21st Century Academic Library
Subtitle: Organizational Patterns and Librarian Status in North America and Other Anglophone Countries
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology; Chandos Publishing, an imprint of Elsevier
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780081018668
Subjects: Academic libraries
Description: The 21st Century Academic Library: Global Patterns of Organization and Discourse discusses the organization of academic libraries, drawing on detailed research and data. The organization of the library follows the path of a print book or journal: acquisitions, cataloguing, circulation, reference, instruction, preservation and general administration. Most libraries still have public services and technical services, and are still very print-based in their organization, while their collections and services are increasingly electronic and virtual. This book gathers information on organizational patterns of large academic libraries in the US and Europe, providing data that could motivate libraries to adopt innovative organizational structures or assess the effectiveness of their current organizational patterns.