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The impact of repositories and digital libraries upon reference librarians activity
The impact of repositories and digital libraries upon reference librarians activity

Author(s): Lenuța Ursachi
Subject(s): Library and Information Science
Published by: Asociația Bibliotecarilor din România
Keywords: repositories;digital libraries;reference librarians;university libraries;digital reference services;

Summary/Abstract: The implementation of repositories and digital libraries in the Romanian universities represents an opportunity to consolidate the relationship library-academic community. The present paper makes a survey of the Romanian academic environment,emphasizing librarians’ activity, as they are more and more involved in the management of digital collections (scientific works elaborated by the academic community or the digitized documents in libraries). The case sutudy describes the solution provided by the reference librarians, in order to illustrate their activity, thorugh the repository from the University „Dunărea de Jos”Galaţi. The key aspects of this case study are connected with the premises of developing the repository, elaborate educational resources, in correlation with their statistics.

  • Issue Year: 11/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 59-65
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: English