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Author:   Wendy Evans (Head of Library, University of St Mark & St John, UK) ,  David Baker (Emeritus Professor of Strategic Information Management, University of St Mark & St John, UK)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science & Technology
Imprint:   Chandos Publishing (Oxford) Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.270kg
ISBN:  

9780081001424

ISBN 10:   0081001428
Pages:   238
Publication Date:   22 November 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

"1. Henrik Jochumsen, Dorte Skot-Hansen and Casper Hvenegaard Rasmussen - The four spaces of the public library 2. Charlie Smith - The influence of digital media on the design of libraries 3. Julie Arndrup - The best of both worlds 4. Mai Aggerbeck, Kirsten Maibom and Karen Frederiksen - The disembedded librarian: A vision of the librarian’s future role in an educational context 5. Patrick Lo and Dickson Chiu – Informal interview with school librarians 6. Diana L.H. Chan - Using formal and informal channels to update librarians’ skill sets 7. Tibor Koltay - Library 2.0: Lost illusions? 8. Matthew Naughtin - Digital music preparation in the modern orchestral library 9. Bruce E. Massis - The academic library in 2020 10. Bernard Scaife - Using technology to make more digital content openly available 11. Evgenia Vassilakaki - New trends in higher education: can information professionals rise to the challenge? 12. Joachim Schopfel - Six futures of academic libraries 13. Cherifa Boukacem-Zeghmouri - From being libraries to becoming the ""Switchmen"" of scholarship in the digital age 14. Steve Bowman - Digital pedagogy and the student voice 15. Vivien Sieber, Julia Anthoney, Heather Barker, and Ellie Roberts - Information literacy in a digital age: embedding information literacy in the curriculum 16. Louise Overgaard - Playing, creating, learning: the future public library for children and families 17. Stephen Akintunde - The future of libraries in Nigeria 18. Daniella Smith - Reinvigorated opportunities: libraries as essential institutions for youth 19. Bas Savenije - A cooperative model for a national digital library 20. Belen Fornovi Rodriguez - In the core of research 21. Dr Rafael Ball - Information management of the future 22. Niels Brügger - Webraries and web archives — the web between public and private 23. Karen Carden - Not only but also?"

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"""If you want to take a step back and look at where libraries from across the world and in different sectors are going, then you will find dipping into this book very stimulating."" --Health Libraries Group Newsletter"

If you want to take a step back and look at where libraries from across the world and in different sectors are going, then you will find dipping into this book very stimulating. --Health Libraries Group Newsletter

Author Information

Wendy Evans is the Head of Library at the University of St. Mark and St John, UK. She has published and lectured in the field of electronic journal and database usage, access versus ownership of journals, and has already co-edited and co-authored four books with David Baker. Professor David Baker has published widely in the field of Library and Information Studies, with eighteen monographs and over 100 articles to his credit. He has spoken worldwide at numerous conferences, led workshops and seminars. His other key professional interest and expertise has been in the field of human resources, where he has also been active in major national projects.

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