| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 247 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Summary |
An international team of contributors addresses some of the challenges facing the library and information science profession. Topics covered include: e-learning; virtual learning spaces; new models for services and funding; and dealing with information that is not traditionally the province of the library. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Waiting for the barbarians : seeking solutions or awaiting answers? / Derek Law -- Delete generation : how citizen-created content is transforming libraries / Penny Carnaby -- Libraries as places : challenges for the future / Andrew McDonald -- Web 2.0 : redefining and extending the service commitment of the academic library / James G. Neal and Damon E. Jaggars -- Second Life and libraries : boom or bust? / P. Charles Livermore -- Some new business ideas in the HSS publishing space : what may librarians expect? / Frances Pinter -- Loosely joined : Discovery and consumption of scholarly content in the digital era / Paul Coyne -- Knowledge management, universities and libraries / Helen Hayes and Philip G. Kent -- Libraries and the management of research data / Martin Lewis -- Leadership of the future / Liz Wright -- Adding value to learning and teaching / Sue McKnight -- In search of the road ahead : Future of academic libraries in China / Michael Robinson. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Academic libraries.
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Academic libraries. |
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Libraries.
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Libraries. |
| Genre/Form |
Aufsatzsammlung.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
McKnight, Sue.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Envisioning future academic library services. London : Facet, 2010 9781856046916 (DLC) 2010478131 (OCoLC)320316051 |
| ISBN |
9781856048750 (electronic book) |
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1856048756 (electronic book) |
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9781856046916 |
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1856046915 |
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