Serving Diverse Knowledge Systems in Academia (2009)
William F. Birdsall; Consultant
Libraries and academic disciplines are experiencing a major transformation to the digital era. A challenge for libraries is to adapt and coordinate their transformation with differing rates and types...
A Researcher's Research Agenda for Scholarly (2008)
Communication In Canada, William F. Birdsall
Despite millions of dollars being spent on research each year in Canada, little attention is paid to the dissemination of the results of research. There is a disconnect between Canadian public...
The Digital Divide in the Liberal State: a Canadian Perspective (2007)
The "digital divide" has emerged as a public policy challenge. This paper examines universal access public policy development in Canada within a North American context and its implications for...
Policy and participation on the Canadian information highway (2007)
The debate over universal access is focused on too narrow a concept by all sides of the argument. Furthermore, this debate continues to be an exclusive one dominated by special interest groups...
Web 2.0 as a Social Movement (2007)
The current discussions on Web 2.0 development represent a significant development in the continuing interaction of technological developments and communications rights. In this paper the social...
The American series :--a cheap library /--William F. Birdsall. (1962)
Graduate paper (M. A.)--University of Minnesota.