ARL Statement to scholarly publishers on the global economic crisis
A little late, but interesting reading, ARL published mid-February a statement to publishers regarding research libraries and the global economic crisis. The document lists a few of the effects the economic crisis has on research libraries: current and future -possibly permanent -budget cuts cancellation of ongoing commitments bigger preference of electronic over print shortening of [...]
As the first USF librarian at the Lakeland campus (now Polytechnic), I opened the USF Polytechnic Library in January 2007 and have developed its various services.
I've held positions as information broker, Internet consultant and academic librarian in Canada, the US and Europe.
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