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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824082503321

Titolo

Social science libraries : interdisciplinary collections, services, networks / / edited by Steven W. Witt and Lynne M. Rudasill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : De Gruyter Saur, c2010

ISBN

1-282-70673-X

9786612706738

3-11-023215-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (138 p.)

Collana

IFLA publications, , 0344-6891 ; ; 144

Classificazione

AN 68400

Altri autori (Persone)

WittSteve W

RudasillLynne M

Disciplina

026.3

Soggetti

Social science libraries

Interdisciplinary research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Each chapter is a direct result of the IFLA Social Science Libraries Section's 2008 conference titled Disappearing disciplinary borders in the social science library : global studies or sea change?, which took place August 6th- 7th, 2008 at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Information (FI)"--Foreword.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Introduction -- Revolutions in Science and the Role of Social Science Libraries / Witt, Steven W. -- Disciplinary and Organizational Shifts -- Being Undisciplined; Or Traversing Disciplinary Configurations in Social Science and Humanities Databases: Conceptual Considerations for Interdisciplinarity and Multidisciplinarity / Hérubel, Jean-Pierre V. M. -- Disciplinary Boundaries in an Interdisciplinary World / Robb, Margaret -- Walls Tumbling Down: Opportunities for Librarians in Interdisciplinary Research / Knapp, Jeffrey A. -- 'New Kids on the Block': Developing a Social Science Strategy in the British Library / England, Jude -- Data Services -- Share and Share Alike? Data-Sharing Practices in Different Disciplinary Domains / Jacoby, JoAnn -- Socio-economic Databases as a Support System for Interdisciplinary Research: Indian Scenario / Goswami, P. R. -- Developing Social Networks -- Going Global: Facilitating Global Research and Education at George Mason University Libraries / LaFleur, LeRoy / Johnson, Melissa / Roszkowski, Beth -- No



Passport Needed: Border Crossings in the Academic Library / Alteri, Suzan / Sensiba, Michael C. -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

This volume focuses on practical and empirical accounts of organizational change in the social sciences and impacts upon the professional skills, collections, and services within social science libraries. Section one focuses upon the question of interdisciplinary within social science libraries and the role of libraries to both react to and facilitate paradigm shifts in research and science. Section two focuses on the rise of data as a resource to be collected and shared within social science libraries. The third section focuses on the role of librarians to facilitate the development of social