Access, Delivery, Performance: The Future of Libraries without Walls (Facet Publications (All Titles as Published)) - Hardcover

 
9781856046473: Access, Delivery, Performance: The Future of Libraries without Walls (Facet Publications (All Titles as Published))
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1856046478 ISBN 13: 9781856046473
Publisher: Facet Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

This book celebrates and acknowledges the contribution Professor Peter Brophy has made over a career spanning 37 years to the field of library and information studies. Whilst reflecting on his work, it is forward looking and challenging, and offers strategies for the future direction of library and information services in the virtual era.

Following an introduction and tribute to Peter on his retirement, the text is contributed by an international team of acknowledged leaders in their fields, and focuses on four key themes that have preoccupied Peter during his career and that remain of pre-eminent importance for the future of the profession:

libraries, learning and distance learning

widening access to information

changing directions of information delivery

performance, quality and leadership.

The book concludes with a comprehensive bibliography of Peter's work.


Readership

: This timely book addresses issues and concerns transferable across different areas of the information sector, including academic, public and special libraries, and will be stimulating reading for anyone working, studying, or teaching within the profession.

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About the Author

Jillian Griffiths

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Publisher
Facet Publishing
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1856046478
ISBN 13 
9781856046473
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
238
Editor
Griffiths Jillian R., Craven Jenny