and many more developments have put great strains on libraries and librarians. This chapter therefore discusses how librarians can provide services for 21st century users through innovative thinking.
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Chapter 17
Campus as a Framework for a Networked University
An element of infrastructure that enables the transaction of certain selected significant and relevant data, prepared so as to provide content and information services that can be used directly by the user. It is necessary to establish some minimum socio-technical requirements for an element to qualify as a resource.
Published in Chapter: Campus as a Framework for a Networked University; From: Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations
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Information Resources Development in China
A collection of valuable information generated by human activities. In a broader sense, it also includes related equipment, personnel, and capital.
Published in Chapter: Information Resources Development in China; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Second Edition
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Teaching and Learning Methods for Drug Information
An infrastructure or material that provides content (data) and information services for the user.
Published in Chapter: Teaching and Learning Methods for Drug Information; From: Pedagogies for Pharmacy Curricula
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