| Description |
1 online resource (1 ebook (xxii, 183 pages).). |
| Series |
Chandos information professional series |
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Chandos information professional series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. Transforming research libraries: an introduction / Barbara I. Dewey -- PART 1. FRAMING THE TWENTY FIRST-CENTURY RESEARCH LIBRARY -- 2. Advancing from Kumbaya to radical collaboration: redefi ning the future research library / James G. Neal -- 3. Will universities still need libraries (or librarians) in 2020? / Graham Jefcoate -- 4. Transforming research libraries: Piano, piano, si va lontano / Jennifer A. Younger -- 5. The transformation of academic libraries in China / Anthony W. Ferguson -- PART 2. ORGANIZATION AND THE UNIVERSITY CONTEXT -- 6. Organizational and strategic alignment for academic libraries / Brinley Franklin -- 7. Building key relationships with senior campus administrators / Jeffrey G. Trzeciak -- PART 3. PARTNERS AND COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENTS -- 8. Partnerships and connections / Nancy Noe and Bonnie MacEwan -- 9. Common spaces, common ground: shaping intercultural experiences in the learning commons / Allison S. Bolorizadeh and Rita H. Smith -- PART 4. CREATING ACCESSIBLE AND ENDURING SCHOLARSHIP -- 10. New modes of scholarly communication: implications of Web 2.0 in the context of research dissemination / Gunilla Widén -- 11. Coming home: scholarly publishing returns to the university / Linda L. Phillips -- 12. Confronting challenges of documentation in the digital world: the Human Rights Documentation Initiative at the University of Texas / Fred Heath, Christian Kelleher, T-Kay Sangwand, and Kevin Wood. |
| Summary |
Transforming Research Libraries for the Global Knowledge Society explores critical aspects of research library transformation needed for successful transition into our vastly different 21st century multicultural environment. The book is written by leaders in the field who have real world experience with transformational change and thought-provoking ideas for the future of research libraries, academic librarianship, research collections, and the changing nature of global scholarship within a higher education context. |
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Research libraries.
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Academic libraries.
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Research libraries -- Technological innovations.
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Digital libraries.
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Multicultural education.
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Knowledge, Sociology of.
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Libraries, Digital |
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Bibliothèques de recherche. |
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Bibliothèques universitaires. |
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Bibliothèques de recherche -- Innovations. |
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Bibliothèques virtuelles. |
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Éducation interculturelle. |
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Sociologie de la connaissance. |
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sociology of knowledge. |
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research libraries (institutions) |
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academic libraries (institutions) |
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Academic libraries |
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Digital libraries |
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Knowledge, Sociology of |
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Multicultural education |
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Research libraries |
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Research libraries -- Technological innovations |
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Wetenschappelijke bibliotheken. |
| Added Author |
Dewey, Barbara I.
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| In: |
Chandos Publishing Online |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Transforming research libraries for the global knowledge society. Oxford : Chandos Publishing, 2010 1843345943 (OCoLC)503046652 |
| ISBN |
9781780630380 (ebk) |
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1780630387 (ebk) |
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1843345943 |
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9781843345947 |
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