Lo / Chiu / Cho Conversations with Leading Academic and Research Library Directors

International Perspectives on Library Management
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-0-08-102747-9
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 524 Seiten

Reihe: Chandos Information Professional Series

Conversations with Leading Academic and Research Library Directors: International Perspectives on Library Management presents a series of conversations with the directors of major academic and research libraries. The book offers insight, analysis, and personal anecdote from leaders in the library field, giving a unique perspective on how the modern library operates. Readers will learn about the most up-to-date trends and practices in the LIS profession from the directors of 24 internationally acclaimed academic and research libraries in Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore, and the UK and USA. This is the first book focusing on leaders and managers of library institutions to offer a global outlook. Facing the need to respond to the expectations of changing populations that librarians strive to serve, this book aims to develop a new understanding of the core values of academic and research libraries, and asks how librarians can innovate, adapt, and flourish in a rapidly shifting professional landscape. - Presents conversations with library leaders from 24 major institutions - Offers a global perspective on the operation and management of libraries - Discusses the director's impact on institutional structures and future landscapes - Gives insights based on first-hand experience

Patrick Lo is currently serving as Associate Professor at the Faculty of Library, Information & Media Science, the University of Tsukuba in Japan. He earned his Doctor of Education from the University of Bristol (U.K.), and has a Master of Arts in Design Management from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, a Master of Library & Information Science from McGill University (Canada), and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Mount Allison University (Canada). He also took part in a one-year academic exchange at the University of T?bingen in Germany from 1990-91. He is efficient in Chinese (both Cantonese and Putonghua), English and German. Dr. Patrick Lo has presented about 100 research papers and project reports focusing on librarianship, humanities, and education at different local and international workgroup meetings, seminars, conferences, etc., including: Mainland China, Hong Kong, Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Turkey, United States, and Sweden, and at institutions including the Library of Congress (U.S.), Austrian National Library (Vienna), University of Vienna, National Library of France (Paris), National Institute of Informatics (Japan), Konrad-Zuse-Center for Information Technology (Berlin), etc. His research interests and areas of specialty include: comparative studies in library and information science (LIS); art and design librarianship and information literacy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lo, Patrick

Chiu, Dickson

Cho, Allan

Allard, Brad

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Conversations with Leading Academic and Research Library Directors;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Contents;6
5;About the Authors;10
6;Foreword by Ingrid Parent;14
7;Foreword by Elizabeth Blakesley;18
8;Acknowledgments;20
9;Prologue;22
9.1;1 Academic Libraries Today;23
9.2;2 New Technologies in Academic Libraries;25
9.3;3 Academic Librarians and Their Managerial Style;27
9.4;4 Inter- and Intrainstitutional Cooperation and Collaboration;34
9.5;5 There Is No Typical Day at Work!;34
9.6;6 In Addition;37
10;Conversations with Leading Academic and Research Library Directors: International Perspectives on Library Management;40
10.1;1 Introduction;40
10.2;2 All Our Students Use Google, So Why Do We Need the Library?;41
10.3;3 Aims of This Book;42
10.4;4 Choice of Methods;44
10.4.1;4.1 Interviews via Skype and Email;45
10.5;5 Intended Readers;46
10.6;References;47
10.7;Further Reading;47
11;1 Dr. Sarah Thomas, Vice President for the Harvard Library and University Librarian and Roy E. Larsen Librarian for the Fac...;48
12;2 Dr. Susan Gibbons, University Librarian and Deputy Provost for Collections and Scholarly Communication, Yale University;62
13;3 Dr. Greg Eow, Associate Director for Collections, MIT Libraries;78
14;4 Virginia Steel, Norman and Armena Powell University Librarian, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA);90
15;5 Dr. Deborah Jakubs, University Librarian and Vice Provost for Library Affairs, Duke University;122
16;6 Dr. James L. Hilton, Vice Provost for Academic Innovation, University Librarian and Dean of Libraries, University Library...;132
17;7 Dr. Winston Tabb, PhD, Dean of the University Libraries and Museums, Johns Hopkins University;146
18;8 Michael Gorman, University Librarian Emeritus Henry Madden Library, California State University, Fresno;166
18.1;Further Reading;173
19;9 Richard Ovenden, Bodley’s Librarian, University of Oxford;174
20;10 Mark Purcell, Deputy Director, Research Collections, University of Cambridge;186
21;11 Jirka Kende, Director, Library System, Free University Berlin;200
22;12 Prof. Dr. Andreas Degkwitz, Director, Library of the Humboldt University of Berlin;212
23;13 Dr. Rafael Ball, Director, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH);228
24;14 Wilma van Wezenbeek, Director, TU Delft Library;236
25;15 Helen Shenton, Librarian & College Archivist Trinity College Dublin;246
26;16 Diane Bruxvoort, University Librarian and Director, University of Aberdeen;262
26.1;Further Reading;281
27;17 Wilhelm Widmark, Library Director, Stockholm University Library;282
27.1;References;296
28;18 Philip Kent, University Librarian, University of Melbourne;298
29;19 Howard Amos, University Librarian, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand;312
29.1;References;335
29.2;Further Reading;335
30;20 Qiang Zhu, Director, Peking University Library;336
31;21 Peter Sidorko, University Librarian, the University of Hong Kong;366
32;22 Louise Jones, University Librarian, The Chinese University of Hong Kong;382
33;23 Gulcin Cribb, University Librarian, Singapore Management University;394
34;24 Dr. Buhle Mbambo-Thata, Former Executive Director, Library Services, University of South Africa;408
35;25 Christopher D. Barth, Librarian and Associate Dean, United States Military Academy;420
36;26 Daniel De Simone, Eric Weinmann Librarian, Central Library, Folger Shakespeare Library;430
37;27 Dr. Linda Harris Mehr, Director, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences;442
37.1;Further Reading;455
38;28 Dr. Dietrich Nelle, Director, German Information Centre for Life Sciences (ZB MED);456
39;29 Elena Ivanova, Head, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research Scientific Library;468
40;30 Professor Nikolay Kalenov, Director, Library for Natural Sciences of Russian Academy of Sciences;480
41;Conclusion;488
41.1;A.1 The Indispensable and Irreplaceable Role of the Library Director;488
41.2;A.2 Aims of the Book—Significance and Values;489
41.3;A.3 Competencies and Skills Needed for Library Directorship;491
41.4;A.4 The Library Director as an Agent for Change and Transformation;492
41.5;A.5 Common Traits and Personality of Successful Library Directors;493
41.6;A.6 Relationship Between Transformational Leadership and Performances of Libraries;494
41.7;A.7 Successful Library Directors of the 21st Century are Transformational Leaders;495
41.8;A.8 Demonstrating Values to the Community;497
41.9;A.9 Evolving Relationship Between Librarians and Faculty/Researchers;498
41.10;A.10 Global Recruiting Trends of Library Directors;503
41.11;A.11 Fundraising: A Necessary Evil for the Survival of Academic Libraries?;504
41.12;A.12 Academic Libraries as Silent Witness of Political Struggles;507
41.13;A.13 Librarians are not Handmaidens of the Researchers;508
41.14;A.14 Final Note From the Authors;509
41.15;References;511
42;Index;514
43;Back Cover;526