Research Catalog

Title

Transforming research libraries for the global knowledge society / edited by Barbara I. Dewey.

Publication

Oxford : Chandos Publishing, 2010.

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Details

Additional Authors

Dewey, Barbara I.

Description

xxii, 183 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"This forward-looking new resource explores the future of research libraries, academic librarianship, and research collections. Editor Barbara I. Dewey, the Dean of Libraries at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, compiles a team of leading experts to address a broad range of key concepts and ideas that are crucial for successfully transitioning the field of higher education into today's constantly changing multicultural environment. Key chapters include coverage of: transforming services and spaces; key relationships with senior campus administrators; organizational development and leadership; scholarly communications. The deep experience and varied expertise of the authors make this required reading for academic librarians"--Amazon.com.

Series Statement

Chandos information professional series

Uniform Title

Chandos information professional series

Subject

• Wetenschappelijke bibliotheken
• Research libraries > Aims and objectives
• Academic libraries
• Research libraries > Technological innovations
• Digital libraries
• Multicultural education
• Knowledge, Sociology of
• Libraries, Digital

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Transforming research libraries : an introduction / Barbara I. Dewey -- Advancing from Kumbaya to radical collaboration : redefining the future research library / James G. Neal -- Will universities still need libraries (or librarians) in 2020? / Graham Jefcoate -- Transforming research libraries : piano, piano, si va lontano / Jennifer A. Younger -- The transformation of academic libraries in China / Anthony W. Ferguson -- Organizational and strategic alignment for academic libraries / Brinley Franklin -- Building key relationships with senior campus administrators / Jeffrey G. Trzeciak -- Partnerships and connections / Nancy Noe, Bonnie MacEwan -- Common spaces, common ground : shaping intercultural experiences in the learning commons / Allison S. Bolorizadeh, Rita H. Smith -- New modes of scholarly communication : implications of Web 2.0 in the context of research dissemination / Gunilla Widen -- Coming home : scholarly publishing returns to the university / Linda L. Phillips -- Confronting challenges of documentation in the digital world : the Human Rights Documentation Initiative at the University of Texas / Fred Heath ... [et al.].

ISBN

• 1843345943 (pbk.)
• 9781843345947 (pbk.)

OCLC

503046652

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library