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Technology, change and the academic library : case studies, trends and reflections / edited by Jeremy Atkinson.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Chandos information professional seriesPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Chandos Publishing, an imprint of Elsevier, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: xiv, 215 pages : color illustrations, color maps, color chart, color plans ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0128228075
  • 9780128228074
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 027.7 ATK
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Reference Moylish Library Library Staff Collection 027.7 ATK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Library Use Only 39002100647453

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Massive technological change has been impacting universities and university libraries in recent years. Such change has manifested in technological developments impacting all areas of academic library activity, including systems, services, collections, the physical library environment, marketing, and support for university teaching, learning, research, and administration. Many books and papers have examined these changes from a technical perspective. However, there is little substantive reflection on what technological change means, and how best to get out in front of it, for the academic library.

Technology, Change and the Academic Library systematically reflects on technological innovation, the successes, failures and lessons learned, the nature, process and culture of change, and key aspects including impacts on library staff and users, roles and responsibilities, and skills and capabilities. The book takes an international perspective on the massive change currently affecting academic libraries. The title gives an overview and literature review, considers technological innovation and change management, future technologies and future change, and provides information on further reading. Case studies describe the rationale, aims, and objectives for particular technological innovations, and consider methods, outcomes, and recommendations for the future. Finally, the book reflects back on how technological change can best be wrought in academic libraries.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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