academic library
Let an agent explain academic libraries, relay functions, organisation, collections, services and scholarly communication debates from library science sources with positions attributed, describe the named types, and distinguish academic libraries from public libraries, national libraries, research libraries outside universities and school libraries.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain academic libraries, relay functions, organisation, collections, services and scholarly communication debates from library science sources with positions attributed, describe the named types, and distinguish academic libraries from public libraries, national libraries, research libraries outside universities and school libraries.
A library attached to a higher education institution such as a university or college, supporting teaching, learning and research with print and digital collections, study spaces, information literacy teaching and research data services, including undergraduate libraries, subject and departmental libraries such as economics libraries, geospatial and map libraries, libraries of universities of applied sciences, and national systems the registry aliases name such as university libraries in France, which are organised as common documentation services; academic libraries face rising journal subscription costs and support open access, debated with publishers, and positions are attributed.
What it is for: Supporting teaching and research in higher education.
It can be explain functions and services; relay organisation; describe named types; present open access debates with attribution.
Distinguishing features
Institutional affiliation
Research collections
Information literacy teaching
Licensed digital resources
What it looks like
Campus buildings with stacks, reading rooms, study spaces and digital services.
Physical character
Bodleian Library: opened 1602 note - Oxford, example
Association of College and Research Libraries: founded 1940 note - US
registry parents: research library, division of an educational institution note
How it is recognised
Library of a higher education institution
Economic library, undergraduate library, geospatial academic library, university library, university libraries in France, university of applied sciences library
Public libraries serve the general public; national libraries keep national collections; independent research libraries serve scholars; school libraries serve schools
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is part of -
supports -
is contrasted with -
In practice
Families and kinds
main university libraries
undergraduate libraries
subject and departmental libraries
map and geospatial libraries
college and applied sciences libraries
Standards and regulation
ACRL Framework for Information Literacy
Copyright and licensing law for digital resources
Accessibility requirements
Failure modes and hazards
Licence breaches
Partisan framing of publisher disputes
Stale service information
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What an academic library is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is an academic library, and how does it differ from public, national, independent research and school libraries? definition
- Is the question about using a specific library, whose access rules need current sources? boundary
Types
Named types.
Types
Types.
- What are economics, undergraduate, geospatial and applied sciences libraries, and how are university libraries organised in France? definition
- Which entry fits the specific library? action
Services Services.
Sources.
Information literacy
Teaching.
Information literacy
Information literacy.
- How do academic libraries teach information literacy? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Research data
Research support.
Research data
Research data.
- How do libraries support research data management and repositories? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Scholarly communication Scholarly communication.
Attribution.
Subscriptions
Journal costs.
Subscriptions
Subscriptions.
- What do libraries, publishers and funders argue about journal pricing and big deals, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral and attributed? boundary
Open access
Open access.
Open access
Open access.
- How do academic libraries support open access agreements? provenance
- Which entry fits Plan S? action
Context History and space.
Context.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did academic libraries develop from medieval university collections? provenance
- Which entry fits Bodleian Library? action
Space
Learning spaces.
Space
Space.
- How have libraries become learning commons? provenance
- Is the information current? boundary
What the second pass must settle
- Should university libraries in France be an instance or a system entry?
- Should undergraduate libraries be a separate entry?
- How should library statistics be linked?