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University Libraries and Science and Technology Parks: Reasons for Collaboration
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In this paper, the authors analyzed the relationship between university libraries and science and technology parks as well as the role of these libraries in the information management of incubated firms, and revealed that the library-STP relationship underpin links between parks and universities.Abstract:
Abstract The article analyzes both the relationship between university libraries and science and technology parks (STPs) as well as the role of these libraries in the information management of incubated firms. This relationship with Spanish STPs is also compared to the relationship with parks around the world. Several stakeholders involved in two Spanish parks were interviewed, so a sample made up of both parks’ management, the three university libraries with which they are related to and 121 firms incubated in these parks. The results were compared to results taken from a survey on 107 parks members of the International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation and 77 libraries related to those parks. The study revealed that the library-STP relationship underpin links between parks and universities. The IASP members who receive services from related university libraries show the value of library-STP collaboration. It is a first analytical approach to the library-STP relationship in the entrepreneurial university context. A series of actions to strengthen this relationship and better benefit incubated firms is also included.read more
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La información en los parques científicos y tecnológicos y el papel de las bibliotecas universitarias
TL;DR: Pencian et al. as discussed by the authors studied the relationship between bibliotecas universitarias and parques cientificos y tecnologicos (PCyT), asi como the viveros de empresas que pueden o no formar parte of ellos, and found that these agents are agents that desempenan un papel relevante in el proceso de innovación.
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The Evolution of Business Incubators: Comparing demand and supply of business incubation services across different incubator generations
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Technology business incubators: how effective as technology transfer mechanisms?
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a profile of technology business incubators in the United States, review previous research, and report results of research on the technology transfer activities of technology businesses incubators.
Standards for Libraries in Higher Education
Patricia A Iannuzzi,Tom Abbott,Jeanne M Brown,Susan Gibbons,Lynne King,Sharon McCaslin,Mary Reichel,Joan Ruelle,Lisa Stillwell,Mary Jane Petrowski,Lori Goetsch +10 more
TL;DR: The standards provide suggested points of comparison for peer and longitudinal comparison, and encourage the development of other measures, to provide guidance for assessing each element of library operations and the provision of library services.
2012 top ten trends in academic libraries A review of the trends and issues affecting academic libraries in higher education
TL;DR: The ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee is responsible for creating and updating a continuous and dynamic environmental scan for the association that encompasses trends in academic librarianship, higher education, and the broader environment, e.g., economic, demographic, political; providing an annual environmental scan “snapshot.