Reimagining the academic library /
Reimagining the Academic Library paints a simple straightforward picture of the changes affecting academic libraries and what academic librarians need to do to respond to the changes would help to guide future library practice. The aim is to explain where academic libraries need to go and how to get...
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Lanham :
Rowman and Littlefield,
[2016]
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2016 |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: there is a road
- Part one. The forces we face
- Force one: disruption
- Force two: digital documents
- Force three: the book is changing
- Force four: the new scholarly record
- Force five: the economics of information
- Force six: demographics
- Interlude: a conjecture on the nature of digital information
- Part two. Steps down the road
- Step one: defining the job
- Step two: creating the library as place
- Step three: retiring the legacy print collection
- Step four: preserving digital content
- Step five: making the money work
- Step six: working with the smart machine
- Conclusion: ten things to do now
- Title Page; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Forces We Face; Force One; Force Two; Force Three; Force Four; Force Five; Force Six; Interlude; Steps Down the Road; Step One; Step Two; Step Three; Step Four; Step Five; Step Six; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index