Navigating to the Future: Understanding Common Tasks in a Multi-Campus Environment in the Dramatically Changing Acquisition World

Abstract

In the context of a diverse, multi-campus university, this study discusses historical factors and recent changes in scholarly communication and the economic impact of these changes as we seek to forge stronger cooperation among our campuses. After consulting literature, the authors found that issues relating to acquisitions of multi-campus environment are not adequately addressed in the literature. The articles are written both from the administrative or electronic content-sharing purposes and from much larger-scale operations in comparison to our university setup.The library is not exempt from the general rule of an ever-changing world but, instead, is the laboratory for the future. To secure this role, acquisition work requires more and more knowledge of accessing and disseminating materials in previously untraditional formats and understanding newer

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