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the future of the library – Balliol College

In preparation for my presentation to The JISC and The Bodleian on 2009-04-02 in Oxford I’m continuing a somewhat flippant random walk through web pages that might tell me what a library is and what it is for. So I … Continue reading

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the library of the future – what's the purpose of Oxford University

Following friom previous posts – and in a slightly flippant vein – I’m trying to find the purpose of libraries by browsing the web and starting with Oxford. I can’t find much stated purpose for the Bodleian library, so I’m … Continue reading

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The library of the future – what is the Bodleian for?

I’m talking at Oxford on 2009-04-02 on the future of libraries and I’m doing some simple browsing to see what I can find – by intelligent browsing only – about the purpose of libraries, specifically Oxbridge. My first visit is … Continue reading

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the library of the future – Oxford 2009-04-02

In this and subsequent posts I shall explore some ideas on the library of the future, being catalyzed by the following invitation from Rachel Bruce of The JISC: …I’m now writing on behalf of the JISC and the Bodleian Library … Continue reading

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Research support roles for the library

A long and thoughtful post from Richard Akerman on how the library should support research. revisiting potential research-support roles for the library Three years ago, I wrote this list of potential research-support roles for a library in the digital environment: … Continue reading

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