An Analysis of the Development Strategy of Academic Libraries in the U.S., U.K., Australia and Canada

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The purpose of this study is to analyze the development strategy of academic libraries in the U.S., U.K., Australia, and Canada which have been established in response to the problems faced since the 1990s. Major problems, which academic libraries in various countries have commonly experienced include continuing decrease in library expenditures, changing role of libraries themselves, changing nature of library collections, development of information technology and technological infrastructure on campus, steep increase in prices of scholarly journals, and relative decrease in purchasing powers of libraries. In this study, discussed are the strategic planning and solutions carried out at the national or government level, rather than by individual libraries. Their efforts commonly focus on such measures as resource sharing, shared catalog and storage facilities, cooperative purchasing and negotiation for scholarly journals, etc.

keywords: Academic Libraries in English-speaking Countries, Higher Education Environment, Development Strategy of Academic Libraries, Resource Sharing, Scholarly Communication, 영어권 국가의 대학도서관, 고등교육 환경, 대학도서관 발전전략, 자원공유, 학술 커뮤니케이션, Academic Libraries in English-speaking Countries, Higher Education Environment, Development Strategy of Academic Libraries, Resource Sharing, Scholarly Communication

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Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society

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Vol.37 No.1

An Analysis of the Development Strategy of Academic Libraries in the U.S., U.K., Australia and Canada

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Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society