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Book SynopsisLibraries of all types have undergone significant developments in the last few decades. The rate of change in the academic library, a presence for decades now, has been increasing in the first decade of this century. It is no exaggeration to claim that it is undergoing a top to bottom redefinition. Cataloging and reference remain central to its new role, and the circulation of books is still high though declining. Among the changes is the architecture of the library: when new libraries replace old or where renovation is occurring; the role of technology at every stage and in every library application; the management of serials selection, shelving and budgeting; and in a gradual but irrevocable move to digital forms, altered allocation of resources including larger portions of the budget diverted to preservation, not only of aging books, a theme in the latter part of the last century, but of digital files cultural, historical, personal. In brief, the academic library is dramatically d
Table of ContentsPreface Kevin L. Smith Introduction Bradford Lee Eden Chapter 1: Five essential skills for the 21st-century librarian Melvin D. Davis Chapter 2: What will libraries be when they grow up?: how the innovations of technology can help us imagine the future Samantha Schmehl Hines Chapter 3: The biology of librarian leadership Sarah Brown Chapter 4: The library-technology interchange: new roles for academic librarians in the 21st century Anna Fidgeon and Laurie Borchard Chapter 5: Beyond buildings: a design-based approach to future librarianship Rachel Ivy Clarke Chapter 6: The university library's evolution: book warehouse or platform for student research and learning Carl Antonucci and Sharon Clapp Chapter 7: Dealing with workplace complexities and engaging staff: towards an engagement toolbox Martin D. House Chapter 8: Serendipity and the Semantic Web: catalogs of the future Autumn Faulkner Chapter 9: The dawn of the e-science librarian Terry Cottrell and Gail Gawlik Chapter 10: Media librarianship in the digital age Dorothea J. Coiffe Chapter 11: Knowledge organization in biobanks: a management information perspective Lidiane Carvalho and Rodrigo Bozzetti Index About the Contributors
