Libraries in the Twenty-First Century

Charting Directions in Information Services

Stuart J. Ferguson

• Publisher: Chandos Publishing
• Year: 2007
• Print ISBN: 9781876938437
• eBook ISBN: 9781780632810
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Information Management
• Index: Business

Libraries in the Twenty-First Century brings together library educators and practitioners to provide a scholarly yet accessible overview of library and information management and the challenges that the twenty-first century offers the information profession. The papers in this collection illustrate the changing nature of the library as it evolves into its twenty-first century manifestation. The national libraries of Australia and New Zealand, for instance, have harnessed information and communication technologies to create institutions that are far more national, even democratic, in terms of delivery of service and sheer presence than their print-based predecessors.Aimed at practitioners and students alike, this publication covers specific types of library and information agencies, discusses specific aspects of library and information management and places developments in library and information services in a number of broad contexts: socio-economic, ethico-legal, historical and educational.

Table of contents

• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright page
• Acknowledgements
• Figures and tables
• Introduction
• Part 1: Library and information agencies in the twenty-first century: case studies
• Part 2: Library and information services in the twenty-first century
• Part 3: The information environment in the twenty-first century
• Conclusion: From people’s university to information for all
• Appendices
• Glossary
• Biographical notes on contributors
• Index