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Building Foreign Language Collections for the Communities We Serve
2013/26/04
Lacroix, Denis, Johnston, Lindsay, Bennett, Mary
The creation and management of foreign language collections present unique challenges for librarians who serve the information needs of a linguistically and culturally diverse population. Our panel of public and academic librarians will present our various approaches to working with foreign...
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2022-10-28
SSHRC IG awarded 2023: Making a living from music is increasingly precarious. A 2020 study of the 1.6 million artists who released music to streaming services found that 90 percent of plays were generated by one percent of artists (Alpha Data). With fractions of a penny being paid per play,...
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2017-02-03
Engaging reluctant readers is a common topic among library professionals as the literary lives of young people appear to be changing or declining. Although much research has already been conducted about the nature of reluctant readers, there is little on how to combat it and even less on...
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2017-02-03
How can the architecture of the public library serve and reflect the ethos of the institution? What does the built library communicate to its users, and how does that communication work? And how can its spaces adjust to—and thrive in—a digitally augmented 21st century? Reframing Library...