Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Foreword -- Libraries Driving Access to Knowledge (A2K) -- Part One - User-Oriented A2K Actions -- Iceland Goes Digital: Countrywide Access to Electronic Resources -- 'Access for All' and 'Politics of Difference': Comparative Case Study of Two European Libraries -- Using Web 2.0 to Make Libraries More User-Oriented: Outcomes from a Case Study at Loughborough University Library (UK) -- OA to Knowledge: Perceptions of UWI Researchers on the St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago -- Part Two - Libraries and Lifelong Learning -- Native Language University Digital Textbook Collection -- Balancing Access to Knowledge and Respect for Cultural Knowledge: Librarian Advocacy with Indigenous Peoples' Self-Determination in Access to Knowledge -- Access to Knowledge as a Social Practice: Information Literacy Education for MA Students -- Part Three - Libraries as Space and Place in A2K -- The Discursive Construction of the Academic Library as Learning Place in A2K -- A Tale of Two Libraries: Space and Reading in Porto Public Libraries -- University Library Premises: The Evaluation of Customer Satisfaction and Usage -- Part Four - Other A2K Theme Approaches -- ILS vs. DBMS in Latin American Web OPACs: Discriminant Analysis Applied to User Interface -- Open Access and A2K: Collaborative Experiences in Latin America -- The Success Story of a Locally Developed Online Video Site: HKBUtube.

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