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Space in the university library – an introduction
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posted on 2013-01-18, 11:32 authored by Sarah Childs, Graham Matthews, Graham WaltonThe university library has been described as being ‘at the heart of the university’
(Urquhart 1977: 2). In recent years, however, the purpose and very existence
of the building itself has been questioned (Campbell 2006). A number of
trends have influenced this discussion, including technological changes such
as the growth in e-resources, the changing student population, developments
in learning and teaching, and diminishing budgets. At the same time, there has
been a great investment in university library space both before and since the
millennium, with major projects in England such as, for example, Lanchester
Library, the University of Coventry (Noon 2008), the Information Commons
at the University of Sheffield (Lewis 2010), the David Wilson Library, and the
University of Leicester (Fyfe 2010) attracting attention and awards. The same
is happening elsewhere in the world as can be seen from chapters elsewhere
in the book [...continues].
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CHILDS, S., MATTHEWS, G. and WALTON, G., 2013. Space in the university library – an introduction. IN: MATTHEWS, G. and WALTON, G. (eds.) University Libraries and Space in the Digital World. Farnham: Ashgate, pp. 1 - 18.Publisher
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This book chapter was published in the book University Libraries and Space in the Digital World [© Ashgate Publishing]. The publisher's website is at: http://www.ashgate.comISBN
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