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Social science libraries : interdisciplinary collections, service s, networks /

Social science libraries : interdisciplinary collections, service s, networks / edited by Steven W. Witt and Lynne M. Rudasill. - Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter Saur, c2010. - 138 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - IFLA publications, 144 0344-6891 ; .

"Each chapter is a direct result of the IFLA Social Science Librarie s Section's 2008 conference titled Disappearing disciplinary borders in the social science library : global studies or sea change?, which took place August 6th- 7th, 2008 at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Information (FI)"--Foreword.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Revolutions in science and the role of social science libraries / St even W. Witt -- Being undisciplined, or, Traversing disciplinary config urations in social science and humanities databases : conceptual consid erations for interdisciplinarity and multidisciplinarity / Jean-Pierre V.M. Hâerubel -- Disciplinary boundaries in an interdisciplinary world / Margaret Robb -- Walls tumbling down : opportunities for librarians i n interdisciplinary research / Jeffrey A. Knapp -- New kids on the bloc k : developing a social science strategy in the British Library / Jude England -- Share and share alike : data-sharing practices in different disciplinary domains / JoAnn Jacoby -- Socio-economic databases as a su pport system for inter-disciplinary research : Indian scenario / P.R. G oswami -- Going global : facilitating global research and education at George Mason University Libraries / LeRoy LaFleur, Melissa Johnson, and Beth Roszkowski -- No passport needed : border crossings in the academ ic library / Suzan Alteri and Michael C. Sensiba.

9783110232141 (alk. paper)

2010-019674


Social science libraries.
Interdisciplinary research.

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