Social science libraries : interdisciplinary collections, services, networks / edited by Steven W. Witt and Lynne M. Rudasill.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Witt, Steve W.

Rudasill, Lynne M.

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. Social Science Libraries Section.

Series:

IFLA publications ; 144.

IFLA publications, 0344-6891 ; 144

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social science libraries.

Interdisciplinary research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (138 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter Saur, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

Frontmatter

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Revolutions in Science and the Role of Social Science Libraries / Witt, Steven W.

Disciplinary and Organizational Shifts

Being Undisciplined; Or Traversing Disciplinary Configurations in Social Science and Humanities Databases: Conceptual Considerations for Interdisciplinarity and Multidisciplinarity / Hérubel, Jean-Pierre V. M.

Disciplinary Boundaries in an Interdisciplinary World / Robb, Margaret

Walls Tumbling Down: Opportunities for Librarians in Interdisciplinary Research / Knapp, Jeffrey A.

'New Kids on the Block': Developing a Social Science Strategy in the British Library / England, Jude

Data Services

Share and Share Alike? Data-Sharing Practices in Different Disciplinary Domains / Jacoby, JoAnn

Socio-economic Databases as a Support System for Interdisciplinary Research: Indian Scenario / Goswami, P. R.

Developing Social Networks

Going Global: Facilitating Global Research and Education at George Mason University Libraries / LaFleur, LeRoy / Johnson, Melissa / Roszkowski, Beth

No Passport Needed: Border Crossings in the Academic Library / Alteri, Suzan / Sensiba, Michael C.

Backmatter

Notes:

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"Each chapter is a direct result of the IFLA Social Science Libraries Section's 2008 conference titled Disappearing disciplinary borders in the social science library : global studies or sea change?, which took place August 6th- 7th, 2008 at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Information (FI)"--Foreword.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786612706738

9781282706736

128270673X

9783110232158

3110232154

OCLC:

651602047

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access