Reimagining the academic library

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Reimagining the academic library

David W. Lewis

Rowman & Littlefield, c2016

  • : cloth
  • : paper

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-166) and index

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Volume

: cloth ISBN 9781442238572

Description

Academic libraries are in the midst of significant disruption. Academic librarians and university administrators know they need to change, but are not sure how. Bits and pieces of what needs to happen are clear, but the whole picture is hard to grasp. 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 there in a book that can be read in a weekend. David Lewis provides a readable survey of the current state of academic library practice and proposes where academic libraries need to go in the future to provide value to their campuses. His primary focus is on collections as this is the area with the greatest opportunity for change and is the driver of most library cost. Lewis provides an accessible framework for thinking about how library practice needs to adjust in the digital environment. The book will be useful not only to academic librarians, but also for librarians to share with presidents and provosts who a concise source for understanding where and how to focus their expenditures on libraries.

Table of Contents

Introduction: There is a Road Part One: The Forces We Face I.1 Force One: Disruption I.2 Force Two: Digital Documents I.3 Force Three: The Book is Changing I.4 Force Four: The New Scholarly Record I.5 Force Five: The Economics of Information I.6 Force Six: Demographics Interlude: A Conjecture on the Nature of Digital Information Part Two: Steps Down the Road II.1 Step One: Defining the Job II.2 Step Two: Creating the Library as Place II. 3 Step Three: Retiring the Legacy Print Collection II.4 Step Four: Preserving Digital Content II.5 Step Five: Making the Money Work II.6 Step Six: Working with the Smart Machine Conclusion: Ten Things to Do Now
Volume

: paper ISBN 9781442238589

Description

Academic libraries are in the midst of significant disruption. Academic librarians and university administrators know they need to change, but are not sure how. Bits and pieces of what needs to happen are clear, but the whole picture is hard to grasp. 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 there in a book that can be read in a weekend. David Lewis provides a readable survey of the current state of academic library practice and proposes where academic libraries need to go in the future to provide value to their campuses. His primary focus is on collections as this is the area with the greatest opportunity for change and is the driver of most library cost. Lewis provides an accessible framework for thinking about how library practice needs to adjust in the digital environment. The book will be useful not only to academic librarians, but also for librarians to share with presidents and provosts who a concise source for understanding where and how to focus their expenditures on libraries.

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