05.Library Connect - 2017

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    Libraries for Sustainable Development: Vision and Action
    (Nazarbayev University, 2017-05) Alenzuela, Reysa
    Libraries are not just spaces; these are places for advocacy— the stirrers of intellectual conversations and thoughtful engagement. Increased access to information and knowledge across society, assisted by the availability of information and communications technologies (ICTs), supports sustainable development and improves people’s lives. This paper provides an overview on the role of libraries in promoting the United Nations 2030 Agenda. It also provides is a brief introduction on how libraries can drive progress across the 17 sustainable development goals. Although public libraries are at the forefront of this endeavor, sustainable development is a global concern that involves even academic libraries.
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    The Shifting Nature of Academic Library Collections
    (University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2017-05) Way, Doug
    Academic libraries exist in a changing world full of challenges. Many of the changes and the challenges they present are out of our control. These challenges include things like hyperinflation. Journal prices today continue to rise at a rate that far out-strips traditional inflation measures, such as the Consumer Price Index, creating tremendous on library budgets. There has also been a steady increase in research and development spending in the United States. This is directly correlated with an increase in the number of journals published each year. Both of these increases easily outstrip any increases in library budgets.