Social Science Libraries

Open Access Published by De Gruyter Saur 2010

Social Science Libraries

Interdisciplinary Collections, Services, Networks

Edited by: Steve W. Witt and Lynne M. Rudasill

Volume 144 in the series IFLA Publications

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110232158

Overview
Contents

About this book

This volume focuses on practical and empirical accounts of organizational change in the social sciences and impacts upon the professional skills, collections, and services within social science libraries. Section one focuses upon the question of interdisciplinary within social science libraries and the role of libraries to both react to and facilitate paradigm shifts in research and science. Section two focuses on the rise of data as a resource to be collected and shared within social science libraries. The third section focuses on the role of librarians to facilitate the development of social organizations that develop around new technologies and research communities.

Changed role of librarians within social science libraries
Describes new developments of social organizations
Essential for librarians

eBook open access since 14 August 2011

Author information

Steve W. Witt and Lynne M. Rudasill, Center for Global Studies, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, United States

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
TABLE OF CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Introduction
Revolutions in Science and the Role of Social Science Libraries Steven W. Witt Publicly Available Download PDF	9
Disciplinary and Organizational Shifts
Being Undisciplined; Or Traversing Disciplinary Configurations in Social Science and Humanities Databases: Conceptual Considerations for Interdisciplinarity and Multidisciplinarity Jean-Pierre V. M. Hérubel Publicly Available Download PDF	23
Disciplinary Boundaries in an Interdisciplinary World Margaret Robb Publicly Available Download PDF	40
Walls Tumbling Down: Opportunities for Librarians in Interdisciplinary Research Jeffrey A. Knapp Publicly Available Download PDF	53
‘New Kids on the Block’: Developing a Social Science Strategy in the British Library Jude England Publicly Available Download PDF	62
Data Services
Share and Share Alike? Data-Sharing Practices in Different Disciplinary Domains JoAnn Jacoby Publicly Available Download PDF	77
Socio-economic Databases as a Support System for Interdisciplinary Research: Indian Scenario P. R. Goswami Publicly Available Download PDF	95
Developing Social Networks
Going Global: Facilitating Global Research and Education at George Mason University Libraries LeRoy LaFleur, Melissa Johnson and Beth Roszkowski Publicly Available Download PDF	107
No Passport Needed: Border Crossings in the Academic Library Suzan Alteri and Michael C. Sensiba Publicly Available Download PDF	118
Backmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	129

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Saur
Audience: Libraries, especially in Social Science Libraries, Institutes, Academics
Pages
- Main content: 138
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 16
- Tables: 4

eBook

Published: June 29, 2010
ISBN: 9783110232158

Hardcover

Published: June 28, 2010
ISBN: 9783110232141