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Navigable Slide Index
- Introduction
- Papal bull of foundation, 1413
- Early history
- King James library
- 'Elegant and luminous'
- Library history (1)
- The 'old library'
- The 'new library'
- Library history (2)
- Transformation no. 1
- Transformation no. 2
- Content in the cloud
- Our contemporary main university library
- Location
- St Andrews cathedral ruins
- Main Library environment
- Digital transformations in research universities
- JISC banding scheme
- Holdings and access
- St Andrews university library e-resources
- The 'online library' arrives
- From the online to the digital library
- From scarcity to abundance
- Scale leaps forward
- Open access repository
- Special collections blog
- Special collections at St Andrews
- Financial investment
- Acknowledgments
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 December 11, 2023, from https://hstalks.com/bm/2299/.Export Citation (RIS)
Publication History
Transforming a mediaeval university
Published on March 29, 2012
28 min