Reflective Questions
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Is the age of print over?
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What negative outcomes could digitalisation produce?
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How will digitalisation change what librarians do?
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What is the relevance of digitalisation for custodians of ancient scripts and artefacts?
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How can digitisation be used to promote special collections?
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Who wants access to rare works and why? How should budget holders evaluate cost and benefit of providing digital access?
Topics Covered
- Ancient and mediaeval universities
- Scottish ancient university libraries
- University library history
- Digital resources
- The digital revolution
- Cloud libraries
- From library 'holdings' to licensed content
- Publisher pricing policies
- Scholarly journals
- From 'the online library' to resources on the web
- Open access repositories
- Hybrid libraries
- Special collections
- Rare and unique materials
- University archives
- Scale developments in library operations
- History of legal deposit
- National and international library cooperation
- Global competition in higher education
- Cataloguing of special collections
- Digitization of special collections
- Contrast with US research university libraries
- Library branding
Talk Citation
MacColl, J.A. (2012, March 29). Transforming a mediaeval university [Video file]. In
The Business & Management Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved April 22, 2025, from
https://doi.org/10.69645/ESYZ5050.
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Publication History
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Published on March 29, 2012
