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Author:   Jeremy Atkinson (Library and Information Services Consultant, UK)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Weight:   0.720kg
ISBN:  

9780128228074

ISBN 10:   0128228075
Pages:   234
Publication Date:   22 September 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Section 1 1. Introduction Section II: Technology and Change Management in Higher Education and Academic Libraries 2. Technology and Change Management in Academic Libraries 3. The People Side of Change: Applying Change Management Principles in Academic Libraries Section III: Case Studies 4. Developing Massive Open Online Courses 5. Implementation of a Leganto Reading List Service at Curtin University Library 6. Transforming Information Advisory Services in University Libraries: A Case Study at the University of Sheffield, UK 7. Accelerating Student Learning in Communication and Research Skills: The Adoption of Adaptive Learning Technologies for Scenario-Based Modules 8. Developing an Online Book Finding Tool for a University Library 9. The White Rose University Press: An Academic-Led Open Access Publisher 10. Mutual Benefit from Library Collaboration with Computational Biologists: The cropPAL Project at the University of Western Australia 11. Brave New World?: Cardiff Metropolitan University Library Service’s Implementation of a Next Generation Library Management System 12. Scottish Higher Education Digital Library (SHEDL): The E-Book Journey 13. Engaging Tertiary Students with University Archival Collections and Digitisation Processes 14. Planning and Implementing an Automated Storage and Retrieval System at the University of Limerick 15. Making Researchers’ Lives Easier and Managing Risk at the University of Adelaide 16. E-Books and Changes in Collection Management at Leeds University Library 17. Universities, Jisc and the Journey to Open Section IV: Reflections 18. Reflections on Technology, Change and Academic Libraries

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Technology, Change, and the Academic Library is an excellent examination of a topic that it is timely and highly relevant for academic library managers and administrators. The book includes an index, section on further reading, as well as references at the end of each chapter. The case studies are well-written, and the book is skillfully edited... --Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship

"""Technology, Change, and the Academic Library is an excellent examination of a topic that it is timely and highly relevant for academic library managers and administrators. The book includes an index, section on further reading, as well as references at the end of each chapter. The case studies are well-written, and the book is skillfully edited..."" --Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship"

Author Information

Jeremy Atkinson has wide-ranging experience and expertise in the leadership, management and development of academic library services. He had overall responsibility for the strategic and operational management of library and information services at the University of Glamorgan from 1991 to 2012. He previously held library posts at the University of Northumbria, Cardiff University and Manchester Metropolitan University. He has had a long standing and active involvement in a large number of UK strategic committees and groups, notably those of Jisc (continuous involvement from 1998 – 2012), SCONUL (including three years as a trustee and member of SCONUL Executive Board) and WHELF (Wales Higher Education Libraries Forum). For WHELF he was Chair of the WHELF Development Group and responsible for the HELP (Higher Education Libraries in Partnership) project, which defined the future direction of Welsh academic library collaboration, and for the development of the WHEEL (Welsh Higher Education Electronic Library) initiative, covering e-journal and e-book procurement for the Welsh HE sector.

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