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Libraries Staff Publications
This collection contains publications of staff at the University of Alberta Libraries.
Items in this Collection
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2018-03-27
This article looks at librarianship from a Marxist economic perspective, arguing that crises within the profession are due to material changes in the organization of production and labour relations. These changes are part of a transition from one “regime of accumulation” (industrial, Fordist,...
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National Statistical and Values Profile of Canadian Libraries: Report to CLA executive council
Download2012-11-30
Schrader, Alvin M., Brundin, Michael R.
Final report to CLA Executive Council on the project National Statistical and Values Profile of Canadian Libraries. The report consists of an Executive Summary of findings and methodologies for each of the two principal components of the project—library statistics and library value—together with...
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Proxying the Data Body: Artificial Intelligence, Federated Identity, and Machinic Subjection
Download2020-08-06
Academic libraries have recently seen a shift from self-management of user-authentication of licensed resources themselves, to cloud-based implementations of "federated identity" technologies. Such technologies aim to solve the problems of fragile access to licensed resources while also better...