‘Librarians and other information workers’ interest is to provide the best possible access for library users to information and ideas in any media or format. This includes support for the principles of open access, open source, and open licenses’ (IFLA, 2012, principle 4). Despite the limited exceptions and statutory licences that permit some use of […]
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Library collection: balance and access
Recently I have been working casually in the school library of a Sydney high school. I was struck by the amount and quality of fiction books and the dearth of current physical non-fiction and digital resources. The library was narrowly focused on the promotion of recreational reading of a permanent physical collection. There was no […]