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.
026.3
"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.
026.3