Mastering Digital Librarianship
eBook - PDF

Mastering Digital Librarianship

Strategy, networking and discovery in academic libraries

  1. 208 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Mastering Digital Librarianship

Strategy, networking and discovery in academic libraries

About this book

This book examines the changing roles of the librarian and how working within a rich digital environment has impacted on the ability of professionals to develop the appropriate 'know how', skills, knowledge and behaviours required in order to operate effectively.
Expert specialists and opinion-makers from around the world discuss the challenges and successes of adapting existing practices, introducing new services and working with new partners in an environment that no longer recognizes traditional boundaries and demarcation of roles.
The book is structured thematically, with a focus on three key strands where the impact of digital technologies is significant:

  • Rethinking marketing and communication – this strand looks at strategic approaches and practices which harness social media and illustrate the importance of communication and marketing activities in these new online spaces.
  • Rethinking support for academic practice – this part examines the professional expertise required of librarians who engage with and support new academic and learner practices in digitally rich teaching, learning and research environments.
  • Rethinking resource delivery – this section investigates the use of strategies to maximize access to online resources and services: harnessing system data to enhance collection management and user choice, designing and managing mobile 'friendly' learning spaces and providing virtual resources and services to an overseas campus.

Readership: This timely and inspiring edited collection should make vital reading for librarians, library schools, departments of information science and other professional groups such as education developers, learning technologists and IT specialists.

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Yes, you can access Mastering Digital Librarianship by Alison Mackenzie,Lindsey Martin, Alison Mackenzie, Lindsey Martin in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Languages & Linguistics & Library & Information Science. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Title page
  2. Contents
  3. THEME 1 Rethinking marketing and communication
  4. CHAPTER 1 Digital marketing in an outreach context
  5. CHAPTER 2 Reference 2.0: evolution of virtual reference services and social media
  6. CHAPTER 3 A service in transition: how digital technology is shaping organizational change
  7. THEME 2 Rethinking support for academic practice
  8. CHAPTER 4 The impact of open and digital content on librarians’ roles in a learning and teaching context
  9. CHAPTER 5 Supporting early-career researchers in data management and curation
  10. CHAPTER 6 Learners and digital identity: the Digital Tattoo project
  11. THEME 3 Rethinking resource delivery
  12. CHAPTER 7 Mobilizing your library
  13. CHAPTER 8 ‘You might also be interested in . . .’: improving discovery through recommendations
  14. CHAPTER 9 Libraries and international branch campuses in the digital environment
  15. Index