"Each chapter is a direct result of the IFLA Social Science Libraries Section’s 2008 conference titled Disappearing disciplinary borders in the social science library : global studies or sea change?, which took place August 6th- 7th, 2008 at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information (FI)"--Foreword
Foreword... 7 // Introduction // Revolutions in Science and the Role of Social Science Libraries // Steven W. Witt... 11 // Disciplinary and Organizational Shifts // Being Undisciplined, Or Traversing Disciplinary Configurations in Social Science and Humanities Databases: Conceptual Considerations for Interdisciplinarity and Multidisciplinarity // Jean-Pierre V. M. Hérubel... 25 // Disciplinary Boundaries in an Interdisciplinary World // Margaret Robb... 40 // Walls Tumbling Down: Opportunities for Librarians in Interdisciplinary Research // Jeffrey A. Knapp... 53 // ‘New Kids on the Block’: Developing a Social Science Strategy in the British Library // Jude England... 62 // Data Services // Share and Share Alike? Data-Sharing Practices in Different Disciplinary Domains // Jo Ann Jacoby... 79 // Socio-economic Databases as a Support System for Interdisciplinary Research: Indian Scenario // P. R. Goswami... 95 // Developing Social Networks // Going Global: Facilitating Global Research and Education // at George Mason University Libraries // Le Roy La Fleur, Melissa Johnson, and Beth Roszkowski // No Passport Needed: Border Crossings in the Academic Library // Suzan Alteri and Michael C. Sensiba... 118 // Conclusion // Dispersion and Consilience - Futures for the Social Science Library Lynne M. Rudasill... 131