Contents

pp v-vi

Contributors

pp vii-xiv

1 - Introduction

pp 1-6

2 - The Library Research Unit at the University of Lancaster, 1967–1972: a memoir

pp 7-20

Theme 1 - Libraries, learning and distance learning

pp 21-22

3 - Alice in www.land: reflections on ten years of developing library services for distance learners

pp 23-38

4 - Putting the ‘e’ into libraries and learning: study, pedagogy, content and services in the digital age

pp 39-54

Theme 2 - Widening access to information

pp 55-56

5 - Library services for visually impaired people: a UK perspective

pp 57-74

6 - Public libraries, an enduring freedom: widening access to learning, information and culture

pp 75-94

7 - Sceptic 2.0? Social networking technologies in public libraries

pp 95-110

Theme 3 - Changing directions of information delivery

pp 111-112

8 - Institutional repositories in tertiary institutions: access, delivery and performance

pp 113-144

9 - Folksonomies to ontologies: the changing nature of controlled vocabularies

pp 145-158

Theme 4 - Performance, quality and leadership

pp 159-160

10 - An evaluation decision-making system: development and implementation of a web-based evaluation learning and instructional tool

pp 161-182

11 - Measuring the quality of academic library electronic services and resources

pp 183-196

12 - Influential leadership for academic libraries

pp 197-214

Peter Brophy: a selected bibliography

pp 215-226

Index

pp 227-238