Refocusing Academic Libraries through Learning and Discourse: The Idea of a Library

Mary K. Bolin (Professor Emeritus, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), USA)

Refocusing Academic Libraries through Learning and Discourse: The Idea of a Library
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Chandos Publishing
Country
United Kingdom
Published
1 November 2022
Pages
180
ISBN
9780323951104

Refocusing Academic Libraries through Learning and Discourse: The Idea of a Library

Mary K. Bolin (Professor Emeritus, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), USA)

Organizational Transformation in Academic Libraries: Discourse, Process, Product helps inform discussions in academic libraries on organizational patterns and divisions of labor. The book gives librarians leverage to think outside traditional bureaucratic structures and re-think how libraries serve their patrons. It examines existing structures and proposes new organizational models and lays out a process for planning organizational transformation and implementing a new organization. Seven chapters offer a radical vision of library transformation, proposing a collaborative process for changing academic libraries into organizations fit for the second quarter of the twenty-first century and beyond.

Academic libraries are changing in the face of information technologies, economic pressures and globally disruptive events such as the current pandemic. As a result, practical solutions for transforming organizational and workflow structures for the future are desperately needed. The title analyzes existing organizational structures and proposes new ones that can be adapted to individual libraries. It discusses the challenges posed by virtual learning environments, digital initiatives and resources, changes to cataloging standards and succession planning, as well as changes brought about by the current pandemic.

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