Rebecca Taylor-Grant, Matthew Cannon, Allyson Lister
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This paper describes a project which identified practical and pragmatic ways to increase the FAIRness and reproducibility of published research. Academic journals have supported Open Science through the implementation of data sharing policies for over ten years; some evidence has since emerged on the additional time, resources and expertise that policy enforcement requires as part of an editorial workflow. A series of publisher workshops facilitated by the EC-funded TIER2 project aimed to identify the key checks needed to enforce strengthened journal data sharing policies and to understand which editorial roles have the capacity to undertake such enforcement. The intended outcome of this work was to establish the workflows and resourcing which can support academic journals to enforce stronger data sharing policies in future.
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Introduction. The concept of open science, actively promoted in recent decades, as well as technological innovations, make the culture of information retrieval a significant element in the development of the information society, which has a significant impact on scientific activity, education, management, social processes, etc. Indicators of the level of culture of information retrieval are knowledge of basic methods and means of obtaining information, including skills and abilities to work with information resources and search engines. The culture of information retrieval helps improve the quality of information extraction from increasingly large open information arrays. Open tools for searching scientific content are the most important, but require training during operation, they are components of the global market of information resources and services, allowing the selection of relevant information from large data sets in accordance with user requests.Purpose setting. The study sets the task of studying the applicability of individual scientific search systems (Google Scholar, Semantic Scholar, Internet Archive Scholar and BASE) for information searching when conducting research and in educational processes, developing competencies to improve the level of information culture of specialists in the field of library and information sciences.Methodology and methods of the study. The research was carried out using comparative and system analysis methods, mathematical methods for processing statistical data, and content analysis of documentary sources of information. The methodological basis was practice-oriented and competency-based approaches aimed at developing the professional skills of librarians and library scientists in searching for digital content and using open access resources.Results. The analysis made it possible to draw conclusions about the capabilities of search systems, methods for retrieving information and the specifics of the reflection of publications in them, as well as the most acceptable conditions for information retrieval in the field of «library and information sciences», which makes it possible to more rationally use the potential of systems and quickly obtain complete and relevant scientific information on the topic.Conclusions. The results of the study add a new dimension to our knowledge of scientific search engines. The study presents evidence that Google Scholar is a powerful tool for searching Russian literature in the field of library science in terms of articles from scientific journals, as well as detecting a limited volume of some other types of publications with the ability to evaluate with Google Scholar Metrics. It is concluded that Google Scholar, Semantic Scholar, Internet Archive Scholar and BASE, despite being positioned as effective tools for searching scientific information in various disciplines, require caution in use, because these systems cannot guarantee comprehensive results and are not complete sources of bibliographic data, but can be considered in conjunction with other resources, taking into account the availability of advanced search engines and additional services. Knowledge of scientific search engines contributes to improving the culture of information retrieval, the culture of users, their qualifications and professionalism.
This article examines the evolution and circulation of scientific periodicals within the academic community of Vilnius. The study aims to determine how periodicals from abroad reached Lithuania, how they were stored at Vilnius University, and how scientists utilized these information resources. It was found that the concept of scientific periodicals in the early 19th century began to emerge in bibliographic classification and librarians’ documentation, with their form and content being equated to popular science and/or the continuous works of scientific academies and societies. The distribution of scientific periodicals, especially those received from abroad, faced obstacles due to repressive censorship, which were attempted to be overcome using alternative channels (services of street book vendors). Despite the “clutches” on scientific information, the periodicals collection at Vilnius University Library grew significantly between 1803 and 1832, catering to the needs of the academic community. The thematic and content analysis of this collection from a heritage perspective would be the subject of another study.
PurposeThis paper reviews literature on the application of intelligent systems in the libraries with a special issue on the ES/AI and Robot. Also, it introduces the potential of libraries to use intelligent systems, especially ES/AI and robots.Design/methodology/approachDescriptive and content review methods are applied, and the researchers critically reviewed the articles related to library ESs and robots from Web of Science as a general database and Emerald as a specific database in library and information science from 2007–2017. Four scopes considered to classify the articles as technology, service, user and resource. It is found that published researches on the intelligent systems have contributed to many librarian purposes like library technical services like the organization of information resources, storage and retrieval of information resources, library public services as reference services, information desk and other purposes.FindingsA review of the previous studies shows that ESs are a useable intelligent system in library and information science that mimic librarian expert’s behaviors to support decision making and management. Also, it is shown that the current information systems have a high potential to be improved by integration with AI technologies. In this researches, librarian robots mostly designed for detection and replacing books on the shelf. Improving the technology of gripping, localizing and human-robot interaction are the main concern in recent librarian robot research. Our conclusion is that we need to develop research in the area of smart resources.Originality/valueThis study has a new approach to the literature review in this area. We compared the published papers in the field of ES/AI and robot and library from two databases, general and specific.
Fernando Bouza es doctor en historia moderna por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM). Es catedrático en la UCM desde 2005. Ha dedicado su atención a la historia cultural y política de la alta Edad Moderna ibérica con especial hincapié en la historia del libro y de la lectura, la circulación manuscrita, la vida aristocrática de corte, la construcción y práctica de signos de reconocimiento y hábitos, así como a la majestad altomoderna de Felipe II a Felipe IV o la escriturización del despacho y gobierno y los primeros atisbos de la opinión pública. Ha sido profesor visitante en EHESS de París, The Johns Hopkins University, la University of California at Berkeley y la Universidade de São Paulo, así como Chaire d´État en el Collége de France. Participa em el proyecto “Las prácticas culturales de las aristocracias ibéricas del siglo de oro: en los orígenes del cosmopolitismo altomoderno (siglos XVI-XVII)”, financiado por el Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación del Gobierno de España (PID2020-113906GB-I00).
Diplomatics. Archives. Seals, Bibliography. Library science. Information resources
Introduction Evidence-based practice is an important aspect of health science librarianship. However, good evidence-based practice can only occur if the body of evidence is also of adequate quality. By using bibliometric techniques to map the health science librarianship research field, one can better understand the properties of the evidence base in health science librarianship. Methods The Library Literature & Information Science Full Text database was used to generate a bibliography of publications pertaining to health librarianship limited to the time span of 2012–2022. Using Excel and Microsoft Power BI, a descriptive analysis was conducted. VosViewer was used to create a subject term co-occurrence map. Results The average number of publications per year is 207.3 and it was trending downwards for 2012–2022. The most frequently assigned subject term was “survey”. The average number of authors per paper is 2.5 and was trending upwards. The subject term co-occurrence map identified 5 clusters of keywords, which were interpreted as major themes found in the body of literature. Discussion The 5 keyword clusters were interpreted as major themes found in the body of literature. The identified themes were professional development, measuring the value output of librarian services, measuring the return on investment of library resources, improving the quality of LIS research, and outreach to other library and healthcare institutions. This depicts the health science librarianship research landscape as one of collaboration, concerned with finding ways of demonstrating value, and connecting with other types of libraries and the public.
[Purpose/significance] At present, the popularity of "involution" has become a cultural phenomenon, and the social reality it reflects deserves attention. Clarify the concept and characteristics of "involution" and measure it from a quantitative perspective, which helps to quickly seek the formation mechanism of "involution" and the path to solve it. [Method/process] At first, the study explained the evolution of the concept of "involution". Secondly, the evaluation index of "involution" is constructed in relation to the competition scenario of university students. Finally, we analyzed the experimental results, and gave corresponding suggestions from the three dimensions of individual and group. [Result/conclusion] As the randomness in the network topology decreases, the degree of competition for the "involution" of the system increases. The cooperative strategy can improve the total output of the system, while the total system input of the competitive strategy is high, but the total output of the system is low. On the whole, the value evaluation under the global mode is outstanding in the characteristics of high investment, low return and diminishing marginal utility, and the "involution" is serious.
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TThe article raises the issues of scientific support for the development of librarianship in the conditions of digitalization. It presents the analysis of the scientific agenda of library and information sciences, laid down in the “Strategy for the development of librarianship in the Russian Federation until 2030”. The possibilities of solving problems relevant to the industry within the framework of the new nomenclature and passport of the scientific specialty “Library Science, Bibliography and Book Studies” are critically evaluated. It is proposed to consider the nomenclature of scientific specialties as a system integrity, within which the search for areas of interdisciplinary interaction and migration to other scientific specialties is carried out at the level of the subject of research. The scientific specialties that have theoretical and organizational potential for research and development of issues of digital development of librarianship have been identified. The ways of harmonization of library and information sciences with the new positions of the specialty 5.10.4 and a new field of science – cultural studies have been defined, the task of determining the direction of scientific research has been set. The possibilities of studying library and information issues in line with the research of the actual problems of digitalization of culture as one of the branches in which library construction is actively conducted have been analyzed, their connection with the priorities of scientific and technological development has been determined. The definition of digitalization of culture is given as a set of new IT solutions, new design of the cultural information space, new relationships in the professional and social environment, new economic models, new cultural codes. Among the promising areas of research that are important for the development of librarianship in the modern conditions there have been defined: digitalization of cultural heritage preservation (scientific tasks that make up the “technical” and “humanitarian” streams are highlighted); digital resources of culture and art and electronic libraries (a single digital space of culture as a theoretical concept and strategic guideline); digitalization of creative industries and digitalization of everyday cultural practices; digital reading infrastructure; human problems in digital culture; digital formats of “documenting culture”; digitalization of culture in the context of intellectual property; digital humanities.
Forming, accumulating, as well as bookkeeping of documentary resources is one of the traditional functions of a modern library. Library book collections are of exceptional importance for the formation of the national cultural heritage of the state. The Book Exchange Fund (hereinafter – BEF) of the Scientific Library of the Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University is a part of its Exchange and Reserve Fund. The department is intended for exchange, redistribution, free transfer of documents to libraries and other institutions. BEFs in libraries acquired a legal status in 1959 when a special resolution of the Soviet government was adopted. The documents began to be redistributed through an Exchange and Reserve Fund, which contributed to the preservation of non-core and duplicate editions in some libraries that could be in demand in other libraries. The mechanism for using documents that are in library exchange funds is defined by The procedure for using documents through exchange library funds. In 1947, a BEF for monographic literature was arranged while a BEF for periodicals was allocated. Nowadays the BEF consists mainly of duplicate editions of the University. These are publications highlighting the history of Odesa National University, the works of the teaching staff of the Humanities and Natural Sciences faculties, as well as publications prepared by the Scientific Library staff. The activities of the Department of Rare books are aimed at researching private collections of the Library. Special attention is paid to the research of Ukrainian books from the stackss of the Scientific Library. Employees of the Information and Bibliographic Department publish bibliographic indexes, both thematic and devoted to personalities. It is worth mentioning that the Scientific library exchanges specialized periodicals with partner libraries. The Library has 17 permanent book exchange partners, namely the higher educational institutions, research institutes, the National V. I. Vernadskyi Library of Ukraine. Since 2020 alone, the Library has received through book exchange 860 copies of books and periodicals and sent to its partner libraries 694 copies of current professional University periodicals. This method of periodicals distribution contributes to the popularization of the academic achievements of scientists of the Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University in the professional community. The content of the BEF is disclosed with the help of a reference apparatus, that is card catalogues and non-annotated bibliographic lists of books and periodicals, posted on the website of the University Library in the section Exchange and Reserve Fund (Book Exchange Fund). The Book Exchange Fund is separated from the main stacks, it is not inventoried and is not used for reader service. The work with the Exchange and Reserve Fund of the Library is ongoing. The Book Acquisition Department is carrying out organization and distribution the documents which come to the BEF, improving the accounting of documents. The Department staff continues processing the reserve part of the Exchange and Reserve Fund selecting copies to replenish the main fund of the Library and removing physically worn copies.
The study sought to determine the quality library information resources and postgraduate students’ satisfaction in Ignatius Ajuru University of Education library. Two research objectives, two research questions and two hypothesis were formulated to guide the study. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The total population of the study was 412 postgraduate students’ registered with Ignatius Ajuru University of Education Library while the sample size was 206 postgraduate students’ selected using simple random sampling technique. The study found that that there is a significant relationship between available information resources and postgraduate students’ satisfaction with the use of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education library F1, 200=4.730, p<.05. Therefore, the null hypothesis one was rejected at 0.05 alpha level. The study recommended that Relevant information resources to the library users’ field, accessibility, adequacy, clarity of language of presentation, authenticity of information resources regular power supply, adequate computers/internet facilities should be considered and made available for the library users; also, Awareness services should be done on regular basis in order to increase users’ knowledge on library usage in order to guarantee users’ satisfaction of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education library.
. The regional system of professional education has rightly one of the prior places in the structure of its basic socio-economic processes, responding to the outward environment influence (socio-cultural, economic, legislative and other changes), and, in its turn, having retaliatory impact on it. In the structure of the scientific-educational complex of Siberia Novosibirsk plays the leading role. Here function higher educational establishments, which execute specialists» training, retraining and qualification upgrading, as well as scientific-research institutions of the Novosibirsk scientific center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian academy of sciences and institutions of other departments. All higher educational establishments of the city and a greater part of scientific-research institutions have libraries in their structure. Since the vital problem of today is forming the united system of providing regional educational and scientific institutions with information resources necessary for successful scientific-educational activities, the subject of this article authors» research interests is the «proper» and real place of the library socio-cultural institutions in this structure. State Public Scientific Technological Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPSTL SB RAS) is the largest library of the regional scientific-educational complex. Providing the users» access to information resources is the main direction of the Library activity. At the same time, having the license for educational activity, SPSTL SB RAS is itself the subject of the educational space: it organizes courses of librarians» retraining and qualification upgrading, cooperates with higher educational establishments of the type in training students. Being the scientific-research institution SPSTL SB RAS has its post-graduate studentship on training scientific specialists of the highest qualification in the research areas «Library, bibliography and book science». The dialectic approach, permitting to view library-information and educational spheres of the large scientific library activity in their unity and interconditionality, was the common methodological basis for the research undertaken. The article substantiates the role and place of SPSTL SB RAS in forming the modern regional system of professional education, outlines perspectives for creating the reciprocity model of libraries for the scientific-education complex as a whole and integration and diversification of information supply for the sphere and discipline discourse.
The article is devoted to the role of scientific libraries in the process of transition from the traditional model of Russian science to the Western. The traditional model unites all scientific potential in academic research institutes, the western – in universities. The article notes that the interaction of research libraries of the university and research institutions is not counted. A parallel development of libraries without taking into account the accumulated bilateral experience in information and bibliographic service is proposed. The experience of libraries in the period of automation of library processes shows that a foundation has been created for the further development of information and bibliographic service during the period of digitalization – this is integration and corporate. Integration – the establishment of relationships between any objects that were previously separate from each other. Integrated links between academic and university libraries is a way to create a unified scientific and educational space. The new of the presented material consists in systematization of various forms of online services for creating, storing and transmitting the necessary information to the user. The possibilities of providing information on a digital basis when creating personal offices in libraries of research and educational institutions are shown. When the digital platform for full integration is ready, scientific libraries can choose or exclude resources for organizing successful work in information and bibliographic service for research.
Straipsnyje apžvelgiama profesinė-mokslinė literatūra apie informacinę bibliotekų veiklą ir ja remiantis kuriamas teorinis modelis. Keliama problema susijusi su bibliotekose teikiamų informacinių paslaugų (bibliotekininko darbo) devalvacija Lietuvos viešosiose bibliotekose, siekiant atnaujinti suvokimą, teikiamų paslaugų reikšmę ir svarbą bibliotekų veikloje. Aptariamas institucinis viešosios bibliotekos išskirtinumas, jo esmės kaita. Apžvelgiami bibliotekų ateities scenarijai ir vizionierių įžvalgos dėl bendrųjų aplinkos pokyčių įtakos bibliotekų veiklai. Akcentuojamas didėjantis papildomos vertės informacijos produktų kūrimo ir jų pagrindu teikiamų informacinių paslaugų reikšmingumas. Analizuojami tarptautinių profesinių organizacijų tuo remiantis parengti dokumentai, atskleidžiami aukšto ekonominio lygio ir besivystančių šalių skirtumai teikiant informacines paslaugas bibliotekose. Nurodomas bibliotekininkų kompetencijų ugdymo poreikis ir reikšmingumas. Identifikuojama moderniai suvokiama informacinės veiklos struktūra ir komponentų tarpusavio priklausomybė. Pristatomos paslaugų kokybės siekių gairės. Priede pateikiama adaptuota empirinio informacinių paslaugų tyrimo schema. Pristatomos mokslininkų įžvalgos dėl inovacijų teikiant informacines paslaugas. Gretinamos tradicinės ir papildomos bibliotekų veiklos kokybės charakteristikos. Pristatomas pakitęs informacijos vartotojų apibūdinimas ir konstatuojamas nuolatinio bibliotekininkų kompetencijų atnaujinimo poreikis. Išanalizavus teorinę informaciją, siūloma informacinių paslaugų viešosiose bibliotekose plėtros schema, svarstoma apie temos plėtros ir empirinių tyrimų perspektyvas.
Communication. Mass media, Bibliography. Library science. Information resources
The activity vectors of the Scientific Agricultural Library as a head library within the network of the country’s research agricultural libraries are reviewed. Information resources, mission, strategic objective, priority tasks and the main directions of development of the Central Scientific Agricultural Library are described. The features of the proprietary database “AGROS” comprising annotated and abstracted records of documents in national and foreign sources on the widest subject scope are analyzed. The functionalities the Centralized Electronic Library System and the Union Catalog of the libraries of Russian agro-industrial state research institutions are characterized as a corporate bibliographic resource. The main vectors of scientific research carried out at the Scientific Agricultural Library in accordance with the national academies’ of sciences program of fundamental studies for 2013-2020, par. 1 “Modern economic theory and the principles for the country’s agro-industrial complex in the circumstances of globalization and integration of world economy”, are explored. The issues of collection acquisition, control and preservation, standards and guidelines, HR, and user information awareness are highlighted.
Arthur Vinicius Rodrigues, Fábio Leal Viana Bones, Alisson Schneiders
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Plant functional traits have been incorporated in studies of vegetation ecology to better understand the mechanisms of ecological processes. For this reason, a global effort has been made to collect functional traits data for as many species as possible. In light of this, we identified the most common species of an area of 15,335 km2 inserted in the subtropical Atlantic Rain Forest in Southern Brazil. Then, we compiled functional trait information mostly from field samples, but also from herbarium and literature. The dataset presents traits of leaf, branch, maximum potential height, seed mass, and dispersion syndrome of 117 species, including trees, tree ferns, and palms. We also share images of anatomical features of branches used to measure wood traits. Data tables present mean trait values at individual and species level. Images of wood and stomatal features may be useful to assess other anatomical traits that were not covered in the data tables for the anatomical determination of species and/or for educational purposes.
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The authors characterize the collections of the Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, the structure of traditional and digital information resources being developed to provide information support of education and science. Special attention is given to inhouse digital resources, i. e. e-catalogs of various types, e-library including electronic archive, specialized bibliographic databases, as well as open access digital resources and licensed resources of other organizations and resources being accessed in test mode. The authors examine the issues of access organization and availability of information resources for various user groups. The authors analyze the use of library collections and the subject scope of demanded documents. The rate of traditional and digital information resources in user services is specified, the relation between the user audience structure and resource relevance is demonstrated. The role of exhibitions in collection use and new users attraction is emphasized; the significance of educational, scientific and popular seminars to promote the system of information resources, technologies and services is shown. The need for comprehensive strategy to balance efficient traditional and digital information resources in library services is substantiated.
The Institute of Medicine's (IOM's) 1999 publication, To Err Is Human, marked the watershed period for patient safety. The Medical Library Association position statement on the “Role of Health Sciences Librarians in Patient Safety” clearly advocates for the necessity of involving and including librarians in the patient safety initiatives of all health care institutions. Holly Ann Burt's MLA BibKit, The Patient Safety Perspective: Health Information and Resources Online and In Print, is an invaluable and outstanding reference guide not only for medical librarians, but also for anyone interested in and/or involved in patient safety, including health professionals, patients and their families, researchers, and academics. All will be well served by this seemingly exhaustive work. As Burt states in her introduction, “This book grew out of the need for a single comprehensive collection of materials, links, agencies, and publications for everyone focused on improving the quality of our health care system” (p. 5). She aptly describes this superior work as providing “one-stop access to the rich diversity of patient safety information available online and in print. Individuals from all areas of health care will find vital information here” (p. 5). This work goes beyond expectations of a reference work on patient safety. Six chapters and six appendixes cover an amazing amount of useful and interesting information. Chapter 1, “Highlights in Patient Safety History: Noted Publications from Hippocrates to the Present that Have Shaped and Focused the Patient Safety Movement,” includes references from Hippocrates (400 BCE), to Florence Nightingale, to F. B. Gilbreth's “Motion Study in Surgery” (Can J Med Surg 1916;40:22–31), to current studies borne out of modern noteworthy errors in medical practice. Chapter 2, “Once Is Only the Beginning: Recommended Reading and Bibliographies,” lists “Books and articles of special interest to the patient safety community and how to find more” (p. 31). As Burt points out, “Keeping up on the literature can be a daunting task” ( p. 31), so she includes clearly defined letter-designations for each citation (e.g., “F” for freely available online and “P” helpful for patients). Also included in this meticulously written work are such designations as “Online but Unmaintained.” Included in chapter 2 are sections on the Quality Chasm Series, “Readings for Patients and Patient Advocates,” and “Libraries and Librarians Involved in Patient Safety.” Chapter 3, “Keep the Information Coming: Journals and Other Periodic Publications,” allows the reader to “stay abreast of news, events and opportunities in patient safety with journals, newsletters, blogs, webcasts, alerts, and email lists” (p. 63). Another fine example of the meticulous care that went into this publication is evidenced in such sections as “Discontinued—but Still Online.” Chapter 4, “Available Online: Links to Information and Media,” devotes nearly forty pages to online information with truly something for everyone, including a section, “Especially for Librarians.” Chapter 5, “Celebrating Leadership, Encouraging Research and Education,” offers vital but often overlooked sources of “award and recognition programs, campaigns, funding and conference opportunities, and educational options from free online tutorials to masters' degrees” (p. 123). Chapter 6, “Agencies, Boards and Coalitions: Organizations Working to Improve Healthcare,” includes much-needed “State and country lists of departments of health and patient safety-oriented organizations, plus where to find reporting, licensing, and accrediting agencies” (p. 145). Six outstanding appendixes include “Searching the Literature for Patient Safety,” where Burt includes detailed information on searching using PubMed/MEDLINE, Ovid MEDLINE, CINAHL, and EMBASE databases; “Health Literacy Highlights”; “Highlights in Evidence-Based Medicine”; “Personal Health Information Online”; “Patient Safety Timeline” (from 400 BCE to the present); and “Alphabet Soup: All Those Abbreviations,” with eleven pages of acronyms. As Burt observes in her introduction to Chapter 5, “If we are to solve the issues related to patient safety, we cannot work in isolated silos” (p. 123). This outstanding work is truly a necessity for all involved in patient safety, and ultimately that is each and every one of us, isn't it?
This article examines policy issues related to information literacy in Canada. It provides some background on the information literacy concept, reflecting on popular definitions offered by American, British, and Australian library associations, before advocating for a broader definition that views information literacy as a human right. Information literacy is also considered in relationship to the proliferation of other “literacies,” such as digital, web, media, and information technology, that are the subject of increased advocacy and attention from interest groups and educators. The ongoing need for improved information literacy levels is analyzed not only in the context of inputs (the increasing complexity of the information environment) but also in terms of potential personal, social, and economic outcomes that can be realized through widespread information literacy education efforts. The paper argues that information literacy must become a priority not only among academic librarians but also school, public, and special librarians, as well as others outside of the library sector, if significant improvements in information literacy levels are to be realized. Such a coordinated approach can only be achieved in the context of policies that require, and adequately support, widespread efforts at improving information literacy levels. After a review of the ad-hoc state of information literacy education in Canada today, this paper analyzes information literacy-related policy development efforts in Canada to date in the four arenas where one would expect to see such activity: the Government of Canada, provincial governments, library associations, and other stakeholder groups. This article aims to start a wide-reaching discussion about information literacy and associated policy issues in Canada.
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