Introduction to the special issue: perspectives on research libraries
Abstract
Purpose
The aim of this article is to introduce the special issue of Journal of Documentation focusing on perspectives on research libraries.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper outlines the theme of the issue and its underlying problems.
Findings
The traditional services of research libraries may diffuse to other kinds of institutions. There is, however, a need for information specialists studying and improving research infrastructures. Future services probably need to be more focused, domain-specific and based on research in information science.
Originality/value
The introduction is written to assist readers surveying the issue and to share the thoughts of the editors in planning the issue.
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Acknowledgements
This thematic issue is part of a research project funded by the Danish Ministry of Culture in 2011-2012. Apart from this issue, the research of the project has been reported in an anthology: Viden i spil – forskningsbibliotekers funktioner i forandring (English tr.: “Co-creators of knowledge. The changing functions of research libraries”, Høyrup et al., 2012), and a thematic issue of a Danish library journal (Hjørland and Høyrup, 2009). The authors thank the research council of the Ministry of Culture for their support.
Citation
Hjørland, B., Jørn Nielsen, H. and Høyrup, H. (2014), "Introduction to the special issue: perspectives on research libraries", Journal of Documentation, Vol. 70 No. 2, pp. 198-201. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-04-2013-0043
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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