All Outputs (7)

Publishers, legal deposit and the changing publishing environment. (2019)
Book Chapter
MUIR, A. 2020. Publishers, legal deposit and the changing publishing environment. In Gooding, P. and Terras, M. (eds.) Electronic legal deposit: shaping the library collections of the future. London: Facet Publishing [online], chapter 10. Available from: http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/title.php?id=303779&category_code=37

UK publishers have always had mixed attitudes to legal deposit. This chapter focuses on electronic legal deposit in the UK from the perspective of publishers, providing some assessment of what the impact on publishers has been in the relatively short... Read More about Publishers, legal deposit and the changing publishing environment..

A case study investigation of academic library support for open educational resources in Scottish universities. (2019)
Journal Article
THOMPSON, S.D. and MUIR, A. 2020. A case study investigation of academic library support for open educational resources in Scottish universities. Journal of librarianship and information science [online], 52(3), pages 685-693. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000619871604

The aim of the research was to investigate why and how Scottish university libraries support open educational resources and to assess their ability to provide support services for their development and use within higher education institutions. There... Read More about A case study investigation of academic library support for open educational resources in Scottish universities..

An academic library position in a university: understanding the position and its positioning process. (2018)
Thesis
MD YUSOF, M. 2018. An academic library position in a university: understanding the position and its positioning process. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

This study explored the issues related to academic libraries' position and the positioning process. The study adopted an inductive and grounded theory approach to illuminate the academic library's position and positioning process through the percepti... Read More about An academic library position in a university: understanding the position and its positioning process..

Open licensing for cultural heritage. (2018)
Journal Article
MUIR, A. 2018. Open licensing for cultural heritage. Journal of cultural heritage [online], 32, pages 267-268. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.culher.2018.03.019

This is a book review by the author of Open Licensing for cultural heritage by G. Hamilton and F. Saunderson

Nick Moore, his information policy matrix, with a bibliometric analysis. (2017)
Journal Article
MUIR, A. and OPPENHEIM, C. 2017. Nick Moore, his information policy matrix, with a bibliometric analysis. Library management, 38(8/9), pages 394-403. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/LM-02-2017-0027

One of Nick Moore's contributions to library and information research and practice was the development of a matrix to be used for analysing different countries' information policies. Conceptions of information policy have changed over time, from mana... Read More about Nick Moore, his information policy matrix, with a bibliometric analysis..

Copyright and digital academic library development in the UK. (2017)
Journal Article
MUIR, A. 2019. Copyright and digital academic library development in the UK. Journal of librarianship and information science [online], 51(3), pages 702-709. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000617732380

Reviews the role of copyright in digital academic and research library development in the UK over the last 25 years, drawing on policy documents, legislative reviews and statutes, project documentation and programme syntheses. Finds that copyright-re... Read More about Copyright and digital academic library development in the UK..

Regulating internet access in UK public libraries: legal compliance and ethical dilemmas (2016)
Journal Article
MUIR, A., SPACEY, R., COOKE, L. and CREASER, C. 2016. Regulating internet access in UK public libraries: legal compliance and ethical dilemmas. Journal of information, communication and ethics in society [online], 14(1), pages 87-104. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/JICES-02-2015-0005

This paper aims to consider selected results from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)-funded 'Managing Access to the internet in Public Libraries' (MAIPLE) project, from 2012-2014. MAIPLE has explored the ways in which public library serv... Read More about Regulating internet access in UK public libraries: legal compliance and ethical dilemmas.