The Status of Academic Libraries in the United States
Author: Margaret Werner Cahalan
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Published: 2001
Total Pages: 128
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Published: 2001
Total Pages: 128
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Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published:
Total Pages: 118
ISBN-13: 1428926356
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Margaret Werner Cahalan
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Published: 1998
Total Pages: 100
ISBN-13: 9780160497209
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Maggie Cahalan
Publisher: Education Department
Published: 2001-06
Total Pages: 122
ISBN-13: 9780160508097
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Catherine Cardwell
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Published: 2020
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780838947692
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Institutions of higher education and academic libraries are not the traditional organizations they once were. They are subject to a variety of forces, including shifting and changing populations, technological changes, public demands for affordability and accountability, and changing approaches to research and learning. Academic libraries can no longer establish their excellence and ground their missions, visions, and strategic directions using the old means and methods. Leading Change in Academic Libraries is a collection of 20 change stories authored by academic librarians from different types of four-year institutions. Librarians tell the story firsthand of how they managed major change in processes, functions, services, programs, or overall organizations using John Kotter's Eight-Stage Process of Creating Major Change as a framework for examining change at their institutions, measuring their successes and areas for improvement, and determining progress. In five sections--strategic planning, reorganization, culture change, new roles, and technological change--chapters discuss tackling common challenges such as fear, anxiety, change fatigue, complacency, unexpected changes of leadership, vacancies, and resistance; look at the results of their tactics; and provide effective practices they found. Each section ends with a thorough analysis of the stories within and the most effective tips for leading that kind of change. Leading Change in Academic Libraries can help you establish flexible, nimble, and collaborative decision-making processes, and facilitate the transition from legacy collections-based libraries to forward-looking service-based libraries"--from the ALA website.
Author: Mark L. McCallon
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2022-09-26
Total Pages: 295
ISBN-13: 0786495871
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book advances the belief that the library--more than any other cultural institution--collects, curates and distributes the results of human thought. Essays broaden the debate about academic libraries beyond only professional circles, promoting the library as a vital resource for the whole of higher education. Topics range from library histories to explorations of changing media. Essayists connect modern libraries to the remarkable dream of Alexandria's ancient library--facilitating groundbreaking research in every imaginable field of human interest, past, present and future. Academic librarians who are most familiar with historical traditions are best qualified to promote the library as an important aspect of teaching and learning, as well as to develop resources that will enlighten future generations of readers. The intellectual tools for compelling, constructive conversation come from the narrative of the library in its many iterations, from the largest research university to the smallest liberal arts or community college.
Author: David W. Lewis
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781442238589
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Reimagining the Academic Library paints a simple straightforward picture of the changes affecting academic libraries and what academic librarians need to do to respond to the changes would help to guide future library practice. The aim is to explain where academic libraries need to go and how to get there in a book that can be read in a weekend. David W. Lewis provides a readable survey of the current state of academic library practice and proposes where academic libraries need to go in the future to provide value to their campuses. His primary focus is on collections as this is the area with the greatest opportunity for change and is the driver of most library cost. Lewis provides an accessible framework for thinking about how library practice needs to adjust in the digital environment.