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Envisioning future academic library services : initiatives, ideas and challenges / edited by Sue McKnight

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: London : Facet, 2010Description: xxii, 247 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 978-1-85604-691-6 (hbk.)
  • 1-85604-691-5 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 027.7 22
Contents:
Waiting for the barbarians: seeking solutions or awaiting answers? / Derek Law -- The 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: the 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 -- The leadership of the future / Liz Wright -- Adding value to learning and teaching / Sue McKnight -- In search of the road ahead: the future of academic libraries in China / Michael Robinson.
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Waiting for the barbarians: seeking solutions or awaiting answers? / Derek Law -- The 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: the 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 -- The leadership of the future / Liz Wright -- Adding value to learning and teaching / Sue McKnight -- In search of the road ahead: the future of academic libraries in China / Michael Robinson.

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