Conclusion

Hopefully this unit has shown how the changes in the research landscape link together and how they are influencing the changing role of the academic library. Over the next few units we will be exploring the different areas of the research lifecycle in more detail so that you will feel more confident about the various concepts which make up scholarly communication and research support and the different services that the library can provide to support the research community. You can go back through any of the unit to review material that you didn’t understand or to explore the links to further information. As we move forward through the resource you can refer back to the material in this unit to put what you are learning about the different areas of the research lifecycle into context.