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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808656303321

Autore

Lewis David W. <1951->

Titolo

Reimagining the academic library / / David W. Lewis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

9781442263383

1-4422-3858-5

1-4422-3857-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (176 p.)

Disciplina

027.7

Soggetti

Academic libraries - Administration

Academic libraries - Forecasting

Academic libraries - Effect of technological innovations on

Libraries and colleges

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Forces We Face; Force One; Force Two; Force Three; Force Four; Force Five; Force Six; Interlude; Steps Down the Road; Step One; Step Two; Step Three; Step Four; Step Five; Step Six; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Reimagining the Academic Library paints a simple straightforward picture of the changes affecting academic libraries and what academic librarians need to do to respond to the changes would help to guide future library practice. The aim is to explain where academic libraries need to go and how to get there in a book that can be read in a weekend. David W. Lewis provides a readable survey of the current state of academic library practice and proposes where academic libraries need to go in the future to provide value to their campuses. His primary focus is on collections as this is the area with