Positioning the Academic Library within the University (eBook, PDF)

Structures and Challenges
Redaktion: Appleton, Leo

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book discusses ways in which academic libraries can face these uncertain times. Strategic alignment with the university and its mission is a fundamental part of successful positioning, as is being flexible, adaptable and responsive to changing needs, requirements and expectations.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Altersempfehlung: ab 12 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000352108
• Artikelnr.: 61821774

Autorenporträt

Leo Appleton is Senior University Teacher in the Information School at the University of Sheffield, UK. He is the Editor-in-chief of the journal New Review of Academic Librarianship and has written and presented widely on a number of library leadership and management topics.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Positioning the Academic Library within the Institution: Structures and Challenges



Leo Appleton



1. Positioning the Academic Library within the Institution: A Literature Review



John Cox



2. The "Idea of the University": Positioning Academic Librarians in the Future University



Fiona Salisbury and Tai Peseta



3. Aligning Library and University Strategic Directions: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study of Academic Library Leadership in Australia and the U.S.A



Fiona Harland, Glenn Stewart and Christine Bruce



4. How Do Academic Libraries Adapt Within an Ever Increasing Marketized Higher Education Landscape? A Comparison and Analysis of University Library Mission Statements in Germany and the UK



Lydia Pryce-Jones



5. Shrink to Fit or Prune to Strengthen: Adapting the Strategic Plan in an Academic Library as Response to Environmental Change



Tatiana Sanches



6. Research Support at the Crossroads: Capability, Capacity, and Collaboration



Lucy Lang, Trish Wilson, Katie Wilson and Aubrey Kirkpatrick



7. Evolution of Research Support Services at an Academic Library: Specialist Knowledge Linked by Core Infrastructure



Sarah Brown, Elizabeth Alvey, Elena Danilova, Helen Morgan and Amberyn Thomas



8. Reshaping Academic Librarianship in the Context of Twenty-First Century Scholarly Communications and Information Fluency: A Case Study of the Scholarly Communications Management Team at Imperial College London Library Services



Ruth Harrison



9. Understanding Academics: A UX Ethnographic Research Project at the University of York



Michelle Blake and Vanya Gallimore



10. Developing Academic Engagement: A Qualitative, "Ethnographish" Study of a Devolved Library Structure at the University of Cambridge



Elizabeth Tilley and Helen Murphy



11. The Library Leading: Knowledge Management Supporting Community College Institutional Strategy



Elizabeth Jardine



12. Library as Forum: Building Relationships and Identity Through Faculty Speaker Events



Kathleen Kasten



13. From Service Providers to Collaborators and Partners: A Nondiscipline-Based Approach at a Liberal Arts College



Lijuan Xu and Benjamin Jahre



14. "This is an Opportunity for Librarians to Reinvent Themselves, but it is about Moving Out of their Areas": New Roles for Library Leaders?



Roisin Gwyer



15. The View from Within: A Personal Reflection on Library Strategy Development in Three Academic Libraries



Tim Wales



16. Converging Paths to Common Ground: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Influencing Institution Business



Regina Everitt



17. The Library at Ryerson University: A Case Study in Relationship-Building and Academic Collaboration



Madeleine Lefebvre



18. Putting the Learner at the Heart of Student Experience: The Role of the University Library in a Seven-Year Journey of Superconvergence at Northumbria University, UK



Nick Woolley and Jane Core