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What is Academic Library
1.
Is a
library
that is attached to a higher education institution and serves two complementary purposes: to support the curriculum and the research of the university faculty and students.
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Is a
library
that is attached to a higher education institution and serves two complementary purposes: to support the curriculum and the research of the university faculty and students.
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An
academic library
is a
library
that is attached to a higher education institution which serves two complementary purposes to support the school's curriculum, and to support the research of the university faculty and students.
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4.
A
library
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5.
It is a
library
attached to a higher education institution which is there to support the curriculum and the research of the university faculty and students.
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An
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It can be a physical or digital space that houses scholarly research materials that support the university or college teaching and learning activities.
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8.
An
academic library
is a big repository of information and knowledge from all fields of learning to disseminate and store information for the users and it serves to support the school's curriculum and to support the research of the university faculty and students.
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9.
The
library
that serves the university or college community by supporting research needs and curricular needs.
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10.
A designated place, physical or digital, set aside to house scholarly research materials and materials supporting the
academic
, university, or college community and curriculum.
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A
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belonging to a higher education institute to support teaching, learning and research.
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A
library
that is attached to an institution of higher education that supports the teaching, learning and research mission of the institution.
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13.
Are those libraries which are based in universities domain in providing support for research and educational activities and any data management of university.
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14.
A
library
intentionally aligned with a specific institution of higher education.
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15.
An
academic library
is a
library
associated with a college or university which supports the mission of the institution and the research needs of its faculty, staff and students. Although it is possible that a purely virtual
library
could exist, no brick and mortar institution has yet taken that step. Instead, most
academic
libraries consist of a physical space (usually quite large but on occasion as small as one room) and a staff of librarians and other employees that manage the building and its collections.
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16.
An
academic library
is a big repository of information and knowledge from all fields of learning created to serve a college or university, to disseminate and store information for the users and it serves the reading and research interests of students, lecturers, and researchers.
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17.
Academic
libraries work together with other members of their institutional communities to participate in, support, and achieve the educational mission of their institutions by teaching the core competencies of information literacy—the abilities involved in identifying an information need, accessing needed information, evaluating, managing, and applying information, and understanding the legal, social, and ethical aspects of information use.
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18.
An
academic library
is a
library
associated with a college or university which supports the mission of the institution and the research needs of its faculty, staff and students. Although it is possible that a purely virtual
library
could exist, no brick and mortar institution has yet taken that step. Instead, most
academic
libraries consist of a physical space (usually quite large but on occasion as small as one room) and a staff of librarians and other employees that manage the building and its collections.
Learn more in: Application of Cloud Computing Technologies in Academic Library Management: The National Open University of Nigeria Library in Perspective
19.
This is a
library
established in tertiary institutions such as university, Colleges and Polytechnic.
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20.
A
library
attached to a higher education institution to support teaching, learning and research activities.
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21.
A designated place, physical or digital, set aside to house scholarly research materials and materials supporting the
academic
, university, or college community and curriculum.
Learn more in: The Use of CMC Technologies in Academic Libraries
22.
It is a resource centre that services institutions of higher learning such as a college or a university.
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