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 courses
The 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.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Editorial Advisory Board
- Figures and Tables
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I. The Academic LibraryLandscape Today
- Ch01. Historical Context and Contemporary Challenges
- Ch02. College and University Governance
- Ch03. Organization, Administration, Management, and Planning
- Ch04. Funding and Budgeting
- Ch05. Faculty Research and Scholarly Communication
- Part II. Academic Librarians and Services Today
- Ch06. Reference, Instruction, and Outreach
- Ch07. Collection Development
- Ch08. Challenges Facing Technical Services
- Ch09. Librarians and Services in College and Community College Libraries
- Part III. Changing Priorities, New Directions
- Ch10. Recruitment, Retention, Diversity, and Professional Development
- Ch11. Library as Place1
- Ch12. Serving Campus and Remote Students and Faculty
- Ch13. Open Access, Institutional Repositories, E-Science and Data Curation, and Preservation
- Ch14. Assessment and Evaluation, Promotion, and Marketing of Academic Library Services
- Ch15. A Vision for the Future
- Index
- About the Editor and Contributors
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