After the book : information services for the twenty-first century / George Stachokas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stachokas, George.

Series:

Chandos information professional series

Chandos Information Professional Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Academic libraries--Aims and objectives--21st century.

Academic libraries.

Academic libraries--Aims and objectives.

Physical Description:

xi, 210 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Kidlington, UK : Chandos Pub., 2014.

Summary:

Libraries and librarians have been defined by the book throughout modern history. What happens when society increasingly lets print go in favour of storing, retrieving and manipulating electronic information? What happens after the book? After the Book explores how the academic library of the 21st Century is first and foremost a provider of electronic information services. Contemporary users expect today's library to provide information as quickly and efficiently as other online information resources. The book argues that librarians need to change what they know, how they work, and how they are perceived in order to succeed according to the terms of this new paradigm. This title is structured into eight chapters. An introduction defines the challenge of electronic resources and makes the case for finding solutions, and following chapters cover diversions and half measures and the problem for libraries in the 21st century. Later chapters discuss solving problems through professional identity and preparation, before final chapters cover reorganizing libraries to serve users, adapting to scarcity, and the 'digital divide'. Key Points describes how electronic resources constitute both a challenge and an opportunity for libraries, argues that librarians can re-define themselves, puts the case that libraries can be reorganized to optimize electronic resource management and information services based on contemporary technology and user needs, suggests that, despite scarcity of resources, libraries can continue to improve and expand information services Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The challenge of electronic resources 1

Defining the problem 4

The library in context 11

Making the case for solutions 16

2 Diversions and half measures 21

Library as place 22

Finding new efficiencies for print 25

The hybrid library 28

3 The problem for libraries in the twenty-first century: the need to accept a paradigm shift 33

Print fetishism: information as object 34

IT and the library 38

The emergence of new information profession(s) 42

A tale of three libraries 44

4 Solving the problem, part 1: professional identity and preparation 49

Redefining the librarian as a professional 50

Reforming higher education for LIS 54

Beyond rhetoric: developing a new professional culture 65

Teaching the teachers: outreach to academia 69

5 Solving the problem, part 2: reorganizing libraries to serve users 79

Reorganizing to optimize electronic resources management 80

Collections and spaces in transition 85

Changing services 100

Who works for the library? 107

Planning and administration 111

Organization plans for electronic libraries in the twenty-first century 116

6 Solving the problem, part 3: adapting to scarcity 131

Acquiring access 133

Working with content providers 137

How consortia and other organizations can help 146

Managing perceptions of libraries 149

Sustainability and assessment 152

7 The digital divide 161

Fundamental problems 161

Outreach and organizational culture 169

Library as defender of the public record 172

Information for the poor: managing social responsibility 174

8 Conclusion 179

General transition plan to the electronic library 188

Finding the right balance in infrastructure and personnel 191.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-206) and index.

ISBN:

1843347393

9781843347392

OCLC:

879600308

Publisher Number:

99960360833