University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Library Area Studies Organizations and Multidisciplinary Collection and Research: The Latin American Experience

Grover, Mark L.

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Grover.pdf

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Description

Title
Library Area Studies Organizations and Multidisciplinary Collection and Research: The Latin American Experience
Author(s)
Grover, Mark L.
Issue Date
2008-08
Keyword(s)
  • Area Studies
  • Academic libraries -- Aims and objectives
  • Latin America
  • Interdisciplinary research
  • Social Science Libraries
Date of Ingest
2008-08-07T00:17:29Z
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to briefly examine the evolution of area studies in the university and link that evolution to the development of area studies library organizations. I will then look at a case study of multidisciplinary activity by examining three different cooperative programs in support of academic research of the Latin American area studies library organization, the Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials (SALALM). I will show that the ability of this organization to support cooperative projects is an important factor in the evolution of multidisciplinary library research in Latin American studies.
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
Conference Paper / Presentation
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/8845
Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)
  • International Federation of Library Associations
  • University of Toronto, Library
  • University of Toronto, Faculty of Information
  • University of Illinois, Library
  • Title VI National Resource Center Grant (P015A060066)

Owning Collections

Disappearing disciplinary borders in the social science library - global studies or sea change? PRIMARY