“…Several types of environmental limits can be specified:- Legal barriers – judicial barriers, legal policy barriers, ownership, copyright, confidential information (Mount, 1966; Engelbert, 1974; Haag, 1989; Perkins, 1997; Hertzum and Pejtersen, 2000; Moreno et al , 2009).
- Financial barriers – economic barriers, lack of financial support, high prices of access to databases, high prices of books and journals, costs of international travels to libraries and others institutions, sometimes cost of users' time; on the other hand financial issues are connected with library and other institutional equipment and services (Engelbert, 1974; Line and Vickers, 1983; Haag, 1989; Lundeen et al , 1994; Wilson, 1997; Hertzum and Pejtersen, 2000; Hall et al , 1999; Wales, 2000; Monopoli and Nicholas, 2000; Dempsey, 2000; Nicholas, 2001; D'Elia et al , 2002; Świgoń, 2006; Revere et al , 2007; Khasseh et al , 2009).
- Geographical barriers – distance to libraries and other information sources; isolation from big scientific institutions in home country and abroad (Line and Vickers, 1983; Haag, 1989; Vanes, 1993; Lundeen et al , 1994; Applebee et al , 2000).
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