Academic and Research Library Country Trends Report 2022: Summary

Abstract

Summary of trends in academic and research libraries across countries along the following themes: 1. Policy development; 2. Library management ; 3. Library as a study and working environment; 4. Library systems and consortiums; 5. Staff development; 6. Inclusive library; 7. New services and resources, innovation; 8. Library as a training centre; 9. Participation in (global) networks; 10. Open Science, Open Scholarship, OA, Transformative agreements; 11. Open research outputs, open and FAIR Data; 12. Digitalization, digital preservation; Online remote access to content and services; 14. Research Infrastructure; 15 Research impact, assessment, bibliometrics; 16. UN SDG; 17. Covid-19 and post-Covid