How to support researchers to deliver distinctive output with limited library budgets Michael Leuschner We know many forms of diversities Social Diversity Food Diversity Bio Diversity Why is diversity important ID: 536964
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Content DiversityHow to support researchers to deliver distinctive outputwith limited library budgets?
Michael LeuschnerSlide2
We know many forms of diversitiesSocial DiversityFood DiversityBio DiversityWhy is diversity important?Diversitykeeps important systems in balance, incorporates different perspectives and capabilitiespositively impacts performance and evolutionSlide3
We know many forms of diversitiesSocial DiversityFood DiversityBio DiversityWhat does it mean for Content Diversity?Slide4
Content DiversityWhy is it important for all academics?Content is a vital ingredient for any research project or study taskContent Diversity ensures the combined availability of information in different Formats, Types, Subjects, and Breadth & DepthsContent Diversity supports students and researchers to accomplish higher quality output by having different perspectives and data at handSlide5
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“Please indicate whether you use the following sources of information for research, including those used for staying current in your field and generating ideas as well as actively researching a topic for a paper.” Survey: 969 researchers across all disciplines of business and social scienceSlide7
ProQuest – leading in Content DiversityDatabasesover 300 databases – covering 175 subject fields – more than 90 different content formatseBooksover 780.000 eBooks – various acquisition models – covering all subjectsNews3.000+ world news sources – contemporary & historical news– various formatsVideos (academic)113.000 videos for education, training and research – Metadata rich & with transcripts
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