Libraries Driving Access to Knowledge

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Preface
• Foreword
• Libraries Driving Access to Knowledge (A2K)
• Part One – User-Oriented A2K Actions
  • Iceland Goes Digital: Countrywide Access to Electronic Resources
  • ‘Access for All’ and ‘Politics of Difference’: Comparative Case Study of Two European Libraries
  • Using Web 2.0 to Make Libraries More User-Oriented: Outcomes from a Case Study at Loughborough University Library (UK)
  • OA to Knowledge: Perceptions of UWI Researchers on the St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago
• Part Two – Libraries and Lifelong Learning
  • Native Language University Digital Textbook Collection
  • Balancing Access to Knowledge and Respect for Cultural Knowledge: Librarian Advocacy with Indigenous Peoples’ Self-Determination in Access to Knowledge
  • Access to Knowledge as a Social Practice: Information Literacy Education for MA Students
• Part Three – Libraries as Space and Place in A2K
  • The Discursive Construction of the Academic Library as Learning Place in A2K
  • A Tale of Two Libraries: Space and Reading in Porto Public Libraries
  • University Library Premises: The Evaluation of Customer Satisfaction and Usage
• Part Four – Other A2K Theme Approaches
  • ILS vs. DBMS in Latin American Web OPACs: Discriminant Analysis Applied to User Interface
  • Open Access and A2K: Collaborative Experiences in Latin America
  • The Success Story of a Locally Developed Online Video Site: HKBUtube