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“Scholars’ View of Libraries Shows a Marked Decline”

August 26, 2008

A report just released by the Ithaka group shows “a mismatch of perception” between librarians and faculty members when it comes tthe importance of libraries’ traditional role as a gateway to scholarly information. Ithaka used data from surveys conducted in 2006, so this report is slightly out of date, but the trends it picked up on only appear to be accelerating.

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