Document Delivery and Resource Sharing: Global Perspectives

This publication is intended to provide librarians, library practitioners, as well as teachers, researchers, and students of universities and research organizations and other interested parties, a foundation in resource sharing principles, practices and management. This publication provides an overview of where things stand today with resource sharing, including key trends, challenges, opportunities, and priorities. The publication seeks to address international resource sharing, exploring the current state of European and international resource sharing systems and the governing laws and regulations and includes case studies and best practices from various countries

Information Literacy and International Students: cultural barriers and language preferences

Even with the prevalence of a global culture, cultural and language barriers continue to present challenges for information professionals. Furthermore, international students are increasingly turning to library instruction classes for discovering library programs and resources. With the presence of cultural and language barriers, information literacy initiatives are forced to address the disparity in cultural displacement. The inclusion of language preferences in library instruction classes and information literacy initiatives would benefit international students and information professionals. The paper demonstrates that language and cultural barriers hinder international students from fully experiencing a library and its resources. Furthermore, this paper shows that limited exposure to library resources affects international students negatively by limiting their participation in the academic discourse. With a review of relevant literature, this paper calls for the inclusion of language preferences in information literacy initiatives and instruction classes. Moreover, the paper calls for a review of training methodology for information professional to addresses the concerns of international students

Measuring and Sustaining the National Impact of LCLT Collections

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Measuring and Sustaining the National Impact of LCLT Collections

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Document Delivery and Resource Sharing

Cette publication a été réalisée dans le cadre du projet HERMES, qui vise à fournir aux établissements d’enseignement un accès de haute qualité, rapide et gratuit à la connaissance. La capacité à mettre en œuvre et à partager une vision globale et des compétences étendues sur le partage des ressources accompagné d’un système open source pour favoriser un accès efficace à la connaissances pour tous est ainsi visé