Harper, Mandy and Machell, Frances (2019) Mission impossible! Setting up a branch library in Dubai. Taking Stock, 27 (2). pp. 2-4. ISSN 0966-6745
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In spring 2018 the University of Birmingham announced that it would be the first global top 100 and Russell Group University to open a branch campus in Dubai. Initially this would take the form of an incubator campus providing capacity for approximately 350 students across 4 disciplines with a target of opening a full scale campus in 2020, accommodating up to approximately 4,500 UG and PG students.
A library was required; however there would be no dedicated library staff in Dubai and no additional staffing resource within the UK. Library Services therefore faced the challenge of setting up a library from scratch, at arm’s length, with no additional resource.
In this article, we mainly focus on the work relating to reading lists, and acquiring and licensing content.
| Type of Work: | Article |
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| School/Faculty: | Corporate Services |
| Department: | Library Services |
| Date: | 2019 |
| Subjects: | Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Z719 Libraries (General) Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > ZA Information resources > ZA4050 Electronic information resources |
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| ID Code: | 3259 |
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