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

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TextSeries: IFLA publications ; 144.Publication details: Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter Saur, �2010.Description: 1 online resource (138 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9783110232158
3110232154

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Social science libraries.DDC classification:

026.3 22

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Z675.S6 S63 2010eb

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06.41
AN 68400

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EBSCOhost

Contents:

Revolutions in science and the role of social science libraries / Steven W. Witt -- Being undisciplined, or, Traversing disciplinary configurations in social science and humanities databases : conceptual considerations for interdisciplinarity and multidisciplinarity / Jean-Pierre V.M. H�erubel -- Disciplinary boundaries in an interdisciplinary world / Margaret Robb -- Walls tumbling down : opportunities for librarians in interdisciplinary research / Jeffrey A. Knapp -- New kids on the block : developing a social science strategy in the British Library / Jude England -- Share and share alike : data-sharing practices in different disciplinary domains / JoAnn Jacoby -- Socio-economic databases as a support system for inter-disciplinary research : Indian scenario / P.R. Goswami -- Going global : facilitating global research and education at George Mason University Libraries / LeRoy LaFleur, Melissa Johnson, and Beth Roszkowski -- No passport needed : border crossings in the academic library / Suzan Alteri and Michael C. Sensiba.

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.

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In English.

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.