Digital Dilemmas and Solutions

✍ Scribed by Peter Limb (Auth.)

Publisher: Chandos Publishing
Year: 2004
Tongue: English
Leaves: 200
Series: Chandos Information Professional Series
Edition: 1
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Today, all librarians face daunting challenges posed by trends in technology, publishing, and education as the impact of a globalising information economy forces a rethink of both library strategic directions and everyday library operations. This book brings together the main issues and dilemmas facing libraries; the book clearly shows how to deal with them, and provides a best-practice guide to the solutions.

Provides analysis of recent trends and relevant and viable solutions to problems facing all librarians
Written by a highly knowledgeable and well-respected practitioner in the field
Draws on the author's international and practical experience in libraries and experience of leading-edge developments in the field

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
CHANDOS: INFORMATION PROFESSIONAL SERIES, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Introduction, Pages ix-xi
List of abbreviations, Pages xiii-xv
About the author, Page xvii
1 - The impact of a globalising information economy, Pages 1-24
2 - Libraries, digitisation and change, Pages 25-44
3 - Changing strategies: winning the information game, Pages 45-63
4 - Applying digital technologies, Pages 65-91
5 - User perspectives, Pages 93-110
6 - Managing change, Pages 111-136
7 - Resolving ethical and legal dilemmas and problems, Pages 137-156
8 - Conclusion, Pages 157-162
References, Pages 163-181
Index, Pages 183-193

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