Academic Librarianship Today (eBook)

Todd Gilman (Herausgeber)

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2017
262 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-7876-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Academic Librarianship Today offers the most current, comprehensive overview of the field available today. Key features include:· Each chapter was commissioned specifically for this new book, and the authors are highly regarded academic librarians or library school faculty—or both· Cutting-edge topics such as open access, copyright, digital curation and preservation, emerging technologies, new roles for academic librarians, cooperative collection development and resource sharing, and patron-driven acquisitions are explored in depth· Each chapter ends with thought-provoking questions for discussion and creative and carefully constructed assignments that faculty can assign or adapt for their courses

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Intended for use by both librarians and students in LIS programs, Academic Librarianship Today is the most current, comprehensive overview of the field available today. Key features include:Each chapter was commissioned specifically for this new book, and the authors are highly regarded academic librarians or library school faculty- or bothCutting-edge topics such as open access, copyright, digital curation and preservation, emerging technologies, new roles for academic librarians, cooperative collection development and resource sharing, and patron-driven acquisitions are explored in depthEach chapter ends with thought-provoking questions for discussion and carefully constructed assignments that faculty can assign or adapt for their coursesThe book begins with Gilman's introduction, an overview that briefly synthesizes the contents of the contributors' chapters by highlighting major themes. The main part of the book is organized into three parts: The Academic Library Landscape Today, Academic Librarians and Services Today, and Changing Priorities, New Directions.

Autor

Todd Gilman taught literature and writing at the University of Toronto, Boston University, and MIT before embarking on a career in academic librarianship. Since 2001 he has served as Librarian for Literature in English at Yale University, where he builds humanities collections for Sterling Memorial Library and, as library liaison to various humanities departments, assists undergraduate and graduate students with their library research. Since 2004 Gilman has served as a part-time member of the faculty of the School of Information at San Jose State University, where he teaches graduate courses on Academic Libraries, Reference, and Book and Library History.

Inhalt

Foreword – Beverly P. LynchAcknowledgmentsIntroduction - Todd GilmanPART I: The Academic Library Landscape TodayChapter 1: Historical Context and Contemporary Challenges – Deanna B. MarcumChapter 2: College and University Governance: The Role of the Academic Library – Barbara I. DeweyChapter 3: Organization, Administration, Management, and Planning – Starr HoffmanChapter 4: Funding and Budgeting – Tahir RaufChapter 5: Faculty Research and Scholarly Communication – Sarah K. Lippincott and Joan K. LippincottPART II: Academic Librarians and Services TodayChapter 6: Reference, Instruction, and Outreach: Current Methods and Models – Carrie Forbes and Peggy KeeranChapter 7: Collection Development: General and Special, Print and Digital, and Resource Sharing – Lidia UzielChapter 8: Challenges Facing Technical Services – Autumn FaulknerChapter 9: Librarians and Services in College and Community College Libraries – Zoe Fisher and Kim ReadPART III: Changing Priorities, New DirectionsChapter 10: Recruitment, Retention, Diversity, and Professional Development – Marta Brunner and Jennifer OsorioChapter 11: Library as Place – David W. LewisChapter 12: Serving Campus and Remote Students and Faculty: Online Learning, Distance Education, and MOOCs - Debbie FairesChapter 13: Open Access, Institutional Repositories, E-Science and Data Curation, and Preservation - Brian OwenChapter 14: Assessment and Evaluation, Promotion, and Marketing of Academic Library Services – Nisa BakkalbasiChapter 15: A Vision for the Future: New Roles for Academic Librarians – Ronald C. JantzBibliographyIndexAbout the Editor and Contributors

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.2.2017
• Vorwort: Beverly P. Lynch
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
• Schlagworte: academic libraries • Copyright • digital curation and preservation • discussion questions • edited volume • History • library development • Library Management • patron-driven acquisitions • professional development • scholarly • Technology • Text
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-7876-5 / 1442278765
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-7876-9 / 9781442278769