scholarly journals The Gateway Coalition Web Repository: Focusing On Digital Resources To Manage Systemic Education Innovation

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eli Fromm ◽  
Jack McGourty
Keyword(s):  
Digital Resources ◽  
Education Innovation ◽  
Web Repository

Future of academic libraries: Opportunities and Challenges

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (24) ◽  
Author(s):  
Raysh Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Search Engines ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Information Seeking Behavior ◽  
Technological Innovations ◽  
Information Need ◽  
Digital Resources ◽  
Web Resources ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
High Bandwidth

Rapid advances in technological innovations, affordable high bandwidth networks, explosive growth of web resources,sophisticated search engines, ever growing digital resources and changing information seeking behavior of users are greatly transforming the future of academic libraries. The paper outlines the challenges which are very dominant and posing threat for the existence of academic libraries and suitable strategies requires to be made by the libraries and librarians to meet the expectations and information need of their existing and potential clienteles.

Management of e-resources in academic libraries in Ghana: Copyright implications

IFLA Journal ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 034003522110271
Author(s):  
Theresa L Adu ◽  
Thomas B van der Walt
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Digital Resources ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Sequential Mixed Methods ◽  
Library Staff

This study investigated the copyright issues surrounding the management of e-resources in academic libraries in Ghana. Forty-seven library staff and head librarians from four academic libraries were engaged using questionnaires and qualitative interviews in a sequential mixed-methods approach to generate data for this study. The findings indicate that in all four institutions copyright issues arose with the provision of distance learning, online courses and e-reserves services. All the respondents stated that they or their colleagues had had faculty ask questions on copyright issues. However, the professional librarians indicated that the library was not consulted and the instructors for online courses or distance education programmes did not cooperate with librarians; rather, the department posting the materials made the decisions on copyright regarding the usage of digital resources for distance learning, online courses or e-reserves. This does not augur well for the management of copyright of e-resources in academic libraries in Ghana.

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