Network Reshapes the Library: Lorcan Dempsey on Libraries, Services, and Networks - Softcover

Dempsey, Lorcan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0838912338 ISBN 13: 9780838912331

Publisher: ALA Editions, 2014

Synopsis

As one university librarian put it, Dempsey's "dual ability to explore an issue and to reveal the higher-order trends is spot-on for understanding our volatile environment." Since he began posting in 2003, Dempsey has used his blog to explore nearly every important facet of library technology, from the emergence fo Web 2.0 as a concept to open source ILS tools and the push to web-scale library management systems. In a compendium that library planners, administrators, and technology staff will find endlessly stimulating, Varnum offers an expertly curated selection of entries that show where libraries have been in the last decade and also where they're heading now.

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Title: Network Reshapes the Libray( Lorcan Dempsey on Libraries Services and Networks) <>Binding: Paperback <>Author: LorcanDempsey <>Publisher: AmericanLibraryAssociation

Review

Dempsey thinks web-scale. His breadth of interests and his ability to outline appropriate organizational responses in the 'Amazoogle' age make this a compelling read ... Recommended? Yes, for all of us, because the network has reshaped the library. (Australian Library Journal)

It is inevitable that the role of a librarian is going to evolve along with technology, all professionals. His straight-forward writing style and Vernum’s editorial skills are what set this book apart and make for an interesting and compelling look at the network over the past twelve years. Dempsey will leave you with a new perspective of what the library profession means today, and the question of how it will have evolved in another twelve years. (The New Zealand Library and Information Management Journal)

This well chosen collection is an invaluable reference work looking back at a decade of change. (Penny Bailey CILIP CLSIG Journal)

Edition details

• Publisher: ALA Editions
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0838912338
• ISBN 13: 9780838912331
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320