Managing the electronic library
Subtitle: a practical guide for information professionals
By: edited by Terry Hanson and Joan Day.
Contributors: Hanson, Terry.; Day, Joan M.
Publisher: Bowker-Saur; K G Saur Verlag Gmbh & Co
Published: 1998
Place of publication: London; New Providence, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 742
Subjects: Libraries -- Great Britain -- Special collections -- Electronic information resources; Academic libraries -- Great Britain
Description: "Managing the Electronic Library - A Practical Guide for Information Professionals will help library staff manage the development of an electronic library resource. It considers the management issues on several levels, from internal sectional concerns, such as managing current awareness or electronic reserve collections, to wider campus level concerns like convergence and information strategies."--BOOK JACKET. "The book presents and describes the management and leadership challenges from a practical point of view, but has expanded in size in order to cover this vast subject area in more detail. The 38 chapters written by leading LIS professionals consist of 23 illustrative case studies and 15 concise overviews which explain the main issues and give examples of practice and implementation. Managing the Electronic Library - A Practical Guide for Information Professionals will be an invaluable guide for all library staff who have responsibility for management and leadership within an electronic library."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.