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Book SynopsisVolume 8 of the series Creating the 21st-Century Academic Library is focused on new services, directions, job duties and responsibilities for librarians in academic libraries of the 21st century. Topics include research data management services, web services, improving web design for library interfaces, cooperative virtual reference services, directions on research in the 21st-century academic library, innovative uses of physical library spaces, uses of social media for disseminating scholarly research, information architecture and usability studies, the importance of special collections and archival collections, and lessons learned in digitization and digital projects planning and management. Data management services are highlighted in the context of a consortium of smaller liberal arts and regional institutions who share a common institutional repository. Survey research plays a role in a number of chapters. One provides insight into how academic libraries are currently approaching w
Trade ReviewAs the eighth publication in the series on Creating the 21st-Century Academic Library, this volume looks at how academic libraries are changing through new jobs and services. It contains 14 papers that present a combination of case studies, original survey research, and thought pieces. A wide range of topics are covered, from web services, web design, the use of social media, virtual reference services, data curation, special collections, and institutional repositories. Like the other volumes in this series, it is international in nature with contributors representing five nations: Australia, Brazil, Croatia, Spain, and the U.S. Standout chapters include one that discusses librarians as change agents and another that looks at the future roles of academic librarians to support research. This collection will be of interest to academic librarians who are struggling to find their place within the ever-changing nature of higher education today and tomorrow. * Booklist *
[The book] will provide an examination of special collections in the 21st century and a specific case study on digitization that may inform a library’s digitization program. The topics are current and the writing is clear and easy to understand. Academic librarians thinking about how their role might evolve in the near term will find this book to be a useful tool and conversation starter…. I would recommend this book to libraries that are currently exploring new roles, services, and directions on their campus, and would highly recommend this book to those that are exploring a topic covered in a given chapter within the book. The chapters…will provide worthwhile perspective and additional information on a topic of concern. Front-line librarians and managers in content areas will find relevant information about their specialty, and library administrators will find the book useful as an overview of current work in emerging areas of interest. * Technical Services Quarterly *
Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1 An overview of research data management in regional libraries in North Carolina Mark Stoffan Chapter 2 The future of library web services Vincci Kwong Chapter 3 QuestionPoint at the City University of New York: providing cooperative virtual reference services within and beyond a large academic institution Robin Brown, Beth Evans, Courtney Walsh Chapter 4 Becoming the library? Research librarians and the future of academic libraries Rebecca Parker Chapter 5 Physical library spaces and services: the uses and perceptions of humanities and social sciences undergraduate students Sanjica Faletar Tanackovic, Boris Badurina, Kornelija Petr Balog Chapter 6 The role of academic reference librarians in copyright Eduardo Graziosi Silva Chapter 7 Disseminating scholarly output through social media Angel Borrego Chapter 8 Information architecture and usability as new fields for librarians Christopher Ewing Chapter 9 Intentional synergy: the new librarian as co-learner Topher Lawton Chapter 10 Libraries and student privacy in the digital age: the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Jennifer Wondracek Chapter 11 Librarians as web designers Jenny Brandon Chapter 12 Change-making in the new librarianship Le Yang, Li Fu Chapter 13 Archives and special collections in the digital world Katherine M. Crowe, Steven Fisher Chapter 14 Lessons learned: a case study in digital collection missteps and recovery Joy Marie Perrin Index About the Editor and Contributors
