Monday, August 12, 2013

Embracing Change (in Academic Libraries)

The Internet, Google, e-journals, packages, e-books and patron driven acquisitions have all been perceived as “a threat to libraries as we know them.” Yet, in spite of these developments and under the weight of chronic budget pressures, the typical academic library now offers more users better access to more content and services than ever before. In this session we will look at how librarians and the vendors that serve them have responded to these “threats” to their future to create new and improved services ...
 
several areas of change.
The collection: moving to electronic
The library as a place (physical and virtual)
Services available from the library
Librarian's role in curating and managing data sets
Discovery tools and access to content
How and where users can be reached
Library's role in exposing the institution's research and knowledge assets on a world stage.
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1 comment:

Ruemination said...

I am looking forward to further embracing these challenges as opportunities to reflect and develop.

We are about to submit our request for an enhanced discovery tool which will greatly aid the library in meeting these needs.