Conversations with Leading Academic and Research Library Directors
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| ISBN13: | 9780081027462 |
| ISBN10: | 008102746X |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| No. of pages: | 524 pages |
| Size: | 229x151 mm |
| Weight: | 840 g |
| Language: | English |
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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
"This book appeals to library leaders and those who aspire to library leadership, but it also provides useful insights into the future of libraries for any library professional or library student. The book is neatly structured, with each chapter dedicated to one library director and taking an easy-to-read question-and-answer format." --Hong Kong Library Association News
"The role, function, place and design of libraries has changed and continues to evolve as definitions of and conceptions about knowledge, information, and texts shift. In the midst of this shifting universe, this timely volume offers a unique opportunity to learn from a veritable who's who in library management from some of the best universities and institutions of higher education in the world. Each author in this collection speaks with insight and authority, bringing rich experiences and deep understanding from multiple perspectives and nations to bear on ever-complex questions of what it means to learn and know in the 21stcentury." --Prof A. Lin Goodwin, Dean, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong
"In an era of information acceleration that the world has never seen, this book provides fascinating insights from the front line professionals about how they navigated the transformation and mastered the management of university collections and research libraries. By reading each case across so many countries, one can begin to see the global story of how a profession has sustained and improved the essential service to students, scholars, and scientists amidst challenges never imagined in the pre-cyber age. The authors and contributors should be congratulated for this collection of personal experience based on years of leadership and professional practice." --Prof Gerald A. Postiglione, Chair Professor of Studies in Higher Education
1. Dr. Sarah Thomas, Vice President for the Harvard Library and University Librarian; Roy E. Larsen Librarian for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
2. Dr. Susan Gibbons, University Librarian, Deputy Provost, Collections & Scholarly Communication, Yale University
3. Dr. Gregory Eow, Associate Director for Collections, MIT Libraries, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
4. Virginia Steel, University Librarian, University of California, Los Angeles
5. Dr. Deborah Jakubs, University Librarian & Vice Provost for Library Affairs, Duke University
6. Dr. James Hilton, Vice Provost for Academic Innovation, University Librarian and Dean of Libraries, University Library, University of Michigan
7. Dr Winston Tabb, Sheridan Dean of University Libraries and Museums at Johns Hopkins University
8. Michael Gorman, University Librarian Emeritus, Henry Madden Library, California State University, Fresno
9. Richard Ovenden, Bodley's Librarian, University of Oxford
10. Mark Purcell, Deputy Director, Research Collections, Cambridge University Library
11. Jirka Kende, Director, Free University Berlin Library
12. Prof. Dr. Andreas Degkwitz, Director, Library of the Humboldt University of Berlin
13. Dr. Rafael Ball, Director of Library, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH)
14. Wilma van Wezenbeek, Director, TU Delft Library (Delft, Netherlands)
15. Helen Shenton, University Librarian, Trinity College Dublin
16. Diane Bruxvoort, University Librarian & Director, University of Aberdeen
17. Wilhelm Widmark, Library Director, Stockholm University Library
18. Philip Gregory Kent, University Librarian at the University of Melbourne
19. Howard Amos, University Librarian, University of Otago (Dunedin, New Zealand)
20. Qiang Zhu, Director, Peking University Library
21. Peter Sidorko, University Librarian, University of Hong Kong
22. Louise Jones, University Librarian, Chinese University of Hong Kong
23. Gulcin Cribb, University Librarian, Singapore Management University
24. Dr. Buhle Mbambo-Thata, former Executive Director, Library Services, University of South Africa
25. Christopher D. Barth, Librarian and Associate Dean, United States Military Academy
26. Daniel De Simone, Eric Weinmann Librarian, Folger Shakespeare Library
27. Dr. Linda Harris Mehr, Director, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
28. Dr. Dietrich Nelle, Director, German National Library of Medicine
29. Elena Ivanova, Head, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research Scientific Library (Moscow)
30. Professor Nikolay Kalenov, Director, Library for Natural Sciences of Russian Academy of Sciences (LNS RAS)
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