Description
The 21st Century Academic Library
Global Patterns of Organization and Discourse
Chandos Information Professional Series
Author: Bolin Mary K.
Language: EnglishSubject for The 21st Century Academic Library:
Keywords
Academic libraries; Access services; Acquisitions; Africa; Australia; Cataloging; Circulation; Comparative education; Data curation; Departments; Discourse analysis; Electronic resources; Genre; Globalization; Higher education; Institutionalism; Institutionalization; Instruction; Ireland; Isomorphism; Library collections; Library services; Massification; New Zealand; North America; Organization; Organizational chart; Preservation; Qualitative methods; Quantitative methods; Reference; Register; Scholarly communication; Serials; South Asia; Special collections; Typology; United Kingdom; User experience; Website
Support: Print on demand
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The 21st Century Academic Library: Global Patterns of Organization and Discourse discusses the organization of academic libraries, drawing on detailed research and data.
The organization of the library follows the path of a print book or journal: acquisitions, cataloguing, circulation, reference, instruction, preservation and general administration. Most libraries still have public services and technical services, and are still very print-based in their organization, while their collections and services are increasingly electronic and virtual.
This book gathers information on organizational patterns of large academic libraries in the US and Europe, providing data that could motivate libraries to adopt innovative organizational structures or assess the effectiveness of their current organizational patterns.
1. Introduction 2. Background 3. Academic Library Organization 4. Literature Review 5. Data, Results and Discussion 6. Conclusion Appendix 1. List of Universities Appendix 2. Discourse Analysis Instrument
The target audience is academic library administrators and librarians, who are seeking solutions to workflow, training, productivity, and user experience. This book could be used as a textbook for an LIS course on academic libraries or on management
- Contributes to the literature on the globalization of information and of library and information science
- Analyzes and presents data in a way that allows librarians and library administrators to consider what organizational patterns are the most effective for the goals they are pursuing
- Includes emerging patterns that are not widely seen in the academic library population