Envisioning Our Preferred Future: New Services, Jobs, and Directions: 8 (Creating the 21st-Century Academic Library) - Softcover

Eden, Bradford Lee

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1442266929 ISBN 13: 9781442266926

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, 2016

Synopsis

Volume 8 of the series Creating the 21st-Century Academic Library is focused on new services, directions, job duties and responsibilities for librarians in academic libraries of the 21st century. Topics include research data management services, web services, improving web design for library interfaces, cooperative virtual reference services, innovative uses of physical library spaces, uses of social media for disseminating scholarly research, information architecture and usability studies, the importance of special collections and archival collections, and lessons learned in digitization and digital projects planning and management.

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Review:

As the eighth publication in the series on Creating the 21st-Century Academic Library, this volume looks at how academic libraries are changing through new jobs and services. It contains 14 papers that present a combination of case studies, original survey research, and thought pieces. A wide range of topics are covered, from web services, web design, the use of social media, virtual reference services, data curation, special collections, and institutional repositories. Like the other volumes in this series, it is international in nature with contributors representing five nations: Australia, Brazil, Croatia, Spain, and the U.S. Standout chapters include one that discusses librarians as change agents and another that looks at the future roles of academic librarians to support research. This collection will be of interest to academic librarians who are struggling to find their place within the ever-changing nature of higher education today and tomorrow.--Booklist

[The book] will provide an examination of special collections in the 21st century and a specific case study on digitization that may inform a library's digitization program. The topics are current and the writing is clear and easy to understand. Academic librarians thinking about how their role might evolve in the near term will find this book to be a useful tool and conversation starter.... I would recommend this book to libraries that are currently exploring new roles, services, and directions on their campus, and would highly recommend this book to those that are exploring a topic covered in a given chapter within the book. The chapters...will provide worthwhile perspective and additional information on a topic of concern. Front-line librarians and managers in content areas will find relevant information about their specialty, and library administrators will find the book useful as an overview of current work in emerging areas of interest.--Technical Services Quarterly

About the Author:

Bradford Lee Eden is Dean of Library Services at Valparaiso University. He is editor of OCLC Systems & Services: Digital Library Perspectives International; The Bottom Line: Managing Library Finances; Library Leadership & Management, the journal of the Library Leadership & Management Association (LLAMA) within the American Library Association; and The Journal of Tolkien Research, a new, open-access peer-reviewed journal. He is also on the editorial boards of Library Hi Tech, Advances in Library Administration and Organization, and The Journal of Film Music. He has a masters and Ph.D. degrees in musicology, as well as an MS in library science. His two books Innovative Redesign and Reorganization of Library Technical Services: Paths for the Future and Case Studies (Libraries Unlimited, 2004) and More Innovative Redesign and Reorganization of Library Technical Services (Libraries Unlimited, 2009) are used and cited extensively in the field. His recent books include Middle-earth Minstrel: Essays on Music in Tolkien (McFarland, 2010); The Associate University Librarian Handbook: A Resource Guide (Scarecrow Press, 2012); Leadership in Academic Libraries: Connecting Theory to Practice (Scarecrow Press, 2014), and The Hobbit and Tolkien's Mythology: Essays on Revisions and Influences (McFarland, 2014).

About this edition

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1442266929
• ISBN 13: 9781442266926
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 274