Academic Librarianship Today

by Todd Gilman (Editor), Beverly P. Lynch (Foreword)

Intended for use by both librarians and students in LIS programs, Academic Librarianship Today is the most current, comprehensive overview of the field available today. Key features chapter was commissioned specifically for this new book, and the authors are highly regarded academic librarians or library school faculty— or bothCutting-edge topics such as open access, copyright, digital curation and preservation, emerging technologies, new roles for academic librarians, cooperative collection development and resource sharing, and patron-driven acquisitions are explored in depthEach chapter ends with thought-provoking questions for discussion and carefully constructed assignments that faculty can assign or adapt for their coursesThe book begins with Gilman’s introduction, an overview that briefly synthesizes the contents of the contributors’ chapters by highlighting major themes. The main part of the book is organized into three The Academic Library Landscape Today, Academic Librarians and Services Today, and Changing Priorities, New Directions.

Genres: Nonfiction, Library Science

263 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 2, 2017

Reviews

[Alex · Rating 4 out of 5]

Was a book for class so I didn't read it all the way through but overall it did have lots of practical advice and information. May have spent too much time on the history of higher education institutions in America.