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Analysis of events, data, and trends
affecting the information industry.

By Nick Evans
Analyst

February 24, 2005

Bangor University in Wales has announced a restructuring of its information services department that will see eight of its twelve academic librarians sacked. The University believes that the availability of online bibliographic resources has "deskilled" the process of searching for academic literature and reduced the value of librarians to students.

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