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The Academic Library

The Academic Library


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Universities and colleges of higher education in the United Kingdom are subject to ever more rapid change. In the four years since this book was first published, the higher education landscape has evolved further, with new legislation and significant changes to the relationships between institutions and their students. There is increasing pressure to concentrate research in centres of international excellence. Additionally, academic libraries need to respond to the challenges and opportunities of developing technologies in learning and research practice in order to offer their users a fully integrated and leading-edge service. This authoritative and wide-ranging textbook provides a comprehensive overview of the changing functions of higher education libraries and the organizational cultures in which they operate. It offers an assessment of the impact of such changes on service delivery from both provider and user perspectives, and considers the future role of the academic library. The second edition has been completely updated, with a new chapter on performance measurement and more extensive coverage of: accessibility; information literacy; portals; digital libraries; copyright; institutional repositories; virtual and managed learning environments; and management of change. This textbook is an indispensable introduction to the range of issues facing academic libraries for students and new professionals. It also makes stimulating reading for education administrators and academic library managers in both higher and further education.

Table of Contents:

1. The higher education context 2. The history of higher education libraries 3. The library in the institution 4. Users of the academic library 5. The impacts and opportunities of information and communications technologies 6. Human resources 7. Resource management 8. Collection and access management and the organization of resources 9. The academic library building 10. Library systems 11. Services 12. Management 13. Performance measurement 14. Professional issues 15. The academic library of the future



About the Author :

Peter Brophy BSc HonFCLIP FCLIP FRSA is Professor of Information Management in the Department of Information and Communications at Manchester Metropolitan University, where he is also Director of the Centre for Research in Library and Information Management (CERLIM).



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Reviews of the previous edition 'The Academic Library should be on every student librarian's core reading list.' INFORMATION WORLD REVIEW 'An excellent book...Peter Brophy has achieved a worthy and useful summary of the academic library at the start of the new millennium.' SCONUL NEWSLETTER


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781856045278
  • Publisher: Facet Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: Facet Publishing
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 248
  • Weight: 431 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1856045277
  • Publisher Date: 15 Jan 2005
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 16 mm
  • Width: 156 mm


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