Repositories for Print : Strategies for Access, Preservation and Democracy.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (204 pages)
- Current Topics in Library and Information Practice Series .
- Current Topics in Library and Information Practice Series .
Intro -- Table of contents -- List of abbreviations -- 1. Introduction and Background -- 2. Re-visiting the concept and purpose of the print repository -- 3. Managing complex collections in an interconnected world -- 4. Shared Archiving Austria: A Joint Archiving Strategy for Austrian University Libraries -- 5. Outsourcing: a solution for New Zealand university libraries' print journals -- 6. Supporting libraries: Setting up the Cooperative Storage Library Switzerland -- 7. Supporting users: ensuring access while preserving archival copies -- 8. The Repository Library -- 9. The past, present and future of a print repository: CAVAL and the changing context for print storage and preservation -- 10. Collection policies for the post-digital era of academic publishing - future scenarios for the academic libraries -- 11. The evolving model of the National Repository Library of Finland -- 12. Repositioning an Institutional Repository to Capture Research and Data -- 13. Coordinating a National Policy for Shared Conservation -- 14. The GEPA, or how an old infantry barrack is an answer to the lack of space in Catalonia -- 15. Sharing Print Serials in North America: A Status Report and Agenda for the Next Decade -- About the authors -- About the editors -- Index.
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