Chapter 1. The Access and Delivery Problem for Libraries

Authors

  • Aaron Tay

Abstract

While the problem of discovery has been a long-standing area of study for academic libraries, recent trends and developments have shifted interest and focus to improving access and delivery for users. In chapter 1 of Library Technology Reports (vol. 58, no. 6), “The Access and Delivery Problem for Libraries,” we distinguish between the problem of discovery and the problem of delivery and discuss reasons why libraries need to focus on the area of access and delivery now. The chapter ends with a note on how the rise of open access affects the delivery issue.

Author Biography

Aaron Tay

Aaron Tay is Lead, Data Services, at Singapore Management University Libraries. An academic librarian with over fifteen years of experience, he has served in two academic libraries in Singapore in a variety of functions, including reference, cataloging, liaison, and analytics. He has interests in library discovery, bibliometrics, analytics, and more.

He has been blogging his thoughts on librarianship at the award-winning blog Aaron Tay’s Musings about Librarianship—https://musingsaboutlibrarianship.blogspot.com—since 2009 and tweets at @aarontay.

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Published

2022-08-24

Issue

Vol. 58 No. 6 (2022): August/September

Section

Chapters