Creative Destruction and Library Services.

The article describes how the Internet has pushed libraries to adopt a self-service model. With the licensing of online journal content, finding and retrieving articles no longer requires a visit to the library or the interlibrary loan office. Moreover, with reduced library visitorship due to more...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alvin Hutchinson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Alberta Library 2013-08-01
Series:Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship
Online Access:https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/istl/index.php/istl/article/view/1585
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1849713536921501696
author Alvin Hutchinson
author_facet Alvin Hutchinson
author_sort Alvin Hutchinson
collection DOAJ
description The article describes how the Internet has pushed libraries to adopt a self-service model. With the licensing of online journal content, finding and retrieving articles no longer requires a visit to the library or the interlibrary loan office. Moreover, with reduced library visitorship due to more desirable digital delivery services, science librarians have to change their way of operating and to develop more direct-to-reader services.
format Article
id doaj-art-57a08545dff9497e91b72e56d209b63d
institution DOAJ
issn 1092-1206
language English
publishDate 2013-08-01
publisher University of Alberta Library
record_format Article
series Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship
spelling doaj-art-57a08545dff9497e91b72e56d209b63d2025-08-20T03:13:57ZengUniversity of Alberta LibraryIssues in Science and Technology Librarianship1092-12062013-08-017310.29173/istl1585Creative Destruction and Library Services.Alvin Hutchinson The article describes how the Internet has pushed libraries to adopt a self-service model. With the licensing of online journal content, finding and retrieving articles no longer requires a visit to the library or the interlibrary loan office. Moreover, with reduced library visitorship due to more desirable digital delivery services, science librarians have to change their way of operating and to develop more direct-to-reader services. https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/istl/index.php/istl/article/view/1585
spellingShingle Alvin Hutchinson
Creative Destruction and Library Services.
Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship
title Creative Destruction and Library Services.
title_full Creative Destruction and Library Services.
title_fullStr Creative Destruction and Library Services.
title_full_unstemmed Creative Destruction and Library Services.
title_short Creative Destruction and Library Services.
title_sort creative destruction and library services
url https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/istl/index.php/istl/article/view/1585
work_keys_str_mv AT alvinhutchinson creativedestructionandlibraryservices