Intended for use by both librarians and students in LIS programs, Academic Librarianship Today is the most current, comprehensive overview of the field available today. Key features include: *Each chapter was commissioned specifically for this new book, and the authors are highly regarded academic librarians or library school faculty- or both *Cutting-edge topics such as open access, copyright, digital curation and preservation, emerging technologies, new roles for academic librarians, cooperative collection development and resource sharing, and patron-driven acquisitions are explored in depth *Each chapter ends with thought-provoking questions for discussion and carefully constructed assignments that faculty can assign or adapt for their courses The book begins with Gilman's introduction, an overview that briefly synthesizes the contents of the contributors' chapters by highlighting major themes. The main part of the book is organized into three parts: The Academic Library Landscape Today, Academic Librarians and Services Today, and Changing Priorities, New Directions.
Foreword Beverly P. Lynch Acknowledgments Introduction - Todd Gilman
PART I: The Academic Library Landscape Today
Chapter 1: Historical Context and Contemporary Challenges Deanna B. Marcum Chapter 2: College and University Governance: The Role of the Academic Library Barbara I. Dewey Chapter 3: Organization, Administration, Management, and Planning Starr Hoffman Chapter 4: Funding and Budgeting Tahir Rauf Chapter 5: Faculty Research and Scholarly Communication Sarah K. Lippincott and Joan K. Lippincott
PART II: Academic Librarians and Services Today Chapter 6: Reference, Instruction, and Outreach: Current Methods and Models Carrie Forbes and Peggy Keeran Chapter 7: Collection Development: General and Special, Print and Digital, and Resource Sharing Lidia Uziel Chapter 8: Challenges Facing Technical Services Autumn Faulkner Chapter 9: Librarians and Services in College and Community College Libraries Zoe Fisher and Kim Read
PART III: Changing Priorities, New Directions Chapter 10: Recruitment, Retention, Diversity, and Professional Development Marta Brunner and Jennifer Osorio Chapter 11: Library as Place David W. Lewis Chapter 12: Serving Campus and Remote Students and Faculty: Online Learning, Distance Education, and MOOCs - Debbie Faires Chapter 13: Open Access, Institutional Repositories, E-Science and Data Curation, and Preservation - Brian Owen Chapter 14: Assessment and Evaluation, Promotion, and Marketing of Academic Library Services Nisa Bakkalbasi Chapter 15: A Vision for the Future: New Roles for Academic Librarians Ronald C. Jantz
Bibliography Index About the Editor and Contributors
Foreword - Beverly P. Lynch Acknowledgments Introduction - Todd Gilman PART I: The Academic Library Landscape Today Chapter 1: Historical Context and Contemporary Challenges - Deanna B. Marcum Chapter 2: College and University Governance: The Role of the Academic Library - Barbara I. Dewey Chapter 3: Organization, Administration, Management, and Planning - Starr Hoffman Chapter 4: Funding and Budgeting - Tahir Rauf Chapter 5: Faculty Research and Scholarly Communication - Sarah K. Lippincott and Joan K. Lippincott PART II: Academic Librarians and Services Today Chapter 6: Reference, Instruction, and Outreach: Current Methods and Models - Carrie Forbes and Peggy Keeran Chapter 7: Collection Development: General and Special, Print and Digital, and Resource Sharing - Lidia Uziel Chapter 8: Challenges Facing Technical Services - Autumn Faulkner Chapter 9: Librarians and Services in College and Community College Libraries - Zoe Fisher and Kim Read PART III: Changing Priorities, New Directions Chapter 10: Recruitment, Retention, Diversity, and Professional Development - Marta Brunner and Jennifer Osorio Chapter 11: Library as Place - David W. Lewis Chapter 12: Serving Campus and Remote Students and Faculty: Online Learning, Distance Education, and MOOCs - Debbie Faires Chapter 13: Open Access, Institutional Repositories, E-Science and Data Curation, and Preservation - Brian Owen Chapter 14: Assessment and Evaluation, Promotion, and Marketing of Academic Library Services - Nisa Bakkalbasi Chapter 15: A Vision for the Future: New Roles for Academic Librarians - Ronald C. Jantz Bibliography Index About the Editor and Contributors
