Envisioning future academic library services : initiatives, ideas and challenges / edited by Sue McKnight.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McKnight, Sue, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Academic libraries.

Libraries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 247 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

London : Facet, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

There are huge challenges facing the library and information science profession owing to the rapidly changing environment in which it exists. Librarians need to be 'blended professionals' who can take all their professional skills and experience, and adapt them to different business models, strategic challenges and communities of practice. This topical edited collection will stimulate strategic and innovative thinking and question the status quo. It will be a 'must read' for leaders and future leaders of the profession, who will be challenged to align library services with the changing demands of the academic community and the work environment. Edited by a thought leader with an international reputation, it will bring together renowned authors from across the globe who are breaking traditional moulds and boundaries in a way that will have a profound impact on the way libraries and library services are conceptualized in the years to come. They represent the key links in the knowledge chain: authors, publishers, academics, community knowledge creators, librarians and institutions; the student perspective will also be provided. The five most compelling messages the book will contain are: engage in and support eLearning; be involved in institutional knowledge and information management strategies; support students and academic staff in the virtual learning space as well as in the library and on the web; be prepared to acquire, manage and make accessible information that is not traditionally the province of the library; and, new paradigms for services, and funding for services, will be necessary. This book is essential reading for all library managers and educators who wish to add real value to their organization by thinking strategically and informing decision making at organizational level. It will also be of great value to academic administrators and government policy analysts involved with learning and teaching.

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Note; Contributors; Introduction: We create the future!; Are the Google Generation scholars a wild card?; Will Web 2.0 technologies and virtual realities be wild cards?; Are changes to scholarly publishing wild cards?; Is the global financial crisis a wild card, encouraging exploration of new organizational responsibilities and structures?; References; 1 Waiting for the barbarians: seeking solutions or awaiting answers?; Introduction; The arrival of aliteracy; Instant results, instant gratification and just enough; Adapting to the natives

Managing, not just storing informationBorn-digital content; Aggregation of resources; Academic partners, not servants; Teaching and learning; Information literacy; Staffing; Conclusion; Notes; References; 2 The delete generation: how citizen-created content is transforming libraries; Our world is changing; How well is the library profession really responding?; The delete generation; Reimagining a 21st-century knowledge organization; Global collaboration; A new-generation workplace; Taking citizen-created content seriously - New Zealand case studies

CASE STUDY 2.1: NEW ZEALAND'S DIGITAL LANDSCAPECASE STUDY 2.2: DIGITAL CURATION - THE NATIONAL DIGITAL HERITAGE ARCHIVE; Conclusion; Notes; References; 3 Libraries as places: challenges for the future; Introduction; The managerial challenge; Qualities of good library space; Conclusion: the library as a 'place'; References; 4 Web 2.0: redefining and extending the service commitment of the academic library; Introduction; Web 2.0 and library users; Web 2.0 and library service; Rethinking academic library functions; Academic use of non-library tools; What does it all mean for libraries?

Integrating the library into the new scholarly workflowsTechnologies for sharing and reusing; Social networking the library to its users; Plugging the library into browsers; Services to mobile library users; The library as a Web 2.0 organization; The Web 2.0 librarian; Conclusion; References; 5 Second Life and libraries: boom or bust?; Introduction; What you need to know about SL; What are the implications for teaching and learning in SL?; Second Life librarian - a beginning; Experience with students; Second life as a game?; Disruptive innovation

What has all this to do with libraries, education or Second Life?Conclusion; Notes; References; 6 Some new business ideas in the HSS publishing space: what may librarians expect?; Introduction; Ring-fencing the discussion; The levers of change; Copyright; The new digital divides; Licensing; Business models for the 'long form publication'; Can open access work for books?; Testing new business models; References; 7 Loosely joined: the discovery and consumption of scholarly content in the digital era; Introduction; Big, bigger, invisible!; Managing information abundance

The library in the digital and social era

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jul 2018).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781856048750

1856048756

OCLC:

836873072