academic libraries embrace Web access

This article presents the lessons learned when six universitiesin the West Midlands, UK worked collaboratively within the eLib (<a href="http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/elib/">Electronic Libraries Programme</a>). These libraries and learning resource centres spent two years foc...

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Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Borås 1997-01-01
Series:Information Research: An International Electronic Journal
Online Access:http://informationr.net/ir/3-2/paper40.html
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Summary:This article presents the lessons learned when six universitiesin the West Midlands, UK worked collaboratively within the eLib (<a href="http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/elib/">Electronic Libraries Programme</a>). These libraries and learning resource centres spent two years focused on a culture change in the support provided to education, law, and life sciences subject departments. Their efforts resulted in <a href="http://www.uce.ac.uk/tapin/">a mediation Model</a> for networked information. The project manager for <a href="http://www.uce.ac.uk/tapin/tapin2.htm">TAPin</a> reflects upon the importance of attitudes, infrastructure, staff skills, appearances and service practices in the process of change.
ISSN:1368-1613