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Changes in Scholarly Publishing
Great changes are happening in the world
of scholarly publishing - that is, the
publishing of articles in scholarly
journals. The changes have two main
drivers.
The
first is cost. Annual price increases
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Library Liaison Officer
Dr Ciaran Fagan
As the
School of Biotechnology's Library
Liaison Officer (LLO), I act as a
two-way information conduit between the
Library and School personnel.
I consider my most important task as LLO
to be the efficient
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Information Literacy in
DCU
A common definition of
Information literacy is an understanding
and set of skills which enables individuals
to recognise when information is needed and
have the capacity to locate,
evaluate, and use
effectively the needed information (American
Library Association Presidential
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Behind the scenes -Collection
Management Services
While
library users are familiar with front
line services such as Issue Desk,
Information Desk and the Inter Library
Loans service, they may not be so aware
of the considerable activity taking
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E-books are here
The
Library is currently participating in a
national project to investigate the
e-books market and the potential
advantages of integrating e-books into
the traditional academic library
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DCU E-prints Archive
DCU library is pleased to announce that an
Eprints Archive has been set up with the
assistance of the Computer Services
Department. This is currently in pilot
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Online Learning: linking to journals
In support
of e-learning activities on campus, the
Library wishes to highlight the
availability of an increasing number of
full text electronic journals. Library
e-journals can be easily
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