Technology, Change and the Academic Library: Case Studies, Trends and Reflections

Massive technological change has been impacting universities and university libraries in recent years. Such change has manifested in technological developments impacting all areas of academic library activity, including systems, services, collections, the physical library environment, marketing, and support for university teaching, learning, research, and administration. Many books and papers have examined these changes from a technical perspective. However, there is little substantive reflection on what technological change means, and how best to get out in front of it, for the academic library. Technology, Change and the Academic Library systematically reflects on technological innovation, the successes, failures and lessons learned, the nature, process and culture of change, and key aspects including impacts on library staff and users, roles and responsibilities, and skills and capabilities. The book takes an international perspective on the massive change currently affecting academic libraries. The title gives an overview and literature review, considers technological innovation and change management, future technologies and future change, and provides information on further reading. Case studies describe the rationale, aims, and objectives for particular technological innovations, and consider methods, outcomes, and recommendations for the future. Finally, the book reflects back on how technological change can best be wrought in academic libraries. Gives library managers and librarians insight into how best to identify, plan, and implement technological innovationProvides a wide-ranging overview, literature review, and a series of reflective case studies on technological innovation in librariesEmphasises current trends, lessons, and critical issues for putting technological innovation into placeOffers an international perspective on technological innovation in the academic libraryUses a critical methodology to reflect on what works, what does not, and how managers can apply lessons from real cases worldwide INDICE: SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION 1: Introduction SECTION 2: TECHNOLOGY AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC LIBRARIES 2: Technology and change management in academic libraries: an overview and literature review 3: Technological innovation in higher education 4: Change management in higher education SECTION 3: CASE STUDIES Library systems and library services platforms Repositories Open access and scholarly communication, bibliometrics, open access university presses Data management and curation Web services Digital resources including e-books Library spaces, makerspaces Virtual reference services Research support, virtual research environments Research data management Digitisation Social media technologies in learning, research, communication and marketing Online identity Big data / learning analytics MOOCs Enhancing learning and teaching / online and blended learning Digital scholarship / digital humanities Disability technology / accessibility of services and resources Digital literacy / fluency Personalisation User experience Patrons as creators Mobile technologies and devices Plagiarism detection Lecture recording Text mining Robotics SECTION 4: TRENDS AND REFLECTIONS 21: Future technologies and future change 22: Reflections (Jeremy Atkinson) FURTHER READING

• ISBN: 978-0-12-822807-4
• Editorial: Chandos Publishing
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 250
• Fecha Publicación: 01/09/2020
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés