Sökning: "academic libraries"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 9 avhandlingar innehållade orden academic libraries.

  1. 1. Merger and management : University of Rwanda libraries in a transitional context

    Författare :Berthilde Uwamwezi; Högskolan i Borås; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; University merger; resource sharing; library management; academic libraries; academic library merger; University of Rwanda; Rwanda; University of Rwanda libra;

    Sammanfattning : With a focus on management of libraries, this study is set in the context of a merger of the University of Rwanda with multi-sites and campuses. The study explores how librarians, library directors and representatives for university management understand and conceive of the libraries in relation to the merger. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Managers' Cooperative Work Practices in Computational Artefacts-Supported Library Systems

    Författare :Niki Chatzipanagiotou; Anita Mirijamdotter; Jaime Campos; Christina Mörtberg; Ulrika Lund Snis; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Work Practice; Cooperative Work; Cooperative Work Practices; Computational Artefacts; Computer-Supported Cooperative Work; Articulation Work; Awareness; Appropriation; Ethnography; Focused-Ethnography; Fieldwork; Vignettes; Complexity; Managers; Management; Libraries; Academic Library; Academic Library Managers; Informatik; Information Systems;

    Sammanfattning : The dissertation presents understandings of the complex, contextual, cooperative everyday work practices of academic library managers supported by computational artefacts, as well as challenges disrupting their practices and thereby computational artefacts usage. The doctoral research approaches and conceptualises managers’ work as ‘everyday cooperative practice’, in this way adopting the computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW) approach. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Academic librarianship in flux : The dynamics of negotiating professional jurisdiction

    Författare :Pieta Eklund; Elena Maceviciute; Nasrine Olson; Högskolan i Borås; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; academic librarianship; librarians; profession; occupation jurisdiction; Abbott; negotiations; Universitetsbibliotekarier; bibliotekarier; professioner; yrke; jurisdiktioner; Abbott; förhandlingar; Library and Information Science; Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : This study aims to better understand the dynamics of negotiating professional jurisdiction within research from the perspective of academic librarians who develop library services for researchers. This qualitative case study consists of 24 semi-structured interviews, 32 recorded non-participant observations, and seven official university library documents collected at one Swedish university library with three division libraries during 2016. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Den efterfrågade vetenskapen : Universitetsbibliotek, akademiska tidskrifter och vetenskapliga förlag 1968–2018

    Författare :David Dellstig; Ylva Hasselberg; Johan Svedjedal; Arne Jarrick; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Measures of diffusion; Academic journals; University Libraries; Academic Publishers; Bibliometrics; Big Science; Diffusionsmått; Vetenskapliga förlag; Bibliotek; Tidskrifter; Bibliometri; The big deal; Bibliometri; Ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

    Sammanfattning : What is the value of academic publications? How are they valued? What affects the processes of valuation? These are the central questions dealt with in this dissertation. By studying academic infrastructure, consisting of university libraries, academic journals and academic publishers, this thesis aims to explore and understand what creates value in an international market for academic journals and publications. LÄS MER

  7. 5. The Privilege to Select : Global Research System, European Academic Library Collections, and Decolonisation

    Författare :Nora Schmidt; Kultur och Samhälle Informationspraktiker: Kommunikation; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Scholarly communication; Critlib; Collection management; Academic libraries; Decolonialism; Scientometrics;

    Sammanfattning : A large part of the literature published in the ‘Global South’ is barely covered by bibliographic databases. Institutional policies increasingly require researchers globally to publish in ‘international’ journals, draining local infrastructures. The standard-setting power of ‘Global South’ scholars is minimised further. LÄS MER