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Titolo: | Influence of funding on advances in librarianship [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Danuta A. Nitecki and Eilenn G. Abels |
Pubblicazione: | Bingley, : Emerald Group Pub., 2008 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (189 p.) |
Disciplina: | 025.00285 |
Soggetto topico: | Librarians - Effect of technological innovations on |
Libraries - Information technology | |
Library finance - Government policy | |
Library science - Technological innovations | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Altri autori: | AbelsEileen G NiteckiDanuta A |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Influence of Funding on Advances in Librarianship; Copyright page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Federal Support for Library and Information Science Research; I. Introduction; II. History of Funding for LIS: Pre-1998; III. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS); IV. National Library of Medicine (NLM); V. National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH); VI. National Science Foundation (NSF); VII. Evidence of Federal Funding from JASIST Authors; VIII. Advice for Getting Federal Grants; IX. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References |
Chapter 2. The Development and Impact of Digital Library Funding in the United States I. Introduction; II. Prior to the Digital Libraries Initiative; III. The NSF's Digital Libraries Initiatives; IV. Proliferation of Funding Streams; V. Impact of DL Funding; VI. Conclusion; References; Chapter 3. A Review of Research Related to Management of Corporate Libraries; I. Introduction; II. Special Libraries Association; III. Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom; IV. Conclusion; References | |
Chapter 4. Alternative Funding for Public Libraries: Trends, Sources, and the Heated Arguments that Surround ItI. Introduction and Research Questions; II. Methods; III. Results: Literature Review; IV. Results: A Case Study of the West Chester Public Library's Alternative Funding; V. The Arguments for and Against Alternative Funding for Public Libraries; VI. Conclusion; Acknowledgment; References; Chapter 5. From Foundation to Federal Funding: The Impact of Grants on Education for Library and Information Science; I. Introduction; II. Andrew Carnegie and the Carnegie Corporation of New York | |
III. U.S. Office of Education and Title II-B Funding IV. Foundation and Government Funding in the 1970's and 1980's; V. Experimentation and Innovation with Foundation Support in the 1990's; VI. Institute of Museum and Library Services; VII. Accreditation; VIII. Increasing Diversity; IX. Reflections on the Impact of External Funding; X. Implications for the Future of Library and Information Science Education; References; Index | |
Sommario/riassunto: | Addresses the influence of research funding on advances in libraries and librarianship from two perspectives: funding agents and specific initiatives. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Influence of funding on advances in librarianship |
ISBN: | 1-280-77129-1 |
9786613682062 | |
1-84855-373-0 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910455293403321 |
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