Reimagining the Academic Library - Softcover

Lewis, David W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1442238585 ISBN 13: 9781442238589

Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

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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David W. Lewis is the Dean Emeritus of IU Indianapolis (formerly IUPUI) University Library, USA. In 2018 he was named the ACRL Academic/Research Librarian of the Year. That year he was also awarded the Sagamore of the Wabash for service to the libraries of Indiana. He has written over 50 articles and book chapters on reference services, library management, scholarly communication, and open access. He is currently retired in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he focuses on turning small wooden bowls.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1442238585
• ISBN 13: 9781442238589
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 192
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: gpsr@libri.de; gpsr@libri.de; ; Europaallee 1; Bad Hersfeld; 36244; Deutschland