1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911105482503321

Titolo

Managing electronic reserves / / Jeff Rosedale, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : American Library Association, 2002

ISBN

0-8389-9913-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (207 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RosedaleJeff

Disciplina

025.17/4

Soggetti

Electronic reserve collections in libraries

Academic libraries - Electronic reserve collections

Libraries - Special collections - Electronic information resources

Library materials - Digitization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 Frequently Asked Questions about Electronic Reserves; 2 Staffing Issues for Electronic Reserves; 3 Evaluation of Electronic Reserve Systems; 4 Migrating E-Reserves to a New IOLS; 5 ONCORES A Homegrown E-Reserve System; 6 OSCR: Open Source Software and Electronic Reserves; 7 Copyright Considerations for Electronic Reserves; 8 Electronic Reserves and the Digital Library; 9 Perspectives of an Enlightened Vendor; 10 Perspective of the Association of Research Libraries; CONCLUSION; GLOSSARY; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX;

Sommario/riassunto

''Libraries and librarians have pursued electronic reserves because it is a fast, convenient, flexible, and powerful way to meet the informational needs of students and faculty.''—from the Introduction. Most academic and many public libraries today have an electronic reserves system because it provides quick, controlled, and efficient digital access to class materials, reference works, and selected resources. In this new guide, Jeff Rosedale, along with a group of digital library experts, will get you up to speed on creating and managing a top-notch electronic reserve program in your library.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911137073103321

Autore

Oppenheimer Gerald M.

Titolo

Shattered dreams? : an oral history of the South African AIDS epidemic / / Gerald M. Oppenheimer, Ronald Bayer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2007

ISBN

0-19-029455-8

0-19-971912-8

1-281-16333-3

1-4356-0957-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 pages) : map

Altri autori (Persone)

BayerRonald

Disciplina

614.5/9939200968

Soggetti

AIDS (Disease) - South Africa - History

Oral history - South Africa

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - history

HIV Infections - history

Disease Outbreaks - history

History, 20th Century

Nurses

Physicians

Interview

Personal Narrative

Interviews.

Personal narratives.

South Africa

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-245) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: AIDS and the Legacies of Apartheid; 1. The Forgotten Epidemic; 2. Facing AIDS: Denial, Indifference, and Fear; 3. The Burdens of AIDS: Treatment and Its Discontents; 4. Limited Access; 5. Defiance: Creating Islands of Treatment; 6. New Beginnings?

Sommario/riassunto

Based on extended interviews with almost 90 doctors and nurses, 'Shattered Dreams?' is an oral history of how physicians and nurses in



South Africa struggled to contend with the world's most catastrophic AIDS epidemic.